CaseUteinberger
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What an upgrade from Giroud! Aubameyang really has wheels. I was surprised how quick he was for a fairly tall guy.Man Auba is quick!
What an upgrade from Giroud! Aubameyang really has wheels. I was surprised how quick he was for a fairly tall guy.Man Auba is quick!
But isn't this what Wenger always tries and wants to do? To grow and transform a player?Trying to make him something everyone knows he isn't, is embarrassing.
Alonso was very slow. Heck Gareth Barry is slower. Two players similar in build and stature to Xhaka. Both have had more than decent careers in the EPl.
That was coming. We are still an eminently bullyable team.
you just need this sometimes:I watch it and I just don't see an easy chance there, if he dinks the keeper I'm applauding the finish. If he goes through the keeper's legs I'm again applauding his creativity. If he goes outside of the foot and curls it towards the far post that's even more impressive than the previous two combined.
I just don't see how he scores this without receiving praise for a top class finish. That's why I don't think it was a 'high percentage' chance.
I think some people are missing the point. I genuinely believe the major issue yesterday was tactical.
We went there with a formation Wenger doesn't understand and a team who did not know their jobs. It is also a system that requires specific players for certain roles.
The 4 3 3 needs to dominate the opposition. You either play it like Chelsea did with Makelele, Essien, Lampard and Drogba in a physical game. Or you can play it like Barcelona used to with technical players everywhere or like City with a two wingers and creators in midfield.
The key aspect is you dominate the midfield and Wenger's selection mad no sense. We took our two playmakers and asked them to mark the opposition full backs and stay in their position. Is it therefore a surprise they didn't stop the cross? We then had no ball winner in midfield, no mobility and no creative midfielders . It was basically Wilshere vs the Sp**s midfield. If our game plan was going to be to defend then there was no point playing Özil and MhikI. Playing them there in the hope they can make something happen on a counter is ridiculous. They are more likely to fall asleep defensively than create from a a deep wide position with no midfield options bar Wilshere.
We don't have the players to play a 4 3'3. We are geared towards a 4231.
---------------------------Auba
Iwobi-------------------Özil--------------Mhiki
----------------Wilshere----AMN
That's how I believe we should be lining up for the rest of the season.
You match Sp**s up and let the game be decided on the front 3 that can create the most space.match Dembele with AMN leaving Jack to handle Dier in a mismatch.
Good post but can I say Özil and Miki had about 2 absolutely superb chances each to play killer counter-attack balls in the first half and screwed it up. The pundits would be calling it Wengers tactical masterclass if those lead to goals.
That's the problem though. Even if they made the right pass there is still a likelihood that we could miss them.
It's Wenger's flaw that he ignores the defensive side of the game to the extent that when he reflects he looks at chances we should have taken in order to change the game. 2 chances isn't enough for us to score and win a game. We created nothing and even in games where we somehow manage to take a chance and go 1 goal up we can still throw it away.
We need to focus on two things. Playing our best players in a way we have freedom which requires us to commit men forward. We then need to think about what happens if we lose the ball? We recover. But how do you recover with a midfield of Xhaka, Wilshere and elneny. You don't. You need an AMN in there.
It's Wenger's flaw that he ignores the defensive side of the game to the extent that when he reflects he looks at chances we should have taken in order to change the game. 2 chances isn't enough for us to score and win a game. We created nothing and even in games where we somehow manage to take a chance and go 1 goal up we can still throw it away.
I think some people are missing the point. I genuinely believe the major issue yesterday was tactical.
We went there with a formation Wenger doesn't understand and a team who did not know their jobs. It is also a system that requires specific players for certain roles.
The 4 3 3 needs to dominate the opposition. You either play it like Chelsea did with Makelele, Essien, Lampard and Drogba in a physical game. Or you can play it like Barcelona used to with technical players everywhere or like City with a two wingers and creators in midfield.
The key aspect is you dominate the midfield and Wenger's selection mad no sense. We took our two playmakers and asked them to mark the opposition full backs and stay in their position. Is it therefore a surprise they didn't stop the cross? We then had no ball winner in midfield, no mobility and no creative midfielders . It was basically Wilshere vs the Sp**s midfield. If our game plan was going to be to defend then there was no point playing Özil and MhikI. Playing them there in the hope they can make something happen on a counter is ridiculous. They are more likely to fall asleep defensively than create from a a deep wide position with no midfield options bar Wilshere.
We don't have the players to play a 4 3'3. We are geared towards a 4231.
---------------------------Auba
Iwobi-------------------Özil--------------Mhiki
----------------Wilshere----AMN
That's how I believe we should be lining up for the rest of the season.
You match Sp**s up and let the game be decided on the front 3 that can create the most space.match Dembele with AMN leaving Jack to handle Dier in a mismatch.
This is our problem in a nutshell. And has been for a few years.Agree on the midfield as well, with the exception of a fit and sharp Wilshere none of them particularly offer anything, they're not good when pressured, they're not big, they're not strong , there're not fast covering ground and they don't like defending.
That's the formation we played yesterday, idiot. And it worked a ****ing treat, didn't it!
After seeing that game yesterday and given our limited finances, I'd leave the defence alone next year and buy two top quality midfielders to play along side Jack/ Ramsey (whoever is fit).
Put AMN out on loan to a lower EPL club to get battle hardened. Sell Elneny and let Xhaka fight for a place. Release Cazorla.
Make a world of difference to this side.