Thynker wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:17 pm
OneBardGooner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:30 am
Thynker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:29 pm
We'll defend a bit deeper because we can't go gung-ho.
I think that'll make us better early on.
Tomiyasu should get the start.
Isn't it shocking that the squad doesn't actually have a left back. The one we did have is at Sociedad.
The back 4 should be defenders first and attackers second.
We did ... I mean we Do have a Left Back (Jurrien Timber) but he sustained one of the worst injuries a player can get on his very first outing... He had Never had any serious injuries previously.
Timber is a RB
Timber can play anywhere across the back four, he is cited as being a Centre Back. He is Two Footed AND in his one and only appearance when he suffered his awful cruciate injury he was playing at Left Back.
"Jurriën David Norman Timber is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a full-back. Timber joined Ajax's youth academy in 2014, from Feyenoord. Wikipedia
Born: 17 June 2001 (age 22 years), Utrecht, Netherlands
Current teams: Arsenal F.C. (#12 / Defender), Netherlands national football team (#2 / Defender)
Siblings: Quinten Timber, Dylan Timber, Christopher Coffie
Date joined: 2020 (AFC Ajax)
Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurriën_Timber
Jurriën David Norman Timber (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjʏri(j)ən ˈtɪmbər];[4] born 17 June 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team.
Mainly a centre-back,
he can also play as a full-back.[5]
Timber joined Ajax's youth academy in 2014, from Feyenoord. He made his first-team debut for Ajax in March 2020, and won two Eredivisie titles and one KNVB Cup. He won the Marco van Basten Award in 2022. Timber signed for Arsenal in July 2023, for an initial transfer fee of £34 million