HairSprayGooners
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I always go back to what Arteta said in December...
"We want to move to a 4-3-3 but for that, you need a lot of specificity in every position but now in five or six positions, we don’t have it."
I've always thought he wanted a 433. Feel like Ødegaard was signed just to quickly get some creativity in the side.
In terms of the five or six positions comment for the 433 i'm assuming he means -
RCB
RB
Two CM's
LW/STR
I have noticed there is a way in which he wants us to play. Striker drops deep and links play. The wingers act as inside forwards whilst the wing backs overlap and create width. The two CB's push out and the main CDM drops between them to kind of form a back 3, or he drops to the left to cover for the CB who has bombed on. The two other CM's between them will almost have free roam. One being more defensive of the two (Partey in this case) and the other more attacking. Which would've been Aouar.
When he says specificity it is very specific what he's asking of some of these players and not many of them are capable. Hence the chopping and changing.
None of our right backs are capable, hence why the clubs number one target in that position is Hakimi.
Bissouma makes sense for the CDM role. Partey is of course the RCM. LCM wise I'd go back in for Aouar and have ESR as the rotation.
Saliba is coming back and should start. Still very unsure how he and Gabriel will work as a pair but it's worth trying and could be exceptional.
LW you have to get Grealish, everyone else is underwhelming in comparison. Huge fee, huge player. Striker we are good with until the summer after, keep Laca until his deals up.
Hakimi - £50M
Bissouma - £30M
Aouar - £30M
Grealish - £80M
Onana/Ryan and a backup left back for £15-20M on top of that. Around £200M spent. Huge, but absolutely necessary if the clubs truly backing the manager and what he wants to do.
"We want to move to a 4-3-3 but for that, you need a lot of specificity in every position but now in five or six positions, we don’t have it."
I've always thought he wanted a 433. Feel like Ødegaard was signed just to quickly get some creativity in the side.
In terms of the five or six positions comment for the 433 i'm assuming he means -
RCB
RB
Two CM's
LW/STR
I have noticed there is a way in which he wants us to play. Striker drops deep and links play. The wingers act as inside forwards whilst the wing backs overlap and create width. The two CB's push out and the main CDM drops between them to kind of form a back 3, or he drops to the left to cover for the CB who has bombed on. The two other CM's between them will almost have free roam. One being more defensive of the two (Partey in this case) and the other more attacking. Which would've been Aouar.
When he says specificity it is very specific what he's asking of some of these players and not many of them are capable. Hence the chopping and changing.
None of our right backs are capable, hence why the clubs number one target in that position is Hakimi.
Bissouma makes sense for the CDM role. Partey is of course the RCM. LCM wise I'd go back in for Aouar and have ESR as the rotation.
Saliba is coming back and should start. Still very unsure how he and Gabriel will work as a pair but it's worth trying and could be exceptional.
LW you have to get Grealish, everyone else is underwhelming in comparison. Huge fee, huge player. Striker we are good with until the summer after, keep Laca until his deals up.
Hakimi - £50M
Bissouma - £30M
Aouar - £30M
Grealish - £80M
Onana/Ryan and a backup left back for £15-20M on top of that. Around £200M spent. Huge, but absolutely necessary if the clubs truly backing the manager and what he wants to do.