plastic james
12-17-2013, 05:29 PM
he was their most serious manager for years.
but one thing i never understood was his high line defence, he had the same problem last season, every time they were put on pressure, they conceded loads of goals.
wenger experimented with the high line for a couple of seasons and it was disastrous.
it works for barcelona because spanish teams play slow build up from the back, and if you squeeze them and move your whole team up, you can win the ball near their goal and attack them.
this isnt successful in england because teams kick the ball up and chase it, meaning they get behind you when you push up and if they have a decent striker they will punish you.
it took wenger a while to get it, but avb never got there, the point of gallas-toure was to have 2 quick defenders that push up, but we became more solid when we played a more commanding defender like martesacker and moved our defence back, suddenly the long balls english teams throw at us was less effective againts us
.i remember the days when teams like sunderland, stoke, newcastle,, bolton, etc, had 2 or 3 shots against us and scored 2 or 3 times either from a header or a long ball past our defence.
but one thing i never understood was his high line defence, he had the same problem last season, every time they were put on pressure, they conceded loads of goals.
wenger experimented with the high line for a couple of seasons and it was disastrous.
it works for barcelona because spanish teams play slow build up from the back, and if you squeeze them and move your whole team up, you can win the ball near their goal and attack them.
this isnt successful in england because teams kick the ball up and chase it, meaning they get behind you when you push up and if they have a decent striker they will punish you.
it took wenger a while to get it, but avb never got there, the point of gallas-toure was to have 2 quick defenders that push up, but we became more solid when we played a more commanding defender like martesacker and moved our defence back, suddenly the long balls english teams throw at us was less effective againts us
.i remember the days when teams like sunderland, stoke, newcastle,, bolton, etc, had 2 or 3 shots against us and scored 2 or 3 times either from a header or a long ball past our defence.