re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread

Unai wants our front to high pressure and track back when needed - he doesn’t get that from Ozil and so he has to compensate through the midfield to cover.

We have no width in true playmakers and no creative deep lying midfielders so there isn’t anyone to link play if you played Laca and Auba together as two true strikers (why you see Auba deployed sometimes out on the left side) and Ozil together. You really miss someone like Santi in this team, who would be fantastic linking play to two central strikers.

Honestly if we had some form of wide, creative playmaker, and a deeper playmaking CM, I think you would 100% see both together deployed through the middle. But as it stands, the make-up of this team isn’t suited to do what he would like currently.

It’s going to take time, especially considering the previous regime let these high wage contracts get into deeper parts of their deals and we’re seeing assets walk for nothing.

Still, when it comes to Unai and the transition, believe guys like Neville, when it comes to a style and culture change:

Neville