Alfred C. Jolibois, PhD
02-04-2014, 01:05 PM
And is somehow hailed as a genius, when this is what he has been doing all his life against big clubs. Sometimes it works; sometimes it does not.
No surprise, no innovation there. He just has the ability to pull it off, because he has better player--than say Big Sam--at his disposal. Yes, City with their ridiculous two-men midfield (indeed, almost one-man--as Yaya is really a number 10 the way he plays) made it a bit more likely that it would succeed. But, re-watching this AM,the game was not the tactical masterclass everyone mentions. Just a close game, where the counter attacks shaded it.
Again, not a foregone conclusion that we will win the title; but Arsenal is, by a fine but fair margin, better, more balanced, and more consistent than this lot--as out current position suggests.
No surprise, no innovation there. He just has the ability to pull it off, because he has better player--than say Big Sam--at his disposal. Yes, City with their ridiculous two-men midfield (indeed, almost one-man--as Yaya is really a number 10 the way he plays) made it a bit more likely that it would succeed. But, re-watching this AM,the game was not the tactical masterclass everyone mentions. Just a close game, where the counter attacks shaded it.
Again, not a foregone conclusion that we will win the title; but Arsenal is, by a fine but fair margin, better, more balanced, and more consistent than this lot--as out current position suggests.