Looks like sitting him the first game, lit a fire in him
I don’t give a fuck about Zinchenko’s injury I hated putting Partey at RB and leaving Gabriel out of the side. Just madness tbh
I thought that Mik was punishing Gabi for entraining rumors of going to a Saudi club during the transfer window. Must have heard wrong
It’s open to interpretation, I think there was something in it tbh, but the majority of fans are going with the tactical theory.
i mean as soon as zinny started again, gabby was back so tactical def fits
I dont think so. He wanted partey rice havertz and odegaard all in the midfield. Only way to do that was to ask partey to invert from rb.
would require someone to do the role that white does on the right when zinchenko inverts. Gabriel can’t do that especially going out on the wings and putting crosses in. Tomi and kiwior are more suited for that.
The toss up was between white and Gabriel and white is simply the better player imo thus he got the nod.
Criminally underrated
So underrated. Been absolutely dialed in since world cup
Arteta took no more risks after Fulham
Price of the brick is going up.
Gold brick.
Honestly I would be very fucking annoyed if I was Gabriel. After being very strong last season? Go be dropped by Arteta for some mental experiment with Partey at left back?? Bizarre.
Right back but point stands.
Without a doubt Big Gabi is one of my favourite cbs we have ever had. Loved him ever since he arrived. He’s an absolute monster
He just LOVES defending. Proper aggressive defender, ain’t afraid to get stuck in, and you know he’d take a bullet if it meant stopping the ball going in
Really puts himswlf into challenges.
Great CB.
Is he world class?
World class is so vaguely used now it can mean anything
No. He’s a good CB still
Imo yes 100%
Yea. Agreed. Some doubters.
For sure he is a stopper not Ball playing CB. Will see if he is a Brasil XI player and is in the top 4 in the prem going deep in CL.
Gab xl and saliba are such crazy finds.
if he doesn’t get benched now that Partey is back, then it’s more obvious than ever before that he wasn’t benching Gabriel for tactical reasons at the start of the season…
My theory is that it was because of the saudi interest. A real shame, coz I had him in my fnatasy team and got 0p haha
Gabriel will start now because zinchenko is fit. If he chooses to invert with partey at rb then you will see Gabriel and zinchenko getting dropped on the bench with tomi and partey starting in their place. It’s clear he wants a pair of overlapping cb/fb hybrid on one side and an inverter on the other. If Gabriel could do what white can when he play rb then Gabriel wouldn’t have been dropped.
but Timber is like-for-like with zinchenko. And gabriel was benched in that first game of the season despite timber playing in zinch’s stead.
Ramsdale suffered for this
Not gonna lie the first 3 games when he wasnt starting I thought we had gone mad
Never in doubt blud is a great CB partner of Saliba.
Now Partey is back please don’t drop him again Mikel!