Freddie Ljungberg

[DanDare]

Honestly can't believe people are turning on Freddie already, less than one week in.

Our fan base doesn't deserve much.

Apparently there was a magical formula that meant we could have thrashed Norwich if only they'd been the ones making the decisions

 

[Joestlaachmkr]

Honestly can't believe people are turning on Freddie already, less than one week in.

Our fan base doesn't deserve much.

I`m def not turning my back against Freddie, i fully support him and i hope he succeeds. But we could have appointed a more experienced manager, if we had sacked Emery 2 weeks before we could have gotten Mourinho or we could have gotten Allegri if the board had handled things differently.

 

[Riou]

Dad’s happy.

 

[Fewtch]

Dad’s happy.

Monsieur Wenger to backseat coach the team? We’ve got our Arsenal back!

 

[rich 1990]

Ljungberg's form in 02 literally won us the double Pires got injured and he stepped up big style. What is wrong with some of you?

 

[Gunner D]

Ljungberg's form in 02 literally won us the double Pires got injured and he stepped up big style. What is wrong with some of you?

Agreed. Ljungberg was absolutely quality for us. Always performed in the big games. Anyone discrediting Ljungbergs Arsenal career is a troll.

 

[rich 1990]

If this was Bergkamp in charge, guarantee someone would say he didn't score enough.

 

[Riou]

Monsieur Wenger to backseat coach the team? We’ve got our Arsenal back!

Oh **** yeah! :bounce:

AKBs to the WOB after they thought Arsène would never be back at the club!

Please everyone who sees this take this as a joke, don’t want to cause a war...just here for the fun banter!

 

[Riou]

If this was Bergkamp in charge, guarantee someone would say he didn't score enough.

Only scored 4 league goals during the Invincible season?

Even Chamakh got more than that!

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Freddie knows what's up.

Remarkable that it just a couple of press conferences I understand far more than I did in 18 months under Emery.

 

[boyinneedofhumor]

I don't expect Freddie to do too many stuff with the squad within a short span. It takes time.

His primary approach, I suspect, will be to "score one more than the average opposition", because that'll buy time.
And I do think he can translate that aspect across to the players faster and surprise some, i.e. finding pockets of space to run/attack.

 

[pikey2000]

yep he talks about getting in behind more often in his presser which doesn't suprise me as he was always a midfielder who liked to make astute runs forward and its something we did/do on a painfully low frequency.

You watch teams against us and at times they are popping balls over the top of our defence and running in behind for fun, you also look at the likes of Man City and Sterling and co are constantly making runs in behind and opening teams up with easy 1-2's around the box, give and goes that are hard to defend against, whereas with us Emery always seemed like a percentages man to me, i.e get it wide to a full back / winger and get it into the box, do that often enough and you get something fall in your favour, hopefully Freddie can't get us being a little more intelligent than that.

 

[MutableEarth]

Freddie knows what's up.

Remarkable that it just a couple of press conferences I understand far more than I did in 18 months under Emery.

Encouraging that he honed in precisely on transitions. Suggests there's a plan.

 

[Fewtch]

Encouraging that he honed in precisely on transitions. Suggests there's a plan.

Isn’t he a big fan of Pep? Maybe we’ll see more tactical fouls soon to solve that problem

 

[MutableEarth]

Isn’t he a big fan of Pep? Maybe we’ll see more tactical fouls soon to solve that

He said that during his coaching he studied a lot of Pep. Not sure what he actually took from him in fairness - there's more of Wenger in him, and maybe a little bit of Klopp (he favored quite physical+workmanlike midfields during his stint as U23 boss. Olayinka, Gilmour and Willock were his preferred 3 often).

 

[Sniper Mik]

I have massive faith in Freddie. Even if he isn't the boss for long this season, I really hope he takes over for good at some point in the future

 

[Mark Tobias]

Only scored 4 league goals during the Invincible season?

Even Chamakh got more than that!

Reported

 

[North5]

I personally don't think he's ready for such a big task yet. But I'd be happily prooved wrong.

Will at least be less frustrating for the players to work with than Unai was, so that's a plus.

 

[Mark Tobias]

I personally don't think he's ready for such a big task yet. But I'd be happily prooved wrong.

Will at least be less frustrating for the players to work with than Unai was, so that's a plus.

Not sure many here think he is ready which is why we need to let him just steady the ship while we wait on the main appointment.

 

[albakos]

In these two pressers, I find it enlightening that Freddie is so open about our deficiencies and where he will look to improve upon. In stark contrast to Emery, he's making pressers interesting again. Who knows, maybe he's trying to charm the fans and the owners to trust him more.

But then it got me thinking he may be revealing too much and the oppo managers might find his way of thinking about tactics, thus exploiting it on the pitch.