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Wenger needs to drop Ramsey if ever a numbers game got the media/fans gassed
Playing a goalscoring midfielder as a number #10 has never worked
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Kuffir
they cant all play #10 this is the problem
guy stays type casting
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Heero Yuy
Dunno why we paid such a high figure for Ozil, a genuine #10 ..only to
Play him out wide
and Not build the team around him
Killed Arshavin in the exact same way, although Arshavin didn't warrant having the team built around him.
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Drift
our 10s play wing
our 8s play 10
our full backs play wing
our wide men are on the bench
failed playmaker at dm by himself
shambles
wenger aint gonna change it either.
from the beginnig i had a bad feeling about this season. signings bought in early, fitness coach in... something HAD to be wrong.
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Kuffir
real life
new manager pls
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Michel Kane
This thread has me absolutely baffled, I can't lie. LOL.
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Fighting Weight
Ozil is looking the worst option out of
Podolski (yes)
Sanchez
Wilshere
Ramsey
Ox
Cazorla
Walcott (hasn't played in half a year)
Everytime he touches the ball or misplaces a pass the crowd is on his back
He's ruined tbh
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Michel Kane
Option in terms of what, a wide role?
He's not being managed well enough IMO. I had my suspicions when we signed him (even though I was ELATED at the time) and it's only been confirmed not so much by his ability but his character/personality that he isn't a talismanic player so building a team around him may not be the wisest thing to do.
I'm not a fan of building a team around any player TBH unless they're godly i.e. Messi, CR7, etc.
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Fighting Weight
Any role of the front 3
He is a number 10, so should play behind the striker - I don't feel this attempted experiment with fluidity with himself, Sanchez & whoever else constantly swapping is a good idea, Sanchez should play from the right, Ozil the centre and Cazorla the left for now
IF Ozil was in form, but he's not, he literally looks absolutely appalling - he struggles to make simple passes at times, fumbles with the ball at his feet, when he has an option to play the ball through it'll go wrong
He is a counter-attacking playmaker....when he can't play in this role he just floats about the field retaining possession with no confidence to make something happen like some Turkish Michael Carrick
Cazorla has been in form I see no reason for him not starting in his place other than hoping Ozil comes up with a morale-boosting performance and not wanting to waste £40m
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O Fenomeno
You want to get the best out of Ozil?
Take the lead in games
He is at his best playing as a counter attacking playmaker
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O Fenomeno
Cipher
+1
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Kuffir
Cazorla cuts in too much On the left, he aint happy there either no one is, and form has been nuttin special
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Michel Kane
Proper banter in regards to blaming the 4-1-4-1 system.
The system isn't the be all & end all of a team's strategy. For example, we've been caught out in defensive transition in a few games this season with the 4-1-4-1 but I can name you a plethora of occasions last season with a 4-2-3-1 system where that was also the case.
The point I'm making, the formation isn't anywhere near our biggest problem. Our playing philosophy (or a lack of one) is our biggest problem.
Every top side in Europe, the ones who play at the level we aspire to be i.e. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, etc all have a clear, distinct playing style. You watch them & if you observe well enough, you can identify what their strategy is in the 4 phases of the game: attacking organisation, defensive transition, defensive organisation & attacking transition.
Honestly, with Arsenal, can we all identify what the team is supposed to do in those moments? Can we see any consistent patterns of play? I definitely can't. For example, if you study the 4-1-4-1 formation implemented by a possession-based team which we're supposed to be, you'll know that in the attacking build-up from deep, the 2 CB's split, with about 30 metres between them, the DM drops deep, effectively becoming a 3rd CB, the 2 FB's push high & wide & importantly, the 2 CM's remain fixed, positioning themselves more or less on either end of the semi-circle in the middle of the pitch. Simple positional play, creating width (full-backs as the wide outlets) & depth (CM's as the forward outlets). This also creates simple triangles, that if rehearsed means if anyone of these 7 outfield players mentioned receive the ball, they know innately where the ball should go.
Suffice to say, when Arsenal were in THIS phase of play last night, there was no such shape. Positional play was a myth therefore it had a direct impact on the attacking build up phase. Which means what? If the attacking organisation is disorganised, a team is more likely to concede possession easily & will have a detrimental effect on the defensive transition because players are out of shape. ALL FOUR PHASES ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED.
So I say all this to highlight that a team's structure or formation is actually a small part of the equation. Our overall game model is what's important.
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Fighting Weight
He should play through the middle, though - even on form he has been better than Ozil
This is FM
Cazorla is 6.8 avg
Ozil is 5.2 with the red down arrow for abysmal morale and an SLT concern
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Michel Kane
Fully agree with you.
I've said, if Arsenal want to be a side that dominates teams, in a 4-3-3 formation, Ozil has to play wide.
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Mame Biram Diouf
Is there a genuine reason other than stubbornness that he refuses to sign a left winger post Gervinho and a genuine Dm who can play ball and dictate, even just break up play
Come like Ferguson in his final years
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O Fenomeno
Wenger reminds me of when I first played CM in 2002
I used to buy 10 foreign players without knowing you could only register three
10 CM
No LM
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