Sunday, August 23, 2009

Toure's attacking threat

With the attacking potency we have in our side this season (particularly with the summer additions), one of the threats we have is plenty of pace and the ability to attack quickly - something which should help improve upon our away form from 2008/09.

In addition to his defensive capabilities, the introduction of Kolo Toure into the side helps in this respect. Nedum Onouha is a strong defender, but his distribution and ability to join in an attack is far from the finished article. And as forRichard Dunne's abilities in this respect, well, Dunne has his qualities but this department is not one of them.

The Guardian Chalkboard below is a direct comparison between Toure and Dunne's distribution in yesterday's game. Not to be meant as a slight on Dunne, but to highlight that Toure's passing was more long range, bringing the forwards into the game far quicker. This was particularly the case with Adebayor, a holdover from their time at Arsenal.

Also notable was the way in which he brought Wright-Phillips and Richards into play in the attacking third, allowing for the quick counter-attacking threat which will see us always be able to create opportunities and adds another dimension to our play compared with last season.









by Guardian Chalkboards

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8 comments:

the EPL said...

Fuck you manchester city cheap asses you cant do anything withought money this way that u play is GAYYYYYYYYYYY

Anonymous said...

Wait until the Toure to Adebayor diagonal pass starts to do your head in.

Toure forward, offside Ade, Toure forward, offside Ade. good luck lol.

Anonymous said...

Adebayor,Adebayor,
Your Dad wash's Elephannys
and your Mum is a whore

Money grabbing Cunts the pair of them...............

Anonymous said...

i for once am happy that adebayor has left as he was a waste and holding back arsenals goal rush...toure lost hes game after coming back from the african games...he wasnt the same after that...well NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THEN THE CLUB.. ..now arsenal can move on and score the goals in abundance....Watch out man city manu utd and those that wrote us off...ARSENAL CHAMPIONS

Anonymous said...

Man shitty are going no where this year. They will be getting Europa league places no way in hell are they going to break the top 4.
Im a arsenal fan, the only team i see breaking the top 4 is Tottenham, not Man Shitty.

So please, Hughes, Adebybye, Toure, please get your head out of your assholes and think realistic.

Anonymous said...

Toure used to be really good. Lucky we got loads of cash for him.

Adebayor is useless trash.

ChrisR said...

What can I say, when you corner a rat, it goes for your throat...

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