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re: Arsenal 2012/2013 Season Long Thread
Posted on 9/29/12 at 4:41 pm to acgeaux129
Posted on 9/29/12 at 4:41 pm to acgeaux129
Good news is for us we battle through every match, and are always in the thick of it till the final minute.
City have some defensive woes, despite having the same backline return from last season. They just aren't near as rock solid as they were in their title campaign. That and they are barely getting by with a ton of goals in the final 10 minutes, that luck will end at some point. ManU have some serious, very serious, defensive deficiencies, and have absolutely no one in the center of midfield to slow down or break up the play of the opposition. Everton I have no clue if they can keep this up. Newcastle are doing well because Ba is literally backpacking them, I don't think he can keep up this quality for the majority of the season. Spurs look very good on the counter, have a fast midfield. They don't have the best backline, and Defoe is playing better than he has in years who knows how long he can keep up this form. Chelsea to me look the most legitimate team of the bunch. They are fairly organized at the back, and have multiple attacking weapons capable of putting up many goals.
Arsenal, we really need to find goals scorers. That and our offensive identity. Are we trying to have a target man, whip in crosses into the box, play through a certain someone up top? Just what exactly is our offensive strategy? We have free flowing football for the majority of the match, but it bogs down a good bit when we work it up the final 3rd.
More good news is of the next 3: West Ham, Norwich, and QPR we should get a good amount of goals and find some confidence. Those latter 2 sides have looked downright horrid on defense.
City have some defensive woes, despite having the same backline return from last season. They just aren't near as rock solid as they were in their title campaign. That and they are barely getting by with a ton of goals in the final 10 minutes, that luck will end at some point. ManU have some serious, very serious, defensive deficiencies, and have absolutely no one in the center of midfield to slow down or break up the play of the opposition. Everton I have no clue if they can keep this up. Newcastle are doing well because Ba is literally backpacking them, I don't think he can keep up this quality for the majority of the season. Spurs look very good on the counter, have a fast midfield. They don't have the best backline, and Defoe is playing better than he has in years who knows how long he can keep up this form. Chelsea to me look the most legitimate team of the bunch. They are fairly organized at the back, and have multiple attacking weapons capable of putting up many goals.
Arsenal, we really need to find goals scorers. That and our offensive identity. Are we trying to have a target man, whip in crosses into the box, play through a certain someone up top? Just what exactly is our offensive strategy? We have free flowing football for the majority of the match, but it bogs down a good bit when we work it up the final 3rd.
More good news is of the next 3: West Ham, Norwich, and QPR we should get a good amount of goals and find some confidence. Those latter 2 sides have looked downright horrid on defense.
This post was edited on 9/29/12 at 4:45 pm
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 4:45 pm to ATLienTiger
I still think Arsenal are the most complete team in the league. Obviously the only question is where the goals will come from every week.
United's midfield is shite. Fergie will have them pick up max points against lesser clubs, but they've proven that they struggle with the bigger ones.
City - who even knows what to think. Showed heart today, but still don't have me convinced.
Chelsea - good squad, major holes though. They struggle to create opportunities from open play, much less score on them. Virtually no width and a rather inconsistent defense.
Tottenham - flip a coin as to whether you face their good or bad side. Tremendous potential though.
United's midfield is shite. Fergie will have them pick up max points against lesser clubs, but they've proven that they struggle with the bigger ones.
City - who even knows what to think. Showed heart today, but still don't have me convinced.
Chelsea - good squad, major holes though. They struggle to create opportunities from open play, much less score on them. Virtually no width and a rather inconsistent defense.
Tottenham - flip a coin as to whether you face their good or bad side. Tremendous potential though.
Posted on 9/29/12 at 4:46 pm to ATLienTiger
first off let me 
at Jenkinson for that dive bullshite. But other than that I was impressed again.
Walcott is a horrible choice for a sub against a sound defensive team who are up a goal. he was anonymous.
Ramsey shouldn't have started, I hope to see Ox starting next week. Ramsey starting means Arsene is afraid of the other team and wants to crowd the midfield/defense by possession, but he makes so many mistakes going forward.
Giroud again had great strength in hold up play and great movement.. came really close twice but he's just not found his form yet.
5-head had a great goal, but not the best decision making outside of that and should have came off in the 65th instead of Podolski who was having a pretty good game.
We REALLY need to work on some damn set piece defense, I'm scared every time.
Wolosinflsng Sscscnesny needs to come back, he makes some mistakes but he has a lot more of a presence in the back.
Impressed by the Ox, and Arteta was amazing again.
Cazorla had flashes but for the first time he got taken out of the game a bit by Mikel.
Also Cech is a beast.
at Jenkinson for that dive bullshite. But other than that I was impressed again. Walcott is a horrible choice for a sub against a sound defensive team who are up a goal. he was anonymous.
Ramsey shouldn't have started, I hope to see Ox starting next week. Ramsey starting means Arsene is afraid of the other team and wants to crowd the midfield/defense by possession, but he makes so many mistakes going forward.
Giroud again had great strength in hold up play and great movement.. came really close twice but he's just not found his form yet.
5-head had a great goal, but not the best decision making outside of that and should have came off in the 65th instead of Podolski who was having a pretty good game.
We REALLY need to work on some damn set piece defense, I'm scared every time.
Wolosinflsng Sscscnesny needs to come back, he makes some mistakes but he has a lot more of a presence in the back.
Impressed by the Ox, and Arteta was amazing again.
Cazorla had flashes but for the first time he got taken out of the game a bit by Mikel.
Also Cech is a beast.
Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:18 pm to ATLienTiger
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City have some defensive woes, despite having the same backline return from last season. They just aren't near as rock solid as they were in their title campaign.
I agree, but my point last week is there no way he can hope to take on Kompany or whatever and beat him off the dribble with no angle and no room to work with. It's frustrating as hell to watch.
As for the league as a whole, I think Chelsea looks really dangerous especially with Torres returning to form. It'll be interesting to see what Sir Alex can do in fixing their current issues. They already have the best strikers in the league by far.
This post was edited on 9/29/12 at 5:19 pm
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