Originally Posted by
ShaunW
This may be long winded but it should have been said to Wenger by a DOF which we were promised.
Formations, we have not won the League since ditching the 4-4-2 formation, at the time Wenger stated that we had to alter to 4-3-3 to compete in the champions league
Against better teams or our 2 man central midfield would get outnumbered. I except this may be the case against better teams but why not revert to 4-4-2 against all but the top 7 in the League.
4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 did not work as we conceded to many goals, this is not down to the system but the players and the tactics, it’s not surprising that we concede goals if both full backs bomb forward
In these systems at the same time and we have no defensive aware midfield players.
We revert to 3-4-3 only because we are not defensively drilled as a back 4 and we have players who are too afraid to through their body in the way whether the ball is on the floor or in the air
If we alter formations in different teams it must make it harder for opposing manager to plan against us.
Tactics, Scrap Zonal marking at corners and free kicks, it just doesn’t work especially when you have a small team like ours, only send one full back forward at any time and get the defensive midfield forward player to cover him , I seem to remember this worked fine with Dixon/Winterburn, playing a 4-4-2 should mean the wingers provide the width with the full back on the side of the ball being able to provide the overlap. 4-4-3 worked fine with a mixture of Vieira, Petit, Edu, Gilberto as the central 2
If players aren’t performing substitute them, how the hell did Ozil play 90 mins against Stoke especially when we were losing, why remove lacazette when 1 nil down
4 goals conceded so far this season, all 4 our fault, 2 from balls given away by xhaka in midfield, Ramsey was the most forward player against Stoke when the ball was lost leaving 4 breaking on 4. The other 2 goals from corners that were conceded because players didn’t clear the ball properly from open play a minute or 2 earlier.
Why are we playing 2 left backs as centre backs when BFG and Holding are available. I can see why the Ox and Bellerin played as RWB and LWB in the chosen system as Bellerin’s delivery and goal scoring potential are limited so might as well play Ox on his favoured side, however why not take off Bellerin when reverting to a back 4 and move Kolsainac too LWB
Transfers, firstly we can’t throw away 130 mill if Sanchez 70 Mill, Ox 40 Mill and Ozil 20 Mil don’t sign new contracts, although I wouldn’t want to keep Ozil anyway but maybe we can get more for him if Barcelona are struggling to get in replacements. Secondly why are so many players in their last year of contract’s this may cost the club a fortune and Wenger should be accountable for this. Thirdly, Wenger never wants to
But more and 2-3 players each year, this will not be the case next year should all players in their last year of contract not sign new ones, in which case you may as well buy in as many as possible now this will
Give them all one year to gel as let’s face it this year’s performance will be no better than last year’s, also the prices will only go up next year for new recruits.
Dein should have been bought in to deal with all transfers. Fringe players will have to be sold for reduced prices as teams are unwilling to pay their inflated wage packets.
Players already recruited or required
Kolsainac Free
Lacazette 50 mil
Van Djik 60 mil
Koulibaly 60 mil
Carvalho 40 mil
Draxler 35 mil
Lemar 50 mil
Net Spend 295 Mil
Players Sold or to be sold
Szczenzy 10 mil
Gabriel 10 mil
Debuchy 5 mil
Gibbs 5 mil
Mustafi 30 mil
Campbell 10 mil
Chambers 20 mil
Ox 40 mil
Ozil 20 mil
Sanchez 70 mil
Perez 10 mil
Wilshere 20 Mil
Net income 250 Mil
23 Man squad will be:-
Cech, Ospina
Bellerin, Kolsainac, Monreal
BFG, Holding Koscielny, Van Djik, Koulibaly
Ramsey,Xhaka,Santi,Carvalho, Elneny,Coquelin, Iwobi, Draxler, Lemar
Giroud, Walcott, Lacazette, Welbeck
This enables us to play any formation.
4-4-2 Cech Bellerin Van Djik Koulibaly Kolsainac Carvalho Ramsey Lemar Draxler Lacazette Giroud
4-4-3 Cech Bellerin Van Djik Koulibaly Kolsainac Carvalho Ramsey Lemar Draxler Lacazette Walcott
4-2-3-1 Cech Bellerin Van Djik Koulibaly Kolsainac Carvalho Ramsey Draxler Lemar Lacazette Giroud
3-4-3 Cech Koscielny Van Djik Koulibaly Kolsainac Carvalho Ramsey Bellerin Draxler Lacazette Lemar
Next year new Goalkeeper, Right Back and another Central Midfielder
And Finally the Wenger out brigade haven’t suddenly reappeared after one defeat, the 4-3 opening day win just papered over the cracks, we didn’t want him at all after his contract run out last year, there has been no change, what happening to the catalyst, and why did Wenger lie about Lacazette’s offside goal, we may think it unlucky to be disallowed but it was technically offside, no mention from him about Welbeck’s Goal against Leicester maybe being offside or Ozil’s handball which resulted in the corner for our winning goal, all it does is open us up to twitter abuse from the Stoke Police Force.
