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re: Arsenal 2016/2017 Season Long Thread: 13 time FA Cup Champs
Posted on 8/26/16 at 1:34 pm to DB10_AFC
Posted on 8/26/16 at 1:34 pm to DB10_AFC
I really think if we committed to the low block, we could have won the league last year without a striker addition. Only one team in the league scored more than 70 goals, if I recall correctly, and it was mostly our defensive lapses that cost us games. I still think if we commit to the low block we will be hard to beat. It is the high block/press situation where our positioning becomes especially poor.
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 1:54 pm to crazy4lsu
Yea I agree. For the most part our defense was very good. There's a reason Cech won the golden gloves. We had many clean sheets. The thing is, like you said, we have moments where we are ripped to shreds one game then next game clean sheet. I do think we dropped points from January to April because of our lack of goals though.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 6:21 pm to crazy4lsu
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I really think if we committed to the low block, we could have won the league last year without a striker addition. Only one team in the league scored more than 70 goals, if I recall correctly, and it was mostly our defensive lapses that cost us games. I still think if we commit to the low block we will be hard to beat. It is the high block/press situation where our positioning becomes especially poor.
That falls on the coach. I wonder about his ability as a coach and man manager pretty frequently. Why don't we play as a counter team like Leicester? Wenger just never seems pragmatic, ever.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:36 pm to crazy4lsu
Arsene plays a middle that presses too aggressively. He leaves the last third vulnerable with defenders who are too slow (Per) to adjust. There is always the danger of the quick over the top or through the gap break. This is fixable if you have a really physical holding midfielder. I am hoping Mustafi fits this bill.
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