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In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
The rise of ball playing defenders means the art of defending has taken a hit tbh.
The entire league ate more goals I wouldn’t say it’s an Arsenal specific issue.
Think it's why everyone makes such a big deal of Newcastle being a good defensive team, as they are like the only one now.
Everyone is super attacking now really, tbh...had more teams back in the day (Villa, Everton and petty much all lowered half teams) that were proper defending and counter attacking teams...had a more mix of styles back in the day, made it much more difficult for top teams to score I think as more teams could park a bus.
Even us at our best this season were still a little iffy, still have a bit to go to be as good as we were at our best under Graham and Wenger when defending in big moments.