Should Petr Cech be dropped for Bernd Leno at Arsenal? | The Debate | Jens Lehmann and Paul Merson

[@pitsihno]

More of Jens please especially when you want to talk about any GK. The best part of this was when Merson realized he should just let him speak.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Speaking of great keepers; Jens must be one of the most underrated keepers in Prem history.

[@nathanjones1186]

I'm a Spurs fan, and I'd agree, he is in my top 5 best Premier League Keepers

[@ponyboy1664]

Is he underrated? He was fantastic and I cant imagine anyone not recognising that. His ability, his winning mentality, his football knowledge.

[@richporter893]

Schmiecel this schmiecal that, jens deserves the same respect

[@jimmoriarty8764]

@@ponyboy1664 I remember a bunch of German "experts" not recognising that Lehmann was fantastic still being in love with Oliver kahn

[@freddie2.095]

my top 5 prem keepers: 1 schemeichel 2 petr cech 3 van der sar 4 david seaman 5 jens lehman

[@sonnieparker7000]

Everybody suddenly forgot how city struggled with this when pep came. It takes time to get going in a new way. Why does the media hate arsenal. City conceeded so many goals in the beginning through this. But they kept doing it until they got it right

[@calumable]

Sonnie Parker because arsenal fans are stupid and expect them to win the league every year. And harp on about oh the invincible team even though they lost games that year

[@travismiller3586]

Man City didnt concede all those goals in the first season due to the System,it was due to Bravos incompetency.Pep Guardiolas Goalkeeper target when he arrived in EPL was Ter Stegan,who he watched in Bundesliga and recommended for Barcelona,because he had Neuer then,Ter Stegan declined,Pep didnt have time to scout another so picked Bravo.

[@olabisidavid8440]

@@calumable there not stupid asswipe

[@alphaboy7726]

Johnny English .....no they didnt

[@maqtalsamatarsalah9699]

Harry Robert I am a gooner too, but before aiming for the league, we should first aim for top four or win the europa league, then at least give a challenge to the title, then we be among the main contenders, then the reigning champions. Bits by bits make great

[@skn6070]

"He puts a 70 yard ball to Aguero and Bam" not knowing Ederson didn't play in the cup final LMAO. what a clueless pundit lol.

[@shawnerr5786]

SK N so true

[@laj9328]

Also thinking Leno is 21.. how he still has a job ill never know

[@SamTheFisherMan100]

Paul Merson is really a terrible pundit. Talks out his arse and makes so many errors.

[@MashiatCOD99]

Was he talking about the 3-0 at the Emirates?

[@laj9328]

league cup final

[@gbej1]

Lehmann makes a lot of sense. Not sure what Merson is on about

[@AdrianNUFC]

4-2-3-1 Leno Lichsteiner Mustafi Sokratis Monreal Torreira Guendouzi Ozil Mkhiktaryan Aubameyang Lacazette

[@jxy8938]

Adrian what formation

[@sj10001]

JJays Scratch 4-2-3-1

[@gedis4636]

Adrian I think Guendouzi is not good enough to start just yet and mustafi is shite

[@Hypergangnam]

gedis: What planet are you on? Who is better to start ahead of Guendouzi? Ramsey and Xhaka who did worse against City? So bad actually that both where replaced, substituted in that game, and not Matteo Guendouzi. In the preseason Matteo put Ramsey to shame. Xhaka puts himself to shame. I was so happy that Xhaka and Ramsey finally was substituted. They dont deserve a starting spot. One case you could make, is Elneny infront of Guendouzi. But you will still struggle with that argument.

[@ravenala9521]

That back 4 have no pace whatsoever

[@Uniquepanda17]

How is Paul Merson paid to talk about football? His knowledge of current football is shocking

[@OkeamuteIdolorUnscripted]

He has no football knowledge

[@musharafhussain2316]

He has a point. How many goals were actually scored from playing out of the back last season?

[@arrenwright5681]

The reason teams play out from the back is to avoid giving up possession. Plus it draws teams on to them hopefully leaving space in behind for the fwards to move into. If done correctly it allows for a team to control the rhythm and tempo of play. A lot of these tactics are taken from basketball, field hockey and rugby.Defensively Pep uses a basketball tactic full court press, tiki taka is a field hockey tactic that holds possession of the ball in play drawing defenders on so the attckers can find dangerous position while being ignored by a mesmerized defense. The so dubbed love train England used in the World Cup at corners is reminiscent of a rugby line out. Stratergy is understanding when and where to use tactics and to adapt to the oppositions.Its not how many were scored like that its more what kind of opposition was that tactic successful against.

[@Uniquepanda17]

Arren Wright yeah I think you'd do a better job

[@arrenwright5681]

Thanks

[@kritinpandita1998]

Get Leno in. Start Torrerira along side guendouzi. Play 4-3-1-2 against Chelsea and I don't see a reason why we can't beat them. Ozil is ineffective when played at the wings. So it's necessary to play him at CAM

[@nabeelhusain6060]

Kritin Pandita who’s gonna be playing in the wide areas? who’s gonna provide cover for the full backs when chelsea attack down the wing? If you send 2 of the 3 midfielders to the wings when defending, that means ozil must come back into a CM role in a 2, to compete with the midfield of jorginho and kante. Can ozil do that?

[@wr9411]

Nabeel Husain I know, people have no idea about formations... they just think they’re experts because of FIFA

[@kritinpandita1998]

Nabeel Husain while defending I think we can go to 5 at the back with guendouzi playing as a false centre back and Torrerira playing the kante role of dispersing the ball. Ozil is quite useless when it comes to defending. Ramsey has been pressing hard . So he can be the one who pressurised players like jorginho , kante kovacic. Etc. Our defense has to turn up.

[@figureofspeech4581]

I don't think emery plays with 2 strikers. Not enough width for his style of play!

[@JonasH0707]

Guendouzi is not good enough for Chelsea. Rather Xhaka, Ramsey or Elneny alongside Torreira. Ozil didn’t impress me either, but I guess he’s still better than Iwobi would be, so we have to go with him against Chelsea. Auba on the left would be my fav, but I don’t think that’s Emery's style of play.

[@TheManorOfficial]

This new presenter is very good, all the best to her

[@jakrismcfc]

The Manor fking hot u mean

[@obsidianx5500]

She used to be the presenter for the offical arsenal channel

[@redmisttv9995]

jakrismcfc Whilst that’s true, you have to say particularly on the punditry side, Alex Scott has brought a new approach to things.

[@redmisttv9995]

The Manor Alex Scott also doing a great job in a new punditry role.

[@mr.white3]

Laura Woods, Thank me later :)

[@igloo223]

Bravo played in the league cup final

[@damilareajani5747]

MCFC_BVB 75 😂😂i thought so

[@vaazig]

Thanks Jens for destroying Merson and his dinosaur mentality...

[@arunraju8205]

Yes bro I too loved it😍😍 Jens Lehman😎thug life

[@vaazig]

Arun Raju What was so good was that Merson looked so smug and happy with himself... and then Jen's obliterated him effortlessly!

[@AR-dd8us]

Alex VI hahaha🤣

[@malikosman6607]

Great analysis Jens👌

[@aydenh8483]

Leno is 26 pal

[@adamjohanson38]

The situation reminds me of Ter Stegen, Barca signed him from Gladbach and he was just the no.2 for the first season and played in the cup competitions to get used to the club and system. Bravo was the no. 1. Stegen made a lot of mistakes at the beginning and fans as well as the media questioned his quality but look at him now, he is an absolute world class keeper, the best in the world when it comes to passing and distribution, his diagonal passes are one of a kind, not even Neuer or Ederson are as good as him with their feet. Leno is a very similar keeper and i guess that Emery wants to prepare him slowly to take over from Cech next year. Emery will play him in the cup competitions in order for him to get used to the club, team and system before he will become the no. 1 next year.

[@Manny29]

Adam Johanson you see that makes total sense but people would blow that out of proportion

[@adamjohanson38]

Well, it's Arsenal so people are automatically negative when it comes to Arsenal but that doesn't change the fact that this could very well be the case with Leno and Ter Stegen is a very good example for that. I am more worried about the private ownership of Kroenke because that could mean that the club will stagnate as a mid table club in the future as his American franchises like Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, Denver Nuggets of the NBA, Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League and the newly formed Los Angeles Gladiators of the Overwatch League. All these teams are absolutly mediocre and average and never ever challenge for titles and he allready confirmed that he did not buy the Arsenal stakes to win trophies but to make money. If that's the case than relegation would be the best as it would reduce the income drastically and that could influence his decision to sell the stakes

[@Jim90117]

Same thing as De Gea, made some absolute shockers but look at him now

[@dre8463]

@@adamjohanson38 relegation? You're hoping to get relegated just so Kroenke sells his shares? And what if he doesn't? Did relegation make Mike Ashley sell his Newcastle shares? It doesn't work like that. And if you got your wish, there is zero guarantees that we would bounce right back into the PL. This isn't Fifa. Why in God's name would you wish for something like that?

[@databekmath7879]

As I know Yaya Toure is a free agent. They should hire him for 2 seasons. He is tall and mastered shooting long balls.

[@OneOfManySams]

Cech made some mistakes, but these guys have forgotten Ederson passed it straight to Ozil and another pass went out for a throw. It’s very rare you get an outfielder player with 100% pass completion so why are they expecting it for a goalkeeper

[@JohnUtaka_]

One of many Sam’s because keepers don't make as much passes as outfield players. I'm not saying a keeper is meant to have 100% cuz long balls won't always get there but of course you'd expect the keeper to have a better % than the outfielders

[@figureofspeech4581]

Cech should just be a mentor for leno! He can certainly learn from Cech with his experience in the Premier league!

[@davidbaird3707]

Jens Lehman is fantastic. Lets see more of him on the tv.

[@aaronl88]

Jens has great insight, more of him please!

[@JoshAFC]

The look on jens' face having to listen to merson chat absolute rubbish. English former players are some of the most football illiterate people on earth. Act like they know everything but genuinely clueless and any useful information is about 30 years out of date. Why we don't hire people who i don't know UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL to do those jobs is beyond me. These dinosaurs are stuck in the stone age and we need to stop giving them a platform to dumb down subsequent generations. The only english former footballer that speaks any sense at all is gary neville. If you ever want to know why england won't win the world cup any time soon just listen to an english "top" former player talk football, then listen to a foreign top former player. It's like night and day, one will talk tactics and technique etc. the other one will rant about how zonal marking doesn't work (despite it being proven better years ago), how teams shouldn't pass out from the back (despite ALL the top world teams doing that) because just lumping the ball about is the best way to play. Not to mention the talk about passion and running around as if it's the absolute most important thing.

[@iamamazing1885]

Josh S They just talk continuously about how many leaders they used to have and how teams are lacking these leaders as soon as anything goes wrong - it astonishes me that ex-players seem to have less knowledge about the way the game works now than fans who simply observe what the game is like now. You won’t win anything now if you just clear the ball away constantly and hit long balls - football has evolved beyond that

[@logankeitel]

Couldn't agree with you more. But why do you think this is? I reckon this is because English academies do not put emphasis on education and a cultured, learned approach to football. I've seen a lot of English players pride themselves on being bad at school. This anti-intellectual attitude then manifests itself when they have to play in high-pressure situations like the world cup and later on in places like punditry and coaching. I think it partly explains why England does not produce a good number of top quality players in positions which need critical thinking like central midfield. Most of England's great players in those positions have great athleticism (Gerrard) rather than intelligence (Xavi, Pirlo, Modric).

[@tamoa5652]

logankeitel i agree with you except for the fact that Gerard and Lampard were very intelligent central midfielders. Lampard in particular was very academic.

[@JoshAFC]

+logankeital yeah i 100% agree with that. This anti-intellectual approach is what's leading to a LOT of issues in western (especially uk and US) society right now, from trump to brexit to flat earth and yes, football. It honestly has me worried for the future.

[@JoshAFC]

+tamo a agreed lampard was a very smart midfielder, and there have been a number of other exceptions like scholes and carrick but have to STRONGLY disagree with the assertion gerrard was an intelligent midfielder. To me he's always been a stereotypical english midfielder where it's all about passion, working hard (not smart) and kicking the ball hard and far. I honestly think if we'd have dropped him during that golden generation for a carrick - lampard midfield we'd have been far more successful. Don't get me wrong he was a decent player but far from world class.

[@flaminhotz5]

Jens is so well spoken.

[@aarongoldstein9380]

Love this but Ederson didn’t play the league cup final last season. I love analysis but can’t stand it when facts are wrong (Paul Merson is still a legend)

[@scottanderson1004]

Aaron Goldstein that’s what I was thinking

[@al-fayadusman6669]

Paul Merson should get sacked

[@girindragautama2677]

he's so bad

[@allrightden5732]

'competition from a 21 23 keeper' Leno is 26 he is useless

[@kaziam4318]

I like the comedy keep him in lol

[@koibito2858]

Al-fayad Usman Paul said it right what unai emery was trying to do is going to create problems for arsenal and yes he is damn right about playstation game passing from the back when the players at the back are cornered to the touch line it's risky. Unai had to come up with different tactics and yes he was right with man to man marking but there from the side passing and creating space for strikers is risky Because Manchester city is young quick and pasey

[@Danny-no5lg]

"I'm with Jans"

[@cedwards1912]

Oi a quick word in the comments, can all you Liverpool fans stop commenting stuff like: "I'm a Man United fan but I just love Klopp, he's god's gift to football." "I'm a Man City fan but I'm always happy to lose to Liverpool, so entertaining :)" You're not fooling anyone...

[@kaiwei1111]

Nobody ever said that in the comment section here. This isn't even the right video to talk about Man United or Liverpool so why should they?

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

Lol, wut?

[@eldio2124]

The obsession with Liverpool is real.

[@avikarsewpersad9856]

clementedwards1 You're not fooling anyone with your obsession for Liverpool.

[@kaziam4318]

Doge You have some really original thoughts, maybe you do it yourself because I don't see many comments like that here

[@youngsaka6681]

Its amazing to watch Lehman again.He was a magnet during his time...

[@alexhumphries4057]

Mad Jens gets it. He's the pundit that's needed. He understands the game so well. Imagine him on MOTD alternating with Shearer and Wrighty

[@tamoa5652]

Paul Merson another clueless ex english footballer pundit. Thanks Jens for speaking sense and supporting these with good reasoning and facts. Too many english pundits still thinking about football in the stoneage.

[@KT-vs6cy]

Very insightful perspective from Jens, we should have more of him at the show...

[@sullaybjr]

Look at that, they put Jose as the "controversial one" in the intro😂😂😂😂

[@travismiller3586]

Man United and Mourinho fans descending into senile and paranoid.

[@Maj1794]

If Emery insists on playing out from the back then leno must start instead of cech!

[@mrworldwidegenghiskhan9959]

Does Merson actually know anything about football?

[@rdgguy11190]

Lmao

[@Ryan23H]

Of course I put Leno into my fantasy team 🙄

[@cawildimaria10]

Ryan Hannon so do i😢

[@chessworks5124]

Ryan Hannon number 1 rule in fpl play certain starters

[@NoelleFrancisco]

Would have loved if he actually scored that OG :L

[@am5790]

Jerk

[@merenjamir_1350]

Screamer or a moaner?

[@jamieldn]

Claudio Dio I think she's a silent Stan on this one.

[@arrenwright5681]

Don't be greedy you won 2-0 be grateful

[@NoelleFrancisco]

Claudio Dio Ask your Dad babe.

[@25dimensionsfrancis42]

Jens was a great goal keeper. Also intelligent and very aware.

[@jimmyj9609]

Think Cech is past his best has been for a while. Chelsea got rid if him over 3 years ago. Time we do the same.

[@danmartin886]

The most stupid decision of Wengers career was dropping and then getting rid of Lehman…. For Almunia as well! Madness

[@calteckk]

We need Agent Cech to concede for us (chelsea) next game please. Cech is a chelsea legend.

[@jimmyjamescomputers8585]

chelsea plays crap. arsenal can beat them

[@calteckk]

Jimmy james Computers just stfu u idiot. When's the last time you beat us at stamford bridge? "Crap"😂😂😂idiot.

[@jxy8938]

King Kanté when was the last time u beat us at the emirates

[@palmwine2011]

But we are not playing in the ​Emirates on Saturday.

[@jimmyjamescomputers8585]

JJays Scratch city held ur balls

[@travismiller3586]

Pep Guardiola seriously impacting the game Worldwide especially now that hes come to EPL,taking apart their hollow belief system,reverberating in far reaches as EPL has the most exposure.

[@MCneilintheplace]

Hollow belief system? Most that were skeptical of Gaurdiola were so without consideration to his seemingly unlimited funding from the sheiks. If Arsene Wenger spent £500 million (inflation-adjusted) in two seasons a couple of years after his title winning squad he would have dominated too. Guardiola is one of the greats but has achieved it with some of the best squads in world football. Would Pep have be as successful in EPL without having spent £500 million? Sure he'd still be class, but struggling for top 4 is my bet

[@AFX-n9n]

wenger did that ten years ago you bellend

[@MCneilintheplace]

I genuinely can't tell if you're joking but (just in case you're a moron) from 2001/02, the leagues biggest spenders, in order, were: Man United Man United Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Man United Man City Man City Man City Man City Chelsea Tottenham Man United Man City Man City Man City

[@MCneilintheplace]

Do you see the connection between spending and winning at all?

[@MCneilintheplace]

Chelsea spent the most in transfers for four consecutive seasons from 2003 and, funnily enough, they won the league or were runners up their next 5 seasons. In the period between 2006-07 and 2012-13, Arsenal actually made a £40m profit on transfers -- more than any other club in the league. In those same years, Man United had a net spend of £88m, Liverpool spent £124m, Chelsea splurged £233m and Man City flexed their newfound financial muscles with a net spend of £427m.

[@marcusgotti8231]

King Jens !! We love you bro forever Invincible, thank you sky for featuring Jens

[@GoonerBuller]

To be fair Jens...you were mad.

[@bigdon176]

Love jens great keeper and nice fella

[@Xerxes_US]

Any German goalkeeper playing for arsenal will have a successful career

[@loluajayi]

Don't get why Cech is being criticized, the did his job as a keeper well. Made the scoreline flatter us. If Emery wants someone who can play out from the back, why not just put Xhaka or any midfielder in goal then.

[@Mljones6]

Get Jens in on every debate.

[@bak8823]

It was right to play cech, City are so good if they put 10 past Leno if could of destroyed him

[@finding_aether]

Mad Jens seems calm and sane beside Merson... Ahaha. Miss those super long throws from Lehmann to the opponent's half. Important to our rapid counter attacking during his time here

[@panashehillary2880]

The agenda against Arsenal is real

[@zafirulrahi1124]

Petr Cech is world class

[@SameOldArsenal]

No he should not be dropped. He done enough for me to keep his place, lets be fair to Cech he pulled of some greats saves against City. He is learning a new way of playing. If people are judging cech as a goalkeeper by his passing abilities then you need to watch another sport.

[@sindridah7203]

I don't get this Petr Cech criticism vs City, he literally saved Arsenal from a 4/5 - 0 humiliation

[@matgamer5916]

Sindri dah yh but leno should have started

[@sunnyzilla4]

As a shotstopper he was good that game. He made 6 saves. But goalies and centre backs and almost every other position has to do more today than what they had to do back in the day. Another example of this is that pure destroyers are not in today’s game. Casemiero is the only pure “destroyer” on a great team.

[@collinsudeme9094]

Why are we even talking about Leno? What in God's name has Ospina done to those at Arsenal? Under Wenger, Cech despite his near post blunders was always picked ahead of Ospina. And now, Leno is even being talked about ahead of Ospina. Its really unfair on a player who's proven himself on several occasions.

[@alphonsusjimos9758]

Jens 'Crazy' Lehman. Absolute Legend

[@ay613]

I dont think cech would or any player would blank the gaffer no he would probably tell him in confidence i don't think the system or play is working. Not start to say in the middle of the game lets not play the system and disobey the manager and anyway the players need to come out and say we need to come out more to receive the ball. u have to show respect and think about ur career.😂

[@dragomn]

Merson was trying hard to sound intelligent here, but you could see he had no idea what he was talking about. Jens actually used stats and facts to back up his argument.

[@bsklasika]

please Jens Lehmann for every Debate. too many clowns on British media.

[@efancording6363]

I loved how Leverkusen trolled Cech, even though Cech himself has won more trophies than Leverkusen have in their entire history

[@jackbootle6376]

Jens Lehman is an absolute legend ❤️⚪️🔴

[@TheTrak5]

Merson is deluded

[@Cracked631]

That was actually brilliant ! As a goalie should adapt your way of playing out from the back being short or long

[@sinjinsmythe1]

Great pundit Jens Lehmann please let's see more of him on Sky Sports

[@Macar14]

OMG, Heath Ledger is still alive and aged so fast.

[@elleonken7599]

I think there is huge a misconception of what a goalkeeper is supposed to do in the modern football. A goalkeeper is supposed to stop shots and keep clean sheets, and anything else he can do in addition to that is a bonus, and not the other way around. There are 10 players on the pitch that can play with their feet, so who would you rather have, a fantastic shot stopper who rarely can plays from the back, or would you rather have a fantastic football who can't buy a clean sheet???

[@usopp0021]

jens is very rational in explaining his thought seriously

[@fikthehuman1722]

I think unai don’t want to make leno as his start IX because he knows city are far better team and knows they’re gonna conceded 2 or maybe more. And what happen to leno if his debut turn out to be nightmares. The impact gonna be huge om him and for the rest of team till the end of the season. But still its a first game of the season. I hope all arsenal fans can give unai and the other like 2-3 years to build a strong team. Even pep need a 3-4 transfer season. Loves from an arsenal fan from malaysia

[@littlewing62]

funny how in the comment section everyone are world class managers with their team sheets and formations haha

[@alkanchannel5630]

we already enter the era where the people are better than any manager in this world :p

[@horumarcilmi1487]

Really Leno Deserves to start and become Line up b/c this is A change and changes require sacrifice I think it's time to say good bye to an old Friend.

[@arrenwright5681]

Wow Jens Lehman with practical comments, shame Merson doesn't have that level of humility...

[@arrenwright5681]

Get over yourself Merson. You have continued to show you have little or nothing useful to offer football anymore. You were literally drafted in because you were an ex-Arsenal player but you don't know what you're on about.

[@panns7]

Obviously if Emery want to continue with a ball playing GK, Cech should be on the bench but people slating him are out of order..hes 36, playing behind solid back four for years and is a great shot stopper still..now at Arsenal, didnt get enough protection and now being asked to play differently yet still kept us in the City game and prevent 2-3 certain goal..

[@seanmullin1692]

Bravo is a good keeper who’s confident with his feat

[@DaWallFacer]

Jens is so analytic

[@MisterSpinalzo]

weird that this is the same guy who once peed into a bottle behind the advertising bande while his team was attacking

[@blackichan200]

apart from almost getting an own goal cech wasn't bad hes not used to this style and against city pressing it was a worst case scenario day for him and the team he handled himself pretty well, kind of hard to justify him getting dropped this early even though i would like to see leno play

[@NosyFella]

Every world class keeper from now on will have to be top quality with their feet. Unfortunately for Cech he's from that earlier generation where keepers just had to save shots. The game has evolved since.

[@simonjrgensen6761]

What Paul Merson doesn't understand is that if Cech doesn't do what he is told then he will for sure be benched so what choice does he really have? Playing out from the back is not a new thing btw. It's just that the Premier League has been far behind in that department for a very long time.

[@chaosen3]

Laura Woods 😍😍😍

[@dannyyiu5971]

Lens is a no frill guy. Spot on.

[@gaara4667]

Well nobody would spend so much for a BACKUP!!!

[@biggy3rd]

There you see the difference between the thought process of an European player and an English player. The new manager wants to play out from the back and Paul Merson is suggesting Cech should boot the ball up field if he can't adapt. Instead of encouraging him to work harder and adapt. Pep stuck to his guns and City players have adapted and have gotten better.

[@MacrobianNomad]

Goalkeeper transfer fee record broken twice in one transfer window is only indicative of the market and inflation. £71m for Kepa is the equivalent to £250m for a forward and that is something we will definitely see in the post Neymar to PSG era.

[@StopForcingPlusOnUs]

Jens was very good here, Merson on the other hand.....

[@matthewmcgann4277]

Weird they call this the debate but swear the people they have on never have different views so it's never a debate? 🤔

[@BubblesChika]

I know, right? It's more like a gentle discussion than any "debate."

[@matthewmcgann4277]

Sassy Ranma 💯

[@bsklasika]

agree with Paul. Cech has always been one of the best distributers in the world, since the day 1 at Chelsea that was one of the things that made him different. there is no way he is unable to do that right or good or improve. the problem is and always been at Arsenal - crap players around good players. completely crap players. the system didnt work so Cech should do what Paul said - calm everyone down and not follow coach's task because its not working. but even when system will start to work - Arsenal has crap players all around the pitch. you can distribute the ball as quick as possible from goal and defence line, but what's the point if you have a DM or LW who can not technically take the pass or give a short distributive pass himself? the ball is lost anyway, so whats the point of the system then?

[@roytheboy4537]

1:42 for arsenal to think that they're gonna roll the ball out from the back and go through man city like it's a playstation game is beyond me- paul merson

[@machiavellisrevenge5169]

Simple answer YES!

[@n.h187]

Put the camera on the lady not two old blokes 😂

[@AR-dd8us]

Noor Hussain lol 😂🤣🤣

[@gro5757]

I actually enjoyed Lehman's input better compared to merson's

[@chr1staki]

Interested what Jens means when he says Leno needs to "take more risks" as a goalkeeper. Come out for more crosses for example? 🤔

[@colouredIncognito]

Well, that headline had nothing to do with what was discussed

[@hatton1985]

I like Jens. Wish Mersin would let him talk.

[@jonl3609]

The no.1 spot is definitely up for contention and I think Emery will make them fight over it. Cech is still a quality gk but he is stressful to watch at times. LvG would say watching gives him a twitch in his ass. Bernd is the future of the club so he shouldn't be treated like a backup gk he should get a few big games and if he doesn't perform, take the sit for a few games.

[@chrisclark8633]

It's one game and we got punished everytime we reverted to type, when we pressed high City panicked, it will take emery half a season to get rid of the wenger mentality! As for the Cech at his age you can't tell him to change his style so Leno starts next game if unai wants to play it short!

[@bamba_boy]

You look through champions league final no one wins any thing without a good goalie 😂😂 jens Lehman: I need a glass of water 😑😒

[@snaggiz]

How Merson actually has a punditry job amazes me. The guy knows literally nothing.

[@squirtlehvac8962]

What everyone forgets is Bernd Leno made a mistake in pre season that cost us a goal and the game. Imagine if Leno does another mistake. Everyone is gonna say, why are we playing Leno instead of cech

[@dilly2007hk]

If Arsenal want to play a pressing game, then Welbeck should be a starter on the left wing. He's great at pressing and tracking back.

[@andyjack37]

Thumbs up for Jens.

[@zeej42]

No homo but I could listen to Jens Lehman talk about football every day the guys so composed and intelligent no homo though

[@riddlers91]

Why call it a debate when they agree?

[@carcosafilm7914]

Leno in for Merson

[@therealdonut45]

I think Emery was a bit silly in trying to play out the back against the best team in the country knowing full well that Arsenal couldn't do it that well.