In the most recent Arsecast, Andrew and Lewis Ambrose played a game where they picked a team of Arsenal players to lose. The restrictions were that the player couldn’t be played too far out of position, and that they had to have at least 20 appearances for Arsenal in all competitions in the emirates era, and that the team be in a 4-3-3 shape.
It’s worth listening to the episode. They didn’t always pick the worst players, sometimes it was players who were just bad in a certain position, or surrounded by players who emphasized their faults.
You can see the two teams if you want to skip to the end.
Seems like a fun game, anybody want to post their designed-to-lose teams?
Why people chosing Koscielny over Squilaci, Mertesaker, Andre Santos, David Luiz. And where is Benter? He doesn’t have 20 appearances?!? :)
It would be insane to choose Koscielny as a bad player. With Mertesacker you could at least design a team around losing because the back line is slow, but he was also a very good defender, especially when paired with a faster, more aggressive partner like Koscielny.
A better question is who is Benter?