SuperJackyWilshere wrote:King of Highbury XIV wrote:Ach wrote:You a fan of shit players?
I think he’s one of our best players
Welcome to the forum mate.
It's fine to have your opinion. Why do you think Xhaka is our best player?
I've got a lot of mixed emotions about him. For the majority of this season he's been very poor in my opinion but in the last 2 months or so since he's been in a three man midfield he's been one of our best players.
He's been playing in more of his natural position rather than when we was playing with two in midfield he would be playing as a centre midfielder/Box to box. Now I see him playing as a deep lying playmaker making things happen and getting the balls in between the lines. He no longer has to get up and down the pitch like he had to. He just sits in the middle and does what he can do best.
There's something in him. There really is. Maybe our next manager could get it out of him because he could have the whole package. You can see why he is the captain of Switzerland. His calming presence on the pitch is something you very rarely see in footballers these days.
The one thing that bothers me and always will is his lack of mobility. We've seen him struggle on a few occasions when teams press us.
There's plenty to like about Xhaka. I think he's one of the best ball distributors on our team, accurate and intelligent. He's got a good shot with an eye for goal (averaging about 5 goals per season the past few years). He's a leader out on the pitch with a never say never attitude combined with good technical skills. And he's got that backbone which our entire team has been severely lacking for a while now.
