Houdini🧢💐
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Houdini🧢💐
@ZubbyKhalifa
painter ! artist ! designer/printer ! branding ! ARSENAL ❤️. CHAMPIONS



A good time to remind everyone that the gap between professionals and amateurs is primarily athleticism, not technique.


BEST PLAYER OF HIS GENERATION - NO UCL NO BALLON D OR BEST WORLD CUP PLAYER - NO GOLDEN BALL.


CM that can’t evade pressure, dribble or pass to a high level and he was in BDO talksmadness

10 buts et 7 passes décisives en LDC ⚽️🅰️ 8 buts et 4 passes décisives en Ligue 1 ⚽️🅰️ Ligue des Champions🏆 Ligue 1 🏆 Coupe Intercontinentale🏆 Supercoupe de l'UEFA 🏆 Trophée des Champions 🏆 MVP de la LDC 🥇 20 buts et 12 Passe Décisives TCC BALLON D’OR 🌟 🇬🇪


Souness has a point IMO but the way he's put it bluntly i.e. 'lack of football' comes across as blunt and misguided. I think Declan Rice is overrated in terms of pure in possession traits. That third in front of the CBs, he is painfully average in terms of acting as a conduit from defence into attack and he can't control a game under extreme pressure... hence he is a tier below likes of Rodri etc as a deeper midfielder. As a box to box midfielder, his goal threat is decent as is his creativity but again never blown me away in this respect. Off the ball is where he comes into his own, positional nous as well as ball winning ability, add in the set piece threat for Arsenal and you have a very well-rounded midfielder with a fantastic attitude but for me compared to a Roy Keane in his pomp let alone Souness (greatest British CM of all time arguably outside of Charlton more of a AM)... he falls short. #Arsenal #England #Worldcup


Souness is good at spotting some individual traits in midfielders but he doesn’t get how it all fits together both on an individual and team basis. Suspect that’s why he flopped as a gaffer. The main point he should’ve made is Rice + Anderson as a combination being sub-optimal instead of criticising Rice who has other world class traits. And a midfielder who has a combination of moving, carrying & defending as well as Rice should never be a CB.


Graeme Souness: 🗣️“Declan Rice won’t get any better… for me - limited. You hear people talk about Declan Rice as world class. I don’t. I think he might be a centre-half. He doesn’t have enough football in him. He runs because he doesn’t see a picture.”


@Slmonlfc Yes it’s actually the reverse case of rice who would be better used in a Double pivot. One of the key utilities of rice is that he’s so good defensively that he allows you to get 4 attacking players on the pitch








