It has to be Potter. Look at what he has done at Brighton. There is a style of football. He is flexible in terms of formation. I have seen him deploy a 343, 352, 4321, 442, 433. He is able to instill belief. How can his team go 2-0 down at Anfield and still have the guts to play? We go in our shells and get battered.
Arteta overcoaches. I remember that clip of the rondo when he first started and Lacazette asked if he could flick it around the corner. Arteta said no. Wtf is that? That chance we made in the 97th minute with a dummy isnt an Arteta pattern. They didn't rehearse that. They thought for themselves. Whenever I watch us play it's like the players are more concerned with positioning and patterns than actually playing. It makes our talent look worse than it is.
There is no unpredictability. Our patterns and exits are always the same. We exit down the sides, push our left back forward and then move Xhaka to cover the space, then we try a pull back to Ødegaard, who BTW would be much better if he was allowed all over the pitch to create overloads rather than just standing in the right half space. Everything is telegraphed, and if I can see it, you better be certain that every coach in the league with video analysis can see it. Every team knows how to press us because they know our passing patterns.
We don't beat any reasonable team. Southampton is going to be a real struggle.
Arteta overcoaches. I remember that clip of the rondo when he first started and Lacazette asked if he could flick it around the corner. Arteta said no. Wtf is that? That chance we made in the 97th minute with a dummy isnt an Arteta pattern. They didn't rehearse that. They thought for themselves. Whenever I watch us play it's like the players are more concerned with positioning and patterns than actually playing. It makes our talent look worse than it is.
There is no unpredictability. Our patterns and exits are always the same. We exit down the sides, push our left back forward and then move Xhaka to cover the space, then we try a pull back to Ødegaard, who BTW would be much better if he was allowed all over the pitch to create overloads rather than just standing in the right half space. Everything is telegraphed, and if I can see it, you better be certain that every coach in the league with video analysis can see it. Every team knows how to press us because they know our passing patterns.
We don't beat any reasonable team. Southampton is going to be a real struggle.