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re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread
Posted on 3/18/15 at 11:05 am to Stewie Griffin
Posted on 3/18/15 at 11:05 am to Stewie Griffin
Ok, I have comment now.
Thought Ozil played his arse off yesterday. Was everywhere. It's amazing the things he does against a compact defense. His ability to find and create space is amazing, and he's working his arse off, too. I think last year's criticism was good for him. He's responded brilliantly.
I really think Alexis needs a rest, mentally and physically. He just doesn't have it right now. Go Theo right, Welbeck left, or Welbeck right, Ozil left, Ramsey holding, etc.
Good to see Ramsey rounding back into 13-14 form.
As soon as Welbeck's shot was deflected by that dude laying on the ground, I just thought to myself, it's not meant to be. As poorly as we played at times in the first leg, it took SO MUCH BAD LUCK for us not to go through. Alexis' penalty denial, two Welbeck shots blocked (one by Theo, one by Monaco), a crazy Kondogbia deflection, Kosc hitting the bar (offside, maybe), Giroud saved off the line, etc. All of those things changed so much in terms of strategy and attacking style. It really is insanely unfortunate and I'm hoping we get breaks next year, because I do think we're building a team that can compete in the CL.
Ok, now on to Cincinnati. Or Newcastle. Second is within reach, Chelsea could hit bad form and could make things interesting at the top, and the FA Cup is ours to lose. Lots left to play for.
Thought Ozil played his arse off yesterday. Was everywhere. It's amazing the things he does against a compact defense. His ability to find and create space is amazing, and he's working his arse off, too. I think last year's criticism was good for him. He's responded brilliantly.
I really think Alexis needs a rest, mentally and physically. He just doesn't have it right now. Go Theo right, Welbeck left, or Welbeck right, Ozil left, Ramsey holding, etc.
Good to see Ramsey rounding back into 13-14 form.
As soon as Welbeck's shot was deflected by that dude laying on the ground, I just thought to myself, it's not meant to be. As poorly as we played at times in the first leg, it took SO MUCH BAD LUCK for us not to go through. Alexis' penalty denial, two Welbeck shots blocked (one by Theo, one by Monaco), a crazy Kondogbia deflection, Kosc hitting the bar (offside, maybe), Giroud saved off the line, etc. All of those things changed so much in terms of strategy and attacking style. It really is insanely unfortunate and I'm hoping we get breaks next year, because I do think we're building a team that can compete in the CL.
Ok, now on to Cincinnati. Or Newcastle. Second is within reach, Chelsea could hit bad form and could make things interesting at the top, and the FA Cup is ours to lose. Lots left to play for.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 11:08 am
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Posted on 3/18/15 at 1:45 pm to Stewie Griffin
Really interesting stuff from The Guardian
Forget about Monaco, Arsène Wenger has an excellent Arsenal team lurking in there
Forget about Monaco, Arsène Wenger has an excellent Arsenal team lurking in there
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Arsenal are somewhere between the 8th- and 16th-best team in Europe. In the context of recent Premier League no-shows and meltdowns in Europe, this is far from disastrous.
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Arsenal’s exit was still less depressing than that of Chelsea, who were outplayed by a superior team, who never dominated their opponents, and whose tactics and degree of basic athletic mobility looked at times outmoded. Arsenal did at least look like a progressive modern football team in Monaco. They have now won 13 of their last 15 matches. They will probably be in the Champions League next year and are two matches from retaining the FA Cup. Among English clubs only Chelsea would refuse to swap places with them right now.
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They now have a plan B, no matter how loudly those who think they don’t have a Plan B say they don’t have a Plan B. Arsenal can pass long to Olivier Giroud, or play Danny Welbeck in behind. They can attack with that familiar blitz of diffuse sideways passes. They can win without the ball, as they have when Francis Coquelin has excelled this season. More significantly, Mesut Özil was excellent against Monaco, and excellent in a way he hasn’t always been excellent in the past, leading Arsenal’s attacks in the last 15 minutes and seeking out the ball as others tired.
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Giroud just does not look sharp or mobile enough as the chief cutting edge of a highly creative midfield. A really high-class striker would have scored more than one of the six or so excellent chances created against Monaco, and Arsenal might even have saved themselves. The process in the past two years has been to make one big-money signing a year. A ruthless, mobile centre-forward with some powerful central midfield backup would round out the current team nicely.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 2:02 pm to Stewie Griffin
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Thought Ozil played his arse off yesterday. Was everywhere. It's amazing the things he does against a compact defense. His ability to find and create space is amazing
I'm sure it is most likely that I just don't know the game as well as most on here, but I didn't see the amazing part of his game yesterday. There were times when he would lose the ball just past midfield and it would take me a split second to realize it was Ozil and not Giroud that just got pick-pocketed. He had some nice passes here and there, but I wasn't overly impressed by his game yesterday.
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