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re: Arsenal 2016/2017 Season Long Thread: 13 time FA Cup Champs

Posted on 4/18/17 at 7:17 am to
Posted by Stewie Griffin
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Posted on 4/18/17 at 7:17 am to
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need a player who is defensively minded but also an utterly superb passer.


Xhaka is getting there. His defensive positioning was very good yesterday. He's learning how to use positioning to defend rather than tackling.

My concern with him is he gets awfully clumsy under high pressure. He beat it a few times yesterday but it didn't look pretty.
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
16148 posts
Posted on 4/18/17 at 12:44 pm to
Been thinking about options if we keep playing 3 at the back. I like what we can do, especially with our front 3, where we can be very fluid. Ozil can actually play in the 10 spot with two strikers in front of him, or flank a more central striker.

To get more attackers on the field, we could


------------------Cech------------------
------Mustafi------Kosc------Monreal---
Bellerin-----Ramsey----Xhaka--------Ox
-------------------Ozil------------------
---Theo/Welbeck/Giroud------Alexis----

More defensive minded

------------------Cech------------------
----Mustafi------Kosc----Gabriel/Holding
Bellerin-----Ramsey----Xhaka-----Monreal
-------------------Ozil------------------
---Theo/Welbeck/Giroud------Alexis----


More than anything I like that we can start with a front three of Ozil, Alexis, and whoever else, and shift them around. Two up front with Ozil in the hole; one up front with Ozil on the flank.

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