Excellent post!
Arsenal and United's contrasting approaches to their rebuilds
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Excellent post!
I'm yet to see a different Arsenal.
Thing is we barely have the firepower to score more than 1 goal in a game so when teams have scored a goal against us over the past 6 months we struggle massively to come away with 3 points, teams like arsenal, liverpool and man city can concede a goal in a match with it not being too detrimental because they have it in them to score 2 or 3 goals with their firepower, I would have rather we had spent 120 million on firepower than on our defence and Bissaka will limit us if we want to ever finally start playing progressive attacking football in a year or two unless we are just going to keep sticking to playing in such a boring manner as we have seen post fergie.
Wit Arsenals display today, I guess all teams in the PL believe they can get a result against Arsenal. The playing out from the back error, I'd be fuming if my children's team didn't play it long after seeing that failing a few times. Even if your manager tells you to play out from the back - use half a brain if the opponent pushes that high - play it long. I don't know how many chances Watford had today, but Arsenal should be over the moon securing one point after that 2nd half.
As for other teams strikers:
Liverpool and Citys attackers would walk straight into any top team in the world. Except for Inter. They like their strikers to be big and strong. Our top 3 attackers (Rash, Martial, James, Mata?, Lingard?, Greenwood, Pereira?) would have a hard time beeing guaranteed starters at any top half contender in PL.
As for other teams strikers:
Liverpool and Citys attackers would walk straight into any top team in the world. Except for Inter. They like their strikers to be big and strong. Our top 3 attackers (Rash, Martial, James, Mata?, Lingard?, Greenwood, Pereira?) would have a hard time beeing guaranteed starters at any top half contender in PL.
I'm betting Deeney has said the word cajones several times today.
He wouldn't have to have said it too much to have said it more times than the commentator said "Pepe."
Have you actually ever watched Wan Bissaka? Or indeed title winning teams play football? They almost always have a tight defence. Not many teams concede a goal a game or more and go on to win the league.
The defence and James is looking like the right option to me right now. I like Pepé but he lacks a bit of composure so I'm not sure he'll score huge numbers of goals this season and Arsenal's defence is still a bit of a horror show. I'd be surprised if there's a huge gap between us and them this year but what there is will likely be in our favour I reckon. You can't have Soyuncu, Luiz and Maitland-Niles playing regularly in defence together and expect to do consistently well. That's not a slight on Maitland-Niles btw, I just don't think he's a defender really, looks like an ok DM to me.
Emery also needs to work out his best XI, I still feel he has no idea. Xhaka shouldn't be in it, that much I know.
I actually find the Arsenal & United rebuilds interesting. The PL was at its prime when they were the two best teams. Both in a very similar position with a similar quality of players
So in conclusion, after a lot of talk, not much has actually changed with Arsenal?
I actually would say it has changed...they look sharper going forward and worse defensively.
Do they look sharper? Arsenal has been doing that ticky-taka thing Özil did today since before Barca "invented" ticky-taka under Pep.
The latest edition of Arsenal looks shocking at the back. 2-0 up at halftime against the team everybody knows will be relegated for PL this season, and Arsenal are lucky (and probably delighted!) to get one point today. We're having Arsenal in 2 weeks at home. If Arsenal plays like they did today, we'll be looking at beating our 8-2 record against them.
When did Arsenal collapse today? Once Watford started pressing very high, giving Arsenal very little time on the ball. How does Ole want us to play? This is a leading question, as so many people on this forum don't manage to see how Ole wants us to play.
Arsenal are just an hilarious club. Every season they never sort out the obvious weaknesses in their team.
The other thing I really don’t get is Wenger had them playing better football and on the whole better results. It seems Arsenal fans are more happy now than they ever were in the final few years under Wenger, I really don’t understand this.
The other thing I really don’t get is Wenger had them playing better football and on the whole better results. It seems Arsenal fans are more happy now than they ever were in the final few years under Wenger, I really don’t understand this.
All fine points and in agree with your post but for one major key difference.
Klopp is proven world class manager who turned Liverpool around.
Ole is unproven at this level and is a massive gamble.
Of course this is all amplified by other major issue at the club in Woodwards control of the football side.
Both are corporate tools, its just a competition who masks it better. This summer they done some structural changes (so they say) and got Pepe, fans turned a bit happy and abuse in US they got toned down, which was bad PR for their family in US, if it happened somewhere in Asia, they wouldnt give a feck.
Arsenal spent the most on improving their strongest area. Which was pointless should have spent that 72m on a starting cb and a dm. They already had the goals in Auba and Lacazette.
United strengthened their weakest area. Problem is that positions that were not really strong also got weakened which was a step back in itself. Had united gotten a replacement for Ander and replaced Lukaku with a right winger we would comfortably finish top 4. Looks like there will be another scrap for the top 4
United strengthened their weakest area. Problem is that positions that were not really strong also got weakened which was a step back in itself. Had united gotten a replacement for Ander and replaced Lukaku with a right winger we would comfortably finish top 4. Looks like there will be another scrap for the top 4
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