Summer clearance

We should build around 6 players:

Gabriel
Partey - giving him a pass due to injury and first year in the PL
Tierney
Saka
ESR
Martinelli

The rest. No thanks.

Not convinced by Gabriel at all, I think he has been poor for a while - Mari has clearly been better.

comment by ItsAboutTheBackFour (U9916)
posted 16 hours, 30 minutes ago
Not convinced by Gabriel at all, I think he has been poor for a while - Mari has clearly been better.


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Not sure if I'm imagining things but I'm sure that Gabriel's performances early on were playing int the centre or on the right but since being put back in the team he's playing left. Could just be my stoner memory and him having made alot of strong covering runs at the time but I swear he's been best for us playing right.

I thought Gabriel always played left(?), maybe I’m wrong but my understanding was for that reason Mari and Gabriel cannot play together.

Could just be my stoner memory
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This explains everything about your posts.

comment by ItsAboutTheBackFour (U9916)
posted 9 minutes ago
I thought Gabriel always played left(?), maybe I’m wrong but my understanding was for that reason Mari and Gabriel cannot play together.
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He might always have done and it's my memory playing tricks because he's made so many cover tackles on the right hand side of the pitch

comment by Scott The King McTominay (U10026)
posted 2 minutes ago
Could just be my stoner memory
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This explains everything about your posts.
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OK Mr Anti Drugs

Just checked some passed lineups and there's nothing wrong with my memory here. He was indeed playing centrally in the early season strong performances we saw from him, not on the left. It's when Arteta was still using Tierney as a LCB so Gabriel was central and Holding went RCB

comment by WB2 {Tackle Like Tierney} (U8276)
posted 22 hours, 35 minutes ago
Just checked some passed lineups and there's nothing wrong with my memory here. He was indeed playing centrally in the early season strong performances we saw from him, not on the left. It's when Arteta was still using Tierney as a LCB so Gabriel was central and Holding went RCB
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Yup, you're right, he's playing Mari and Gabriel tonight (!) with Gabriel on the right.
Playing one side or the other is very important because when the decision making/movement is really fast you have to rely to some extent on instinct.

If Gabriel's drop in form was due to being moved to the left then I don't understand why this was continued or why Mari and Gabriel as centre backs together wasn't given a decent run before ?

Oh, hold on, Holding is playing as well - I'm not sure what system he will play...