Arthur (33 Viewers)

[U Picciriddu]

Don't know how there are criticisms of him for last night's match.

He was the only midfielder who kept calm with the ball in front of our box and passed it cleanly. It was obvious at the end of the first half, when we were pinned back and everyone kept giving the ball away dangerously, that Arthur was the only reliable one to break the press. At that point Arthur had 90% pass accuracy and more passes than McKennie and Ramsey combined.

It's short passes but that's what you need to break from Barca's press when you are pinned back, unless you just play Simeone style and kick it far hoping for the best. Anytime our players found Arthur after winning the ball back I felt a little calmer.

He was also our player with the most tackles and committed no fouls (which in his area would be really dangerous). It's not like he is defensively poor.

Had we had any of our other mids in that role yesterday things could have gone a lot worse.

What the hell do some people expect? We were playing in centimeters of space at times, and he still managed to distribute the ball to our players and not lose it in dangerous positions. He played a vital role yesterday.

 

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[duranfj]

He had his best game for us yesterday, that's why haters came here to try to kill the party

 

[Pirlo's Beard]

I like him. He does Pjanics job better imo because Pjanic so regularly fucked up the simple stuff and in dangerous areas too.

 

[Elvin]

Was a great swap. Well done, Paratici. Pjanic is done.

 

[Dominic]

You can acknowledge someones contribution ánd see their flaws.

Its not that mind blowing.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

I like him. He does Pjanics job better imo because Pjanic so regularly fucked up the simple stuff and in dangerous areas too.

Even if Arthur is not physical or a good tackler by any means, he still wins the ball better than Pjanic ever did, he just does the simple things right which sometimes is all you need. The way he plays out of tight spaces is brilliant and one of the reasons why I wanted Arthur in the first place, so many times we used to get caught in possession, especially with pjanic on the ball but I just feel safe with Arthur it's like I don't have that sudden panic things will go wrong from here.

 

[Siamak]

Pretty much similar to iniesta's style.

 

[DanielSz]

Pretty much similar to iniesta's style.

say what

 

[Juve92]

Pretty much similar to iniesta's style.

 

[Clamarc]

what happened to him? I missed the incident
it's not ACL right?

 

[s4tch]

what happened to him? I missed the incident
it's not ACL right?

romero hit his thigh very hard with his knee. it wasn't intentional, both were going for the ball, unlucky injury for arthur

 

[Cronios]

Still pleased with Pjanic swap?

 

[j0ker]

Still pleased with Pjanic swap?

Yes.

 

[Pegi]

Looked like he got hit behind the knee, near the hamstring.

 

[Boksic]

Looked like a dead leg.

Thought he was very poor before going off.

 

[GarfielD]

Looked like a dead leg.

Thought he was very poor before going off.

He did better than Rabiot. We lost the 3 points once he came out injured. Rabiot and Benta cant play togetther.

 

[Boksic]

He did better than Rabiot. We lost the 3 points once he came out injured. Rabiot and Benta cant play togetther.

Pretty sure it was 0-0 when he went off.

Neither Rabiot to Arthur were good.

 

[GarfielD]

Pretty sure it was 0-0 when he went off..

I know, but my point is he is better suited with Benta than Rabiot and I am sure that we would have won if he stayed.

And Arthur wasnt that bad tbh. Rabiot was way worse.

 

[Bianconero81]

Don't see anything special in this guy tbh. Another body in midfield.

 

[juve123]

He has taken sideways passing to a whole new level