Why Jorginho must start ahead of Partey. by Vinod
Well, it’s been a disappointing three weeks of football for Arsenal, as our title hopes have been narrowed down thanks to some shambolic defending. Our goal scoring has been as good as ever, but our defence doesn’t look the same without William Saliba. And everyone seems to point their finger at Rob Holding. But I think Rob is a fairly solid defender. Then why are we leaking goals.
I think it is down to our defensive midfielder Thomas Partey. Partey is a deep lying midfielder, not necessarily the best defensive midfielder. When Saliba is there he is the man to go to. But with Rob Holding we need a more solid out and out defensive minded player, who is only concerned about providing cover to the defence. And that man is Jorginho.
I am sure we are going to go to Etihad and come away with 3 points with the right tactical approach. But if the manager doesn’t change anything after seeing what has been happening ever since Saliba has been injured, we are not going to get anything out of the game, and our title aspirations will be gone.
Hopefully Mikel has figured this out that our defence need cover and hopefully Jorginho starts ahead of Partey our next game.
Vinod Kumar
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Woh !!!! I dont think so.
Hopefully partey will start and not Jorginho,
Partey is better in almost every parameter.
Partey is better than Jorginho is every department of the game!!! It is not even close!
Partey is so so slow when playing his football. He might be so quick by passing the ball to teammates. You can see him as someone who is sleeping in the midst of the game
PARDON!!!!
I couldn’t disagree more with this article. IMO Jorginho is such a defensive liability and cannot cover as much ground as Partey.
Partey has been a bit off last couple of games but i will bank on him any day rather than Jorginho for defensive midfield position.
NO NO GOD NO! It would be a disastrous mistake to think Jorginho can outperform Partey, even though Partey has played two poor games in a row.
It won’t be happening either, thank God. GLAD YOU ARE NOT OUR MANAGER, VINOD!.
Madness to replace Partey despite his errors. You can help Partey by having Jorginho or Zhinchenko next to him.
I was thinking that we have zinchenko and partey in the midfield. Then put tierney at left back to go forward more and keep holding and white to stay back more to solidify that part of the pitch. Jorginho comes on later in the game
Would probably say Jorginho, Zinchenko had shown lapses in concentration and positioning recently that would be exposed in more central areas .
Spot on Ras I’ve been screaming that at my TV all season .
I agree with you Raz. But if Xhaka is available he can partner Partey, otherwise Tierney at letft back and then Zinchenko at the middle with Partey
Mental article. Two immobile players next to each other! N thanks. Hopefully xaka is back.
Jorginho Xhaka and Odegaard in the midfield ,bloody hell that’s an accident waiting to happen ,more pace in an under 5 relay team .
We are playing the men’s team Vinod not the women’s .
I didn’t read the article because the headline on it’s own wants me to put bleach in my eyes.
I’d rather a lame duck with a bad sense of direction in our midfield than Jorginho
The lame duck is injured, he is out for the season😂
Lol… OK, is Mr Magoo fit, if not better start Jorginho 😱
I’ve never seen Jorghino as anyone other than one who’s happy to collect his paycheck. He plays well when the team is winning, he doesn’t play at all when it’s losing. I can see Grealish or Gundogan going through him like a knife through butter. Partey may be erratic but he’s a strong defender. We do have a problem with our midfield anchors but believe me, Jorginho ain’t the solution.
Partey’s ball recovery ability is elite. Jorginho is only good at passing. Even with Partey, we’re expecting to lose badly. With Jorginho, we will not leave there alive
Did they legalize the bad weed in England, US or from wherever the writer Vinod is from?
J20 starting over the midfield general Partey?
Utterly crazy idea!
Too late to lose faith in the players.
Uuuuu.
No.
My back 4:
Partey. White. Gabriel. Tierney.
Midfield:
Odegaard. Xhaka. Zinchenko.
Front: picks itself.
(NB: Drop Holdings)
That’s fine. But can Partey play at the right back? Very disastrous again.
I think we do not have a chance even if we had a full squad available. Our stats against city tells it all. This one is gone, we blew our chances completely when we drew our recent games against inferior opponents compared to city.
I see us taking this game @ the Etihad: 1-3
Up Gunners!
A lie, it’s maybe a draw
The biggest casualty is Zinchenko, poor positioning and Partey ‘s over confidence makes him make a lot of costly mistakes, just bring white and Gabriel at the Centre and Jakub on the left and holding on the right..if Tierney is fit then just replace Zinchenko and Holding
1. The determination against city this time around will be different from the ones we’ve been playing before. because we are the two teams fighting for the title which is not the case in the past years they’ve been beating us.
2.City are not far better than us in term of first eleven. Although they have squad depth than us.
3. Records are meant to be broken and this is the best opportunity for us to do that as we’ve broken records including derbies this season.
3. Saliba’s injury can still be managed well given that the remaining core of the team (e.g partey, odegaard and our frontlines which have been doing okay recently)keeps their heads up and not loosing concentration.
Last but not the least. Our manager should not risk using jorginho in absense of partey. Better still Jorginho could play alongside partey in absense of xhaka. Because partey’s out of form is way better than jorginho.
Anything is possible💯
MANC 2 : 3 ARS. COYG
Ramsdale
White Gabriel jorginho Zinchenko
Partney Xhaka
Odegard
Saka Jesus Trosard
Wow, what a porous defense that is!
I completely disagree with you on this. Jorginho is a defensive liability no matter how much you cut it. It doesn’t help that he’s basically immobile. He was brought in as last minute replacement after we failed to get Caicedo, whom I hope is still our summer target. But Jorginho’s game isn’t suited to our style.
I’d rather we just stick to Partey. Here’s another interesting stat, we’ve lost every game that Partey has not played. I’d rather have him on the field than Jorginho.
I’d rather play Kiwior there if partey’s missing v City
Is Partey injured? Hope not. Despite his errors, I will select Partey all day. There’s no other defensive midfielder in the squad presently. I f push to come to shove, I will play White in that position. he is very good on the ball as well, and a good defender too.
So your suggestion is to pick the slowest player and put him in the midfield to battle with gundogan,kdb, rodri and Bernardo Silva?thank God it’s not fifa 23,the only change should be moving zinchenko into midfield if xhaka is not available and keep the same team including holding and go slow on the playing from the back.
Zinchenko doesn’t shield the ball as well as Xhaka,so having him in midfield is a No No,
Better to pair Partey and Jorginho, then add Martineli and Saka as wingback, with Trossard and Jesus upfront,with Trossard and Martineli interchanging.
Kiwior replaces Jorginho 2nd half to brace the defence, Nelson for Jesus.
Just my thoughts.
Jorginho is the latest of a long line of players Chelsea fans have laughed their tits off after Arsenal have taken them on. He looks a yard off the pace at this level, and there is no way he should start ahead of Partey…