Ashybashy86
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Well were missing first teamers so not much. Think Chicas are decent though. Technically good team
They don't look that feminine, do they?
Well were missing first teamers so not much. Think Chicas are decent though. Technically good team
We aren't winning **** this season tbh.
Regardless of any further ins.
Really like this picture.
I honestly hate Warren Barton. He's the Jeremy Wilson of colour commentators. Just rounds up every outdated cliche.
Elnenny, easily.Elnenny close.
Gonna be hard to pick between him and Coq next to Xhaka for the first game.
Honestly, he leaves that defensive stuff up to the players. It's insanity.I'm a stickler for vertical and horizontal compactness when defending.
Why? Because it limits the space in which the opposition have to play in between the vertical and horizontal spaces. In addition, it enables proactive defending, as you can guide the opposition into the areas in which you want them to play in.
Furthermore such compactness provides the basis for a strong transition game, as compactness leads to the overload of the opposition. In addition, the narrow player support available to you makes it easier to play out because of the multitude of options which you are immediately surrounded by.
We don't adhere to any such principles and that is to our detriment.
When the opposition had possession of the ball near the corner flag but diagonal to the penalty box, you'd see one of our fullbacks, in this case Debuchy, move out to engage this opposition, the right winger, in this case Campbell would track back to assist.
This led to the formation of a massive gap between Debuchy and Holding.
A temporary solution would have been Campbell orientating himself towards that gap as opposed to double teaming Debuchy's opponent.
A more concrete solution would have been the entire teams shape shifting to the right.
I definitely saw Holding look to his right and then to his left, he was clearly conscious of this gap but had no idea what to do. If he shifted to his right, but Bielik didn't follow, a massive gap would emerge between the two CBs, if he doesn't move, the massive gap which existed between himself and Debuchy would persist.
All it takes is an under lapping run by an opposition player, and a simple sideways path by the ball carrier to completely undo our already unsettled defense.
This isn't something which was only evident in this game, it's a recurring pattern in our play.
Our pressing is also an absolute mess, you see those on the front line press, with the intention of winning the ball on their own, which does nothing but leave gaps. There is no realistic chance of them individually winning the ball when they are absolutely outnumbered by opposition defenders and midfielders.
There's a complete lack of individual intelligence when pressing. By this I mean surveying the positioning of the passing options available to the opposition ball carrier and directing the ball carrier to pass into areas where they are at their least threatening or where they feel their teammates have a good chance of winning the ball back.
None of this exists.
It's just a bunch of players doing their own thing on the field.
Not even sure what Wenger does in training.
place this comment in every single preseason match since the ox is here.Unreal goal from the Ox. Hopefully he can stay fit, could be a great season for him.
He is in the wrong club.WTF is wrong with Campbell?