by Arsenal Tone » Thu May 13, 2021 5:08 am
swipe right wrote:thebigbangtheo wrote:From what I have gauged, I believe Berge is more naturally suited to the DM role than Partey is, who to my mind is a B2B midfielder with decent to good defensive awareness so is able to fulfill what's required in that position competently enough, but in doing so is trading off some of the qualities displayed at Atletic that attracted us to him in the first place.
Put simply, in the midfield set up with a double pivot at the base of it, the Partey-Xhaka axis we're now accustomed to would with the addition of a specialist DM inserted, now have the Ghanaian replacing the Swiss which to me equates to an upgraded midfield.
Makes sense. But don’t you think we need a more creative player than Partey as b2b?
Petit-Vieira, Gilberto-Vieira. Partey takes Vieira's role.
Raya/Ramsdale
White/Tomiyasu--Saliba/Timber--Gabriel/Kiwior--???/Zinchenko
???/Jorginho
Odegaard/Smith Rowe----Rice/???
Saka/Jesus-------------------Martinelli/Trossard
???/Havertz