BobP
Memri Fan
Re: Premier League: Sunderland vs Arsenal Saturday 25th 15.0
Sunderland were all over the place when we were breaking at them as they pushed for the equalizer. Because of our inability to stretch the play in those positions we had all our players concentrated in central positions which was where the Sunderland players also were leaving us with a brick wall in front of us.
I was watching City against Tottenham last week and what Navas was doing when City won the ball was very interesting. He was holding a far right position with acres of space around him as the Tottenham defense was disorganized. it's very unselfish play as he curbs this instinct which is probably present in him to go and chase after the ball but by staying out there he's stretching the disorganized Tottenham defense leaving them on the straps and with more to think about. In some cases he may be rewarded if his teammates are able to get a pass through to him.
My point is we have nobody who does that, my hope was that Sanchez would do that but regardless of how effective he's been he's just like the rest of our attackers, he gravitates towards the ball. Walcott is probably one of the only guys who does that for us.
Welbeck needs to stop playing like a midfielder also. The formation is partly to blame because a 4141 leaves the striker isolated to an extent if the 2 advanced midfielders are pinned back by the opposition but too frequently instead of making runs I see him pull up and demand the ball like a midfielder. Happened a few times on the break against Sunderland.
halfvolley said:The image that sticks with me most of all from this game is the confused ineptitude on display when countering in the second half. It was horrifying. The Sunderland defence and midfield looked had no answer to it and we still only managed to bring the ball to the 18yd line and choke on it.
Everyone gets a mild panic attack when crossing that boundary, everyone except Alexis Sanchez that is. What is the problem? Don't we practice this in training at all? It's like these people have never played football together in their lives at times.
Sunderland were all over the place when we were breaking at them as they pushed for the equalizer. Because of our inability to stretch the play in those positions we had all our players concentrated in central positions which was where the Sunderland players also were leaving us with a brick wall in front of us.
I was watching City against Tottenham last week and what Navas was doing when City won the ball was very interesting. He was holding a far right position with acres of space around him as the Tottenham defense was disorganized. it's very unselfish play as he curbs this instinct which is probably present in him to go and chase after the ball but by staying out there he's stretching the disorganized Tottenham defense leaving them on the straps and with more to think about. In some cases he may be rewarded if his teammates are able to get a pass through to him.
My point is we have nobody who does that, my hope was that Sanchez would do that but regardless of how effective he's been he's just like the rest of our attackers, he gravitates towards the ball. Walcott is probably one of the only guys who does that for us.
Welbeck needs to stop playing like a midfielder also. The formation is partly to blame because a 4141 leaves the striker isolated to an extent if the 2 advanced midfielders are pinned back by the opposition but too frequently instead of making runs I see him pull up and demand the ball like a midfielder. Happened a few times on the break against Sunderland.