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If you play ramsey on the pitch...
Just as God intended it.
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If you play ramsey on the pitch...
We need technical midfielders, the type of midfielders Guardiola would play in his team, not someone running up and down like a fool.
Still Cazorla nostalgia "cazorlgia"...
Can we please try another approach than the approach who failed us for so long?
We've gone backwards since 2016, which funnily enough coincides with the last time we had a settled midfield that included Cazorla :bounce:
No Wryer you're right , haven't seen anything organised just yet . Certainly aren't pressing twice we were caught with a compressing highline and no pressure on the ball carrier resulting in an easy ball over the top .
Still early in the season , much more interesting when Torreira , Xhaka and Lichsteiner fill in .
I've noticed a few things different tactically. Defending in a 4-4-2 for one (we've done this when Özil has played centrally). That's a formation that makes it easier to press from the front (although we have only pressed sporadically in these friendlies). Also when we have the ball at the back the two full backs push very high up and the centre backs basically occupy the full back positions with one of the midfielders dropping in to make it a three at the back. That's also something new. There was a lot of passing around at the back yesterday trying to get around Chelsea's high press.
Very similar to Guardiola’s tactics!I've noticed a few things different tactically. Defending in a 4-4-2 for one (we've done this when Özil has played centrally). That's a formation that makes it easier to press from the front (although we have only pressed sporadically in these friendlies). Also when we have the ball at the back the two full backs push very high up and the centre backs basically occupy the full back positions with one of the midfielders dropping in to make it a three at the back. That's also something new. There was a lot of passing around at the back yesterday trying to get around Chelsea's high press.
That's kind of normal for us though mate imo, have seen that for at least a season and a half .
Disagree. We're used to having Xhaka or someone else come deep to receive it from the two centre backs but i don't recall seeing this under Wenger.
Playing a 4-2-0-3——0-0-0-1 is too risky--------------------Cech
Lichtsteiner - Mustafi - Sokratis - Monreal
------ Ramsey -- Torreira -- Xhaka
------ Özil - Laca/Auba - Auba/Mkhi
How about that agin the top sides? Plenty of experience and guile.
We'll probably lose one if not both of our opening fixtures.
Some progress has been made through this preseason but it's going to take a lot longer than that to get rid of certain bad habits and build up chemistry.
1. We're a bit ponderous in our build up, with players holding onto the ball longer than necessary which leads to available passing angles, which could have led to the progression of the ball up field, being covered. I also sense an unwillingness to take the game on which is no doubt linked to fear of losing the ball in a highly dangerous situation. You also notice little things like players playing the ball to teammates on their non-preferred foot which again slows the play down.
2. You still see space being poorly occupied. There was a moment where Guendouzi was bringing the ball out under very little pressure, with Chelsea players falling back. At the same time, there were 3 of our players right behind the Chelsea midfield ready to have the ball played to them whereupon they could turn and threaten the exposed Chelsea defence. Problem was they were all hiding behind the retreating Chelsea midfielders and Guendouzi was unable to access them. In that passage of play he was forced to play a lofted pass to Kolasinac which led to a loss of possession. Guendouzi in particular has a tendency to take too many touches of the ball when he should be moving the ball on.
3. There are some inconsistencies in our pressing. There were some moments where certain players were a little too slow in closing down some of the Chelsea players which broke down our pressing. For example, there was a moment where ESR was slow in closing down Jorginho which allowed the latter to turn with the ball. There was another moment where nearly all the Chelsea players were covered in the build up but Mkhi was in two minds as there were two Chelsea players (Azpi & Cesc) in his vicinity who were unoccupied. Caballero was able to access Fabregas with relative ease in a dangerous position. If Mkhi had covered Fabregas, I highly doubt Caballero would have been able to play a perfect lofted ball to Azpi. Even if he was able to the fact that it was a lofted ball means that it would've taken longer for Azpi to bring the ball completely under his control which in turn gives our players time to drop back or reorient themselves. Alternatively, one of the CBs could have pushed up to cover Fabregas.