ramos has played all games at rb this year
season sorry, think hes a rb or cb, splitting hairs really, if he plays rb hes one of the best if not the best
Merts is world class, the fact he doesn't have pace is irrelevant and that is why fans of other clubs don't rate him, he more than makes up for that with his positional sense. His reading of the game is top notch and has that calming influence on the defence
Mertesacker may have more than 80 caps, but he is no longer first choice in the German national team. Loew rates Hummels, Badstuber, Boateng and probably Hoewedes above him.
i like merte, but can my fellow gooners make up their mind who is world class/ best defender in the premier league.
Not long ago it was kosceilny he made some mistakes, then it was vermalen then he was shaky, so now its per's turn.
We have one world class player and that is Carzola!
but can my fellow gooners make up their mind who is world class/ best defender in the premier league.
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I think everyone is agreed on the best defender in the PL.
Vincent Kompany.
Mertesacker may have more than 80 caps, but he is no longer first choice in the German national team. Loew rates Hummels, Badstuber, Boateng and probably Hoewedes above him.
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What nonsense he is a key player for germany, he didn't play in the last tournament simply because he just came back from a 4 month injury.
Majority rules, DJ is an idiot, a deluded one at that.
Per Mertesacker world class dear oh dear
doovde your team is playing... watch them play..
What nonsense he is a key player for Germany, he didn't play in the last tournament simply because he just came back from a 4 month injury.
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He is not anymore. After being replaced because of his injury, he has slipped down the pecking order below Hummels, Badstuber and Boateng.
@Thomas T
Don't you know Hummels, Badstuber and Boateng are all very inconsistent when playing for Germany?
I don't see Merte is a world class, but he is absolutely better than Badstuber and Boateng as CB when physically fit.
@ronniec
Mertesacker has been know to make the occasional major error for Germany and Bremen last season. Hummels is world class, and Loew prefers defenders who can create (Hummels and Badstuber), and he plays Boateng because of his unbelievable speed (and his robustness). But personally, I rate Mertesacker higher (the Mertesacker of today or of 2010, not the Mertesacker of last year in Bremen).
beckenbauer=world class
mertesacker=international class.
not much of a difference but a difference none the less
I think everyone is agreed on the best defender in the PL.
Vincent Kompany.
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That was definitely the case last season, but Kompany has been pretty average so far in 2012/13.
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ramos has played all games at rb this year
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season sorry, think hes a rb or cb, splitting hairs really, if he plays rb hes one of the best if not the best
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Merts is world class, the fact he doesn't have pace is irrelevant and that is why fans of other clubs don't rate him, he more than makes up for that with his positional sense. His reading of the game is top notch and has that calming influence on the defence
posted on 7/10/12
Mertesacker may have more than 80 caps, but he is no longer first choice in the German national team. Loew rates Hummels, Badstuber, Boateng and probably Hoewedes above him.
posted on 7/10/12
i like merte, but can my fellow gooners make up their mind who is world class/ best defender in the premier league.
Not long ago it was kosceilny he made some mistakes, then it was vermalen then he was shaky, so now its per's turn.
We have one world class player and that is Carzola!
posted on 7/10/12
but can my fellow gooners make up their mind who is world class/ best defender in the premier league.
===========
I think everyone is agreed on the best defender in the PL.
Vincent Kompany.
posted on 7/10/12
Mertesacker may have more than 80 caps, but he is no longer first choice in the German national team. Loew rates Hummels, Badstuber, Boateng and probably Hoewedes above him.
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What nonsense he is a key player for germany, he didn't play in the last tournament simply because he just came back from a 4 month injury.
posted on 7/10/12
Majority rules, DJ is an idiot, a deluded one at that.
Per Mertesacker world class dear oh dear
posted on 7/10/12
doovde your team is playing... watch them play..
posted on 7/10/12
What nonsense he is a key player for Germany, he didn't play in the last tournament simply because he just came back from a 4 month injury.
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He is not anymore. After being replaced because of his injury, he has slipped down the pecking order below Hummels, Badstuber and Boateng.
posted on 7/10/12
@Thomas T
Don't you know Hummels, Badstuber and Boateng are all very inconsistent when playing for Germany?
I don't see Merte is a world class, but he is absolutely better than Badstuber and Boateng as CB when physically fit.
posted on 7/10/12
@ronniec
Mertesacker has been know to make the occasional major error for Germany and Bremen last season. Hummels is world class, and Loew prefers defenders who can create (Hummels and Badstuber), and he plays Boateng because of his unbelievable speed (and his robustness). But personally, I rate Mertesacker higher (the Mertesacker of today or of 2010, not the Mertesacker of last year in Bremen).
posted on 7/10/12
beckenbauer=world class
mertesacker=international class.
not much of a difference but a difference none the less
posted on 7/10/12
I think everyone is agreed on the best defender in the PL.
Vincent Kompany.
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That was definitely the case last season, but Kompany has been pretty average so far in 2012/13.
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