by yadunoe » Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:49 am
by swipe right » Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:42 am
by Nuggets » Tue Jul 27, 2021 5:37 am
swipe right wrote:Reminds me of Vermalean or maybe even Koscielny. A ball playing center back with quick recovery. Always an exciting option to have. Despite not thinking he’s worth 50 mil, I look forward to seeing him play for us.
by jayramfootball » Tue Jul 27, 2021 8:44 am
Goonerred wrote:Have we got a Youtube video of this guy?
by Santi » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:02 am
Nuggets wrote:swipe right wrote:Reminds me of Vermalean or maybe even Koscielny. A ball playing center back with quick recovery. Always an exciting option to have. Despite not thinking he’s worth 50 mil, I look forward to seeing him play for us.
If he turns out like the Verminator in his prime I will be very happy.
by Arsenal Tone » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:04 am
Thing is he'll be partnered with either gabriel or mari who both prefer the physical side of the game and are decent in the air.jayramfootball wrote:Goonerred wrote:Have we got a Youtube video of this guy?
His main assets seem to be playing out from the back, passing and reading the game - i.e. intelligence to be in the right defensive positions as opposed to being able to recover from poor positioning. Weakness seems to be defensive headers.
Who he partners with will be important I think - as it often is for CBs.
He may also not be the best option against teams that are going to dominate possession against us. He's not really a 'back to wall' defender.
He'll need to work hard and improve on his heading particularly.
by Nuggets » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:36 am
Santi wrote:Nuggets wrote:swipe right wrote:Reminds me of Vermalean or maybe even Koscielny. A ball playing center back with quick recovery. Always an exciting option to have. Despite not thinking he’s worth 50 mil, I look forward to seeing him play for us.
If he turns out like the Verminator in his prime I will be very happy.
As long as his injury record is nothing like Tommy's
by Goonerred » Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:08 am
Tony Adams wrote:Thing is he'll be partnered with either gabriel or mari who both prefer the physical side of the game and are decent in the air.jayramfootball wrote:Goonerred wrote:Have we got a Youtube video of this guy?
His main assets seem to be playing out from the back, passing and reading the game - i.e. intelligence to be in the right defensive positions as opposed to being able to recover from poor positioning. Weakness seems to be defensive headers.
Who he partners with will be important I think - as it often is for CBs.
He may also not be the best option against teams that are going to dominate possession against us. He's not really a 'back to wall' defender.
He'll need to work hard and improve on his heading particularly.
I'd prefer another big CB but we could always rotate him with Holding against those type of teams.
by KG3 » Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:29 am
Özim wrote:Varane is leagues ahead of White, just shows how overpriced White is.
No one in their right minds would pay more for him than Varane, he’s totally unproven at the top level.
by jayramfootball » Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:10 am
Tony Adams wrote:Thing is he'll be partnered with either gabriel or mari who both prefer the physical side of the game and are decent in the air.jayramfootball wrote:Goonerred wrote:Have we got a Youtube video of this guy?
His main assets seem to be playing out from the back, passing and reading the game - i.e. intelligence to be in the right defensive positions as opposed to being able to recover from poor positioning. Weakness seems to be defensive headers.
Who he partners with will be important I think - as it often is for CBs.
He may also not be the best option against teams that are going to dominate possession against us. He's not really a 'back to wall' defender.
He'll need to work hard and improve on his heading particularly.
I'd prefer another big CB but we could always rotate him with Holding against those type of teams.
by swipe right » Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:42 pm
by Arsenal Tone » Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:45 pm
by Slick » Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:52 pm
by yadunoe » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:58 pm
KG3 wrote:Özim wrote:Varane is leagues ahead of White, just shows how overpriced White is.
No one in their right minds would pay more for him than Varane, he’s totally unproven at the top level.
Typical Arsenal really Mahrez was available for 60M and a year later we pay 72M for Pepe, Kante was available for 30M but we decided on Xhaka for 35M, prime Higuain was available for 35M but we chose to stick with Giroud who went 12 games without scoring and lost the league title to Leicester, with a word class striker we would have walked the league that year, not even a world class one even someone Lacazette level.