Agger is better than all of them, to be fair. FM says so. :S
Mertesacker hasn't disappointed me, but then again my expectations were low to start with. He's been average. As I suspected, his lack of pace leaves him rather exposed. See the clearance off the line against United, for example: yes, it was a decent clearance, but Welbeck utterly left him for dead on a 50-50 to be able to set up the chance. On the other hand, his defensive and aerial skills should make up for it, but against United he won one tackle and lost the other six. Five of them were in the air, giving him a 0% aerial duel success rating.
but to say he's the main fault for a lot of our goals is simply untrue.
Where did I say that I agreed with that statement?
Gallas yes, but Per is a better defender than the rest imo.
nigeria has a huge population in a developing nation.
Need new physios. Its a long standing issue around that bone, so when he first got discomfort... they sent him on holiday, instead of immediately having it looked atSo obvious it would happen, too. Poor Jack. Arsenal need new physios, or something.
The situation at Arsenal is really getting ridiculous, if Wilshere misses the entire season.. well heaven knows if Capello will pick him for Euro's and without one of our best Central Midfielders, we might as well kiss hopes of a major trophy goodbye
why should we kiss any chance goodbye? this is the problem we have in england, we rely too much on one player. Given the form carrick is in, i'd have no problem playing him there right now.