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The Curious Case of Laurent Koscielny

Discussion in 'Arsenal' started by DomAFC, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. DomAFC

    DomAFC New Member

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    Was browsing this forum and noticed how much people underrate Koscielny. He's one of the most complete defenders in the Premiership, definitely one of the quickest. When he first came to England he was slightly weak and looked a bit of a liability at the back at times, but he's now beefed up a bit and got stronger, and he's finally adapted to England and I think he's easily one of the best defenders in the country.

    Just like Vermaelen, he's as brilliant at going forward as he is defending, and has good ball control. He's quite capable of playing in other positions, we've seen him filling in at RB too and he's been pretty good there.
    He's also a good header of the ball, and his tackling is great too.

    The annoying thing is, if you was to ask most Man United/Chelsea/Liverpool/Spurs fans what they think of Koscielny, they'd probably joke and say "who?" or just label him a "poor player", this is either judged by the mistake he made in the CC final, or just because other supporters "assume" Arsenal's defence is pants.

    When I made clear how good I felt Koscielny was on Twitter, a Spurs fan said to me "He's awful, your other defender Squillaci is better than him" and another one said "Ledley King is 10 times the player Koscielny will ever be." But then again, that's the least you'd expect from those set of deluded errr.. people.

    How many other defenders have had Messi, Pato, Torres, and Aguero in their pocket? He made Messi, the best player in the world by an absolute mile, look completely out of ideas in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Barcelona at the Emirates. Not many defenders have done that.

    Sorry if i've dragged on a bit, but us Arsenal fans seem to be the only set of supporters that actually realise how good Koscielny actually is, and I just think it's pathetic, but hey, everyone has their own opinion!

    I advise all of you to watch this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vcCuCWeUA

    The best Koscielny video on Youtube by a mile, it's convinced many other fans that he really is a good player, it just took them ages to realise it!

    Thanks.
     
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  2. Kamran - KingKoscielny

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    He's our best defender.
     
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  3. Kyle?

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    Try telling that to Vermaelen. He'd sort you out.
     
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  4. Kamran - KingKoscielny

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    :)

    I love Vermaelen too, but Koscielny is definitely our best defender.
     
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  5. Kyle?

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    He's probably our most reliable defender, as he never seems to get injured for long periods, but on terms of talent, i'd have to say the verminator is still better than him.
     
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  6. robin_van_ fiberglass

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    At the moment he is probably our best defender but that has definitely not always been the case.
     
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  7. Bergkamp a Dutch master

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    Vermaelen rules.
     
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  8. I like Koscielny and think his work rate and ethic are strong.
     
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  9. TheBear

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    The problem for is that for us to have a balanced defence it has to be either Vermaelen or Koscielney alongside Mertesacker.
    You cant have two short left footed 'ball playing' centrebacks paired together, so you have to pick Vermaelen or Koscielney.


    Vermaelen is our best defender.


    Personally I think Vermaelen is the second best centreback in the league. (after Vidic) He's a natural leader, he's good in the air and he scores goals. So for me its Vermaelen and Mertesacker all day as our no.1 defensive partnership.
     
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  10. I am Gooner

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    Kos and TV are both great defenders and both are quick. The problem is Mertesaker who I think has to play because he is our best defender at set pieces and I think the pairing of him and one of TV or Kos gives the best all round defence. We are now blessed with 3 world class defenders, 4 if you include Djourou as a Swiss international. We also have Gibbs, Santos and Sagna as world class full backs and Jenkinson, although not in that bracket, looks a great find.

    The midfield also helps out more so all in all we have a far better defence than a lot of other teams fans give credit for.

    The reason I think other fans dont rate our defence is they are basing it on some dodgy performances last season (with a bit of help from refs) and at the beginning of this season and when our defence has been decimated by injuries.
     
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  11. I agree that our defence looks in way better shape than they did at the start of the season. Now if everyone were to be fit at the same time. If only...
     
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  12. Hey Pal

    I'm a sucker for stats and one can't argue with those stats. Not very comfortable reading I agree.

    Arsene is as Arsene does and Arsene needs to do better ;) Trouble with Arsene is that when it comes to tactics, he has his limitations.
     
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  13. Kamran - KingKoscielny

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    Koscielny is not left footed.
     
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