Lukazan wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
What happens to him when he goes away from Arsenal? Is it nerves because he knows he's got a bad reputation in France - at least in terms of the national team - and that affects him? Or maybe it's because he doesn't have a regular partner to play with? Or is it just that he cant cope without an experienced organiser like Mertesacker next to him? Hope its not the latter.
Sounds like the sort of thing that happens often enough in an Arsenal shirt tbh. Kos often gets a free ride on here though.
I honestly don't think it does. Don't get me wrong, he has a few dopey games every season but when he's good, he's really good. Whereas for France he's pretty average on a consistent basis. In fact, I don't think he's ever recaptured his Arsenal form for the national team.
The same can be said about Giroud too - he was booed off the other day.
I can't actually think of too many Arsenal players that perform better for their national team than they do for their club. Arshavin maybe?
