Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:19 am
Posts: 85
|
Sokratis outlines what Unai Emery has done from the 'first day' to improve Arsenal's defence www sbobet New Arsenal signing Sokratis Papastathopoulos has given an insight into the work being done by Unai Emery to improve Arsenal’s shaky defence.Keeping goals out has long been the Achilles heel of Arsenal, with the Gunners conceding 76 goals in all competitions during Arsene Wenger’s final campaign in charge.In the Premier League alone, they let in 51 - just five less than Swansea City, who were relegated.
So if Arsenal are to improve on their sixth placed finish this time around, improving that record at the back has to be the priority - which is one of the reasons why Sokratis was signed this summer from Borussia Dortmund in a £17 million deal.The 30-year-old has spent the past 10 years playing across Europe and has vast amounts of experience, something Arsenal were keen to add to the backline. Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner has also been brought in to help with that.
But Lichtsteiner has yet to meet up with his new teammates, with the 34-year-old due to report for pre-season training next week after his extended summer break.Sokratis, www sbobet however, has been with the squad since the first day of pre-season under Emery and the centre-back has revealed the type of work that is being put into making Arsenal a tighter unit at the back.“A lot of coaches and a lot of teams now look at only how to play, not how to defend,” said the Greece international.
“But with the new coach we work also on the situations when we don’t have the ball and this is very important.“With him, all the players we work on tactics, we look a lot at videos, what was wrong, what we have to do better.“I think and hope this year things at the back will be much better.”There were some eyebrows raised when Arsenal moved to bring in Sokratis from Dortmund, given he had just turned 30.
But the defender insists he is now approaching his prime and that the experience he has built up playing in Italy and Germany over the years will be beneficial to Emery’s new squad.“Thirty is the best age for a defender, www sbobet so for the next three or four years I would like to give everything for the team. I want to win with this team.“With Borussia, with Milan, with Genoa, for 10 years now I have been outside Greece and of course I have experience.
|
|
Login
Register
Go Back To RuneTrack.com
FAQ
Search
Members
