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Mikel Arteta: Top Of The Klopps

Riou

In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over

Country: Northern Ireland

Player:Gabriel

...Pep passing the buck to Arteta...our boy side stepping it better, than baldy side steps hair...lovely :drool:
 

Camron

Photoshop King
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Player:Martinelli

...Pep passing the buck to Arteta...our boy side stepping it better, than baldy side steps hair...lovely :drool:
Can listen to this man all day. Better English than most English people. Does he ever need to look for words?

Hoping he does some audio books in the future.
 

Wryer

Well-Known Member
Can listen to this man all day. Better English than most English people. Does he ever need to look for words?

Hoping he does some audio books in the future.

His command of English is superb for a non-native speaker, and for someone who only went to Rangers at 20?

Never lost for words. No fillers. No ums and ahs
 

DJ_Markstar

Based and Artetapilled

Player:Martinelli
Very likeable guy tbh, got that Lampard "good guy" vibe about him to the press etc., but you know that he's a stone cold killer behind closed doors, too.
 

Oxeki

Match Day Thread Merchant
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Country: Nigeria

Player:Saliba
His command of English is superb for a non-native speaker, and for someone who only went to Rangers at 20?

Never lost for words. No fillers. No ums and ahs
Remind of you someone, right?
 

Football Manager

Copy & Paste Merchant
Interesting video on Arteta's tactics.

Originally posted on the match day thread before Arteta’s first match start, then copied to the tactics thread:
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Because the goal is in the middle, so the middle of the pitch is the most dangerous area. But it will also be the most congested area.


That’s why you need width to open it up. But too many players on the flanks are not good, since the wide areas are not the most dangerous areas.


So Guardiola will put a maximum of one wide player as wide as possible, hugging the touch line on each flanks, to provide width and passing options (only one player on each side).


There are two ways that he would achieve that:


1 the wingers stay wide, the wingbacks tuck in as central midfielders, and central midfielders push up to attack the half space. OR


2 the wingers drift inside to occupy the half space, the wingbacks stays wide, moving up and down vertically, and the central midfielders stays as central midfielders.


3 a combination of 1&2


Interesting to see which way Arteta will choose. Which wide players he would pick will depend on that.
 
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Lady_Gooner

Posting While Meditating
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Country: England
Do the journalists have a private press conference that isn’t uploaded? Lots of quotes from the presser about how he wants us to defend etc + that tactical foul bit that’s not in the video....
 
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