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It’s stupid.Are there signs he is regressing or its stupid?
If he doesn’t score then this is the reception he will get with this contract I’m afraid.
It’s stupid.Are there signs he is regressing or its stupid?
Our attacking play is just too rehearsed and easy to plan against. Add to that an inability to play through pressure and you render us worthless in attack.
Arteta?? Wow. He was getting pushed around like a rag doll today. Arteta can’t make him physically stronger or more brave. Auba will determine his own performance.I'm a huge Auba fan but god damn he's been poor this season, I mainly blame Arteta but when he's poor it looks so bad.
Should have started Laca.
Auba’s miles better than Vardy for me. Yeah Kane is far superior but I’m not having Vardy made out to be some world class don.
If Auba’s just a poacher than so is Jamie.
Never.
I’d take Vardy over Auba any day of the week.
Vardy always gives you 110% and gives opposing defenders no respite.
you don’t watch Vardy at allNever.
I’d take Vardy over Auba any day of the week.
Vardy always gives you 110% and gives opposing defenders no respite.
Never a dumb move to start Aubameyang if you have him.His always been poor in tight games where they’ll be very few chances, not sure why fans and pundits are acting like somethings changed.
Was a dumb move to start him, having Lacazette as a link up option for others would’ve been better.
For all the statistics, patterns and whatever, Vardy can do basic things in football that Auba simply can't, and that never ends up on stats. That's the only reason why Auba can never go in the same sentence with other top forwards.Not as simple as you make it unfortunately. Let me break it down.
Take into account the systems and expectations on both players. Aubameyang is expected to track right back into defensive positions where Vardy isnt. Arteta has rigid defensive focused patterns where Rodgers keeps Vardy in attacking positions, with attacking patterns, ready for him to spring into action.
Both have won the golden boot, but Aubameyang has been in the top three for every season he's been in the Premier League.
Unfortunately for all Vardy's 100% and not giving defenders a break, his record doesnt stand up to Auba.
For all the statistics, patterns and whatever, Vardy can do basic things in football that Auba simply can't, and that never ends up on stats. That's the only reason why Auba can never go in the same sentence with other top forwards.
I can't even blame him, I understand what he is, but when you accumulate that incompetence on the ball over several positions as we do, it looks really bad on a team level.
We could tolerate it for Auba because he gives us all important goals, but if he plays, you can't have wankers like Elneny, Xhaka and Bellerin around anymore, that's too much for the team to absorb. If these guys have to play, Arteta should consider Laca instead.
My personal preference is Vardy/Ings, but you are right, don't think there would be much difference if Vardy was playing yesterday for us.If we had Vardy right now I guarantee people would be complaining like they are about Auba.
As @Macho says Vardy is non-existent in games apart from a half chance or two which he buries. Difference is that their whole system is geared towards getting him those one or two chances in behind the opposition’s back line.
I don’t know what the f*ck ours is doing when Auba is helping Tierney defend like yesterday.
The thing with Vardy I remember when Claude Puel came in and tried to play him left wing. Vardy quickly got him out of there and luckily for Arteta, Aubameyang has bought into it.My personal preference is Vardy/Ings, but you are right, don't think there would be much difference if Vardy was playing yesterday for us.
I'm always saying one thing when to play Auba, it's when you overload the team with technical players and he is then just at the end of things.
Arteta overloads the team with grunt workers like Xhaka/Elneny, and some players who are incompetent on the ball (Bellerin, CB's) and then asks Auba to contribute to the build-up.
We have the technical talent within the team, but they all need to play together. You can't have technical players like MO and Pepe, and then play Bellerin and Elneny next to them, there's no fluency with that approach
How do you counter against a dominant City when Laca up top with his stroller?Should have started Laca.
Laca could have held the ball up better. At the very least he should have brought h on at half time. It painfully obvious in the first 20 minutes that Auba was not working.How do you counter against a dominant City when Laca up top with his stroller?
The tactical plan to put Auba up top makes sense to me.
Just because you have a guy who can run fast doesn't mean you will be able to execute counters.How do you counter against a dominant City when Laca up top with his stroller?
The tactical plan to put Auba up top makes sense to me.
No you're right. You need midfielders who can quickly transition towards an (counter) attack, which won't happen with Elneny and Xhaka because a forward pass is only their third or fourth thought.Just because you have a guy who can run fast doesn't mean you will be able to execute counters.
Need to win the ball first which is hard with Xhaka and Elneny, need players who can release it fast and with precision which is also a struggle here.
The last option is to have a quick transition with 4-5 players when we do manage to win the ball, but once we won it, the ball would always go backwards first.
I didn't see counter attacking potential, but I'm open to hearing your thoughts if I'm getting something wrong
you don’t watch Vardy at all
He averages less than 20 touches per game and only springs into life when a chance is on. Google it, or atleast watch Leicester.