Leonardo Bonucci (369 Viewers)
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What are you talking about ? 
This is such a horribly ignorant post.Mertesacker's positioning is probably one of his best traits and his lack of pace is made up by Koscielny who has developed into a legit beast defender in the past season or so.Maybe he might be a bit of a reckless tackler,but he's an excellent defender no doubt.Mertesacker and Koscielny compliment each other very well and no wonder Arsenal have the best defensive record in the league.
And Arsenal arent as possession oriented as Barca for instance nowadays.They seem to have sacrifised style for results.
Also if the likes of Hummels and Vertonghen are described as 'terrible' defenders,i dont know what describes Bonucci then..
This is such a horribly ignorant post.Mertesacker's positioning is probably one of his best traits and his lack of pace is made up by Koscielny who has developed into a legit beast defender in the past season or so.Maybe he might be a bit of a reckless tackler,but he's an excellent defender no doubt.Mertesacker and Koscielny compliment each other very well and no wonder Arsenal have the best defensive record in the league.And Arsenal arent as possession oriented as Barca for instance nowadays.They seem to have sacrifised style for results.
Also if the likes of Hummels and Vertonghen are described as 'terrible' defenders,i dont know what describes Bonucci then..
Most CBs are either all muscle/tacklers but no brains (Ramos, Pepe, Kos, Caceras) or poor tacklers and error prone but great ball players (Hummels, Luiz, Bonbon, Vertonghen, Vermalean, Pique).
The more balanced ones that are really well rounded are the likes of Thiago Silva, Barzagli, Varane, an in-form Kompany, a young Ricardo Carvalho. Each type has its pros and cons. This type is very rare and are the type that I'd trust in a one on one against a top player.
Bonbon is not of that type and neither are the guys that I mentioned. When I said terrible defenders I wasnt making a blanket statement, They are good centerbacks but their defensive skills are not why they are considered good centerbacks it is rather their ball playing or their physicality.
We are just borrowing him (for now), so I can dislike him all I want. Bonucci is a likable guy, and isn't a troublemaker with an inflated ego that doesn't match his limited talent a la Osvaldo.
If we do end up buying Osvaldo, I will begrudgingly have to wish him well in our jersey, but I am never going to like him. I don't hate him, because he isn't significant enough for me to have such strong negative feelings for.
If we do end up buying Osvaldo, I will begrudgingly have to wish him well in our jersey, but I am never going to like him. I don't hate him, because he isn't significant enough for me to have such strong negative feelings for.
Let's just wait and see how Osvaldo actually performs (or doesn't) before the tireless tirades on BonBon ffs. One of them is our full time player, and the other is borrowed from a mediocre English club where he couldn't establish himself and caused problems.
