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Like I said not necessarily todayReally? I did not see many...?
Like I said not necessarily todayReally? I did not see many...?
It's my pet name for him. I think he has a far worse name, tbh, something like Archiebald or Dominic.Is that his name?
Because he's playing higher whenever there's a buildup. Those long balls should be tried on the counter when Auba is the most advanced player on the pitch.Don't know why he isn't trusting himself with the long balls, it used to be his forte
I’ve heard this complaint about our midfielders missing the runs of our strikers so many times, I thought it would be pretty clear by now. Wenger doesn’t want us to play that way.
I’m pretty sure that Xhaka, Wilshere and Özil are able to play a long ball and they all see the runs most of the time but they are taught to play it short and quick. You see playing a long pass makes it likelier to lose possession, just like taking long shots does. Now the reason Auba and to a lesser extent now Lacazette make these runs is because they are not used to this kind of play yet. Even Giroud used to do them (watch his first goal for us, or his first missed chance when he arrived). He learned to play Wengerball after a season.
It won’t surprise me to see Aubameyang hit a rough patch soon when the quick interchanging does not work out as usual. That’s Wengerball for you, you either like it or not.
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How long since we’ve had a striker who can do this?
I’ve heard this complaint about our midfielders missing the runs of our strikers so many times, I thought it would be pretty clear by now. Wenger doesn’t want us to play that way.
Another day another car. What a guy
Laca has good acceleration but he's not an especially pacy or powerful runner. There were times when he was occasionally played in and looked on the back foot compared to his opposing defender.Don't think that's the case at all! That was Cesc's bread and butter ball as well as Song to RvP in his final full season.
As someone mentioned it's just that we've stopped playing this way because of Giroud and the players don't have the confidence to do so or aren't good enough and take too long to release the ball i.e. Xhaka.
Also this idea that Laca is some how slow. He's quick, just not Aubameyang, Walcott quick, if he breaks the offside trap, not many defenders catching him (He's easily as quick as Kane, whose done it plenty of times). We just need to find him more.
There's a big gap between van Persie and Giroud though, we've had Alexis play as striker, Welbeck, Perez and all of them were expected to drop deep and combine with the midfielders rather than run in behind. Wenger once played with tall, athletic players but look at him now, he has changed his game so much. And as I said, Giroud himself used to make runs in behind all the time when he first joined but Wenger took that out of his game. It was Giroud who adapted to Wenger's football, not the other way.Don't think that's the case at all! That was Cesc's bread and butter ball as well as Song to RvP in his final full season.
As someone mentioned it's just that we've stopped playing this way because of Giroud and the players don't have the confidence to do so or aren't good enough and take too long to release the ball i.e. Xhaka.
Also this idea that Laca is some how slow. He's quick, just not Aubameyang, Walcott quick, if he breaks the offside trap, not many defenders catching him (He's easily as quick as Kane, whose done it plenty of times). We just need to find him more.