Per Mertesacker

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[Shubitidze]

I heavily disagree, if you compare him with Delpierre and Madlung there is a significant difference between them and Mertesacker. Naldo's AGI has to go up, Mertesacker's current 73 are realistic IMO. Simunic I would set 1 below Mertesacker.

Lately I thought that his BB should be rather 88 than 90. The current 90 makes him much stronger than Terry for instance. Of course he is rarely being outmuscled, but this is also due to his outstanding RESP. With 90 and his weight he seems to strong in the game I think. 88 would be on a par with Naldo.

[Simon kjaer]

Name: Per Mertesacker
Club: SV Werder Bremen
Number: 29
Position: CB*
Nationality: Germany
Age: 25(29.09.1984)

Foot: Right
Side: Both

Length: 198 cm
Weight: 90 kg

Attack: 60
Defence: 85
Balance: 90
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 76
Acceleration: 75
Response: 86
Agility: 73
Dribble Accuracy: 72
Dribble Speed: 68
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Acc.: 72
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 66
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 66
Free Kick Accuracy: 65
Curling: 69
Header: 84
Jump: 78
Technique: 73
Aggression: 64
Mentality: 84
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 84

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 8
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot frequency: 5
Consistency: 7



PLAYER INDEX CARDS:
S07 – Man Marking
S08 – Slide Tackle
S09 – Covering
S10 – DF Leader


SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Covering
*Marking
*D-Line
*Sliding

by Shubitidze

Of the best defenders in the world has proved it in South Africa,

Defence:90
balance:94
top speed:81
response:90
jump:89

[phoenix513]

Of the best defenders in the world has proved it in South Africa,

Defence:90
balance:94
top speed:81
response:90
jump:89

you're fan of this player?? Balance not 94, only 90-91, defence maybe 86... response 86-87 100%

[Steven Gerrard]

Per the best DF in the World

DF : 88
bb : 93
Speed : 77
Jump : 81

[Luisao82]

Per the best DF in the World

Actually Mexer is the best DF in the World IMHO.

[Simon kjaer]

Be attacked when the German League, and per defender deserves more than this

[Solo_Inter]

Mertesacker is one of the best defender in World Cup, and one of the best defender in Bundesliga.
For me deserves more Defence (85---->86) and more Balance (90---->91).

[s-cobar]

sory but he played a bad WC, Friedich was much better and safed his ass a few times and Mertesacker ddn`t played an outstanding season.

[mcmattie]

I see these stats and I see people say that Mertesacker is the best defender in de bundesliga or even in the world....... Sorry but then I've got to say some words.
I think 85 defense, 90 balance and all 4 defencive special abilities is already pretty damn generous. And people are seriously suggesting even raising it up beyond players like Pique, Puyol and Terry?! Does he really deserve all that? I just can't believe he is this good. When I think of good defenders in the world he is not a player I would think of at all.

[ThaReaper01]

Pique is overrated by everybody.

[ballack13]

I think the current stats are quite accurate actually.

Only thing i would consider lowering is his Top Speed and Acceleration, he's pretty damn sluggish. I really don't think he deserves green values.

He's quality though, very intelligent defender, hardly ever gets cards or gives up stupid fouls.

[Simon kjaer]

Def:88
Balance:93
Top speed:79
Response:89

[Mr. Evans]

Almost forgot about this guy. How come Germany's best defender, look at his stats compared to the other German defenders, isn't a key-player in the German NT (not even selected)?

[Paddy]

Seems as though there was a silent update on these some time ago.

[qwertyfinger]

Almost forgot about this guy. How come Germany's best defender, look at his stats compared to the other German defenders, isn't a key-player in the German NT (not even selected)?

Hey, Per had an awful season by his standards, the guy caused about 20 goals due to his lack of pace (even slower than 1st post) and bad distribution. The defender makes Vidic look like a speed demon, although he's never ever beaten for strength, his Balance could come up by a point or 2. But he's lost a lot of form this year and was in a lot of people's worst 11 of 2011, along with Simunic and Silvestre at the back (and Molinaro). He's very cumbersome and not very agile, nowhere near a 74, even with his weight... and for him to have COVERING, COVERING! is laughable. His decline has been rapid, a lot of people had compared Babstuber to him (well bayern fans and people who've seen them both) and well they weren't wrong, Bayern have a good prospect in Bab, but, really were they to buy Per in the summer they'd be idiotic, especially considering they're both of a similar standard now. Friedrich is twice the player Mertesacker is.

[monKevski]

Seems as though there was a silent update on these some time ago.

He got injured before the national matches and it isn't sure when he does come back.

[s-cobar]

seems that he`s on the way to Arsenal

[Tom]

seems that he`s on the way to Arsenal

And if Arsenal continue to adopt the same style of defending that they have used this season and last, this signing will turn to be a disaster. Hopefully Mertesacker will be the player who finally adds organisation to our back-line, and commands the line to work in tandem. If that's not the case, he will fail as a signing.

Why? Our back-line plays really high up the pitch, I mean suicidally high. Too often our back-line could be left exposed by a long-ball over the top to a striker pressing the line (Key example: Darren Bent in the Arsenal vs. Aston Villa match last season), or the full-backs pressing too far forward against pacy wingers that will look to get behind them (Key example: Manchester United in the Manchester United vs. Arsenal match last weekend). As a result, it means the centre of defence has to play catch-up. And that's fine if you've got pacy defenders like Koscielny or Vermaelen, but less so when you have someone like Squillaci or Mertesacker. In other words, a true "stopper" will not work in a current tactical system. Players like Mertesacker (and Squillaci) like to defend in an around the box; they can use their acute positioning and strength to their advantage to channel players away from the box, and they are less likely to get exposed for pace and their cumbersome movement when compacted around their own area.

Unless Arsenal change their defensive system or Mertesacker acts as the authoritative defender and leader (which Squillaci didn't do last year, thus defying the very purpose of signing him), Mertesacker will flop. Just like Squillaci.

[monKevski]

That might be the biggest problem between Mertesacker and the defence of Arsenal. Mertesacker is an old-kind german defender if you know what I mean. He isn't the one building up the game from behind, he just stays back in the defence and cares for a solid defence. Otherwise that could be a win for Arsenal, someone who finally organize the back four again, in combination with Vermaeln - a very aggressive and offensive defender in my eyes - it might be the best mixture to stabilize the defence.

[tasmin]

he will get problem against players like suarez,aguero,tevez,young,nani,rooney but will handle well players like caroll,dzeko.............