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I wanna see Trossard as the left 8 at some point like we saw in pre-season, I don’t think he’s an effective starter for us out wide
We saw this when we played Brighton at home no? Maybe I’m misremembering but he was terrible
Yeah I’m at the point where nothing we’ve tried so far is working properly so I’m about ready to give him or ESR time there to see at least if that profile is better there
On paper it seems like an ESR & Ode duo at the 8’s would be effective, I wonder what Arteta’s issue with it is
Really suspect defensively I’d guess. Havertz or Rice in the 8 drops down into the midfield pivot next to the 6 in the 442 defensive shape.
Only time we seem to see Vieira/ESR/Øde/Trossard and similar players at the same time as 8’s is when we’re really chasing a game, and the defensive cover is less of a priority than creation.
that’s the whole point of having inverting FBs though, they help the single pivot out
ESR should be the natural fit as LCM. Havertz I can see the sense of as well.
It’s one of the main advantages of the inverted FB in transition and high press. But once you’re back in established defense the FB falls back to position and one of the 8’s goes down into that position.
I hope they’re working on that with ESR though, seems like he should have the physical attributes for it. As you said his skills seems like a natural fit for the LCM at least in offense. And considering Arteta sent him on when we were chasing Chelsea, I’d assume he trusts him in that part of the pitch.
The defensive problem of that duo aren’t apparent to you?
Yeah but you don’t have to play them every game, Chelsea were content to let us have the ball and try and break them down
They only set up like that after they scored. And they were in mid block so who’s in midfield still matters.
And even then, Chelsea are still a team that can exploit that midfield. Notice how Jorginho was still exploited even they were supposedly sitting back
“Partey will unlock our attacking”.
Relying on players that is injury prones, and being accused of raping women aren’t really good strategy tho
pepe scored those two free kick goals to win a europa game 4 yrs ago. all i remember from then is how little i cared compared to now
I have already saved up enough money to buy an iPad, but I am contemplating whether to purchase it using a credit payment method (paylater in this instance) since it offers a larger discount, or should I just pay in full upfront? What would you recommend?
The refs needs to start improving. I fucking dreamt I was taking a class and a very tanned Mark Clattenburg was there as well. I don’t want to dream about Clattenburg.
On the bright side he did say that Howard Webb was a spotlight hugging cunt, so it was nice to get that confirmed though.
Two players in the recent past I’m frustrated we didn’t sign when we could have easily. Bruno G before Newcastle and Maddison before Spurs. Would’ve done us wonders with these two in the squad.
My first away game tonight. Currently on a train to Berlin, before flying to Portugal and driving across to Sevilla. Any tips? :)
Travelling in from Canada for Feb 3 weekend. Looking at getting Arsenal vs Liverpool cannon club package through champions travel. It’s currently priced as £954.
Any idea on if this will going down in price in the coming months and if there are any other legitimate sources for securing tix? Not necessarily hospitality.
I wanted to check the Sp*rs results so I googled “spurs” and only got basketball results on the first page. Got a good chuckle out of that
Anyone know when Leah is set for her return?
If we consider Beth and Viv took 10-11 months, it should be around February - March.
That said, Leah has been running for a while now, so I wouldn’t be shocked if she came back by January.
Hopefully we can beat sevilla comfortably. Vital for our confidence both from players and fans imo
tranquilo
Why does Jesus striker lose different in UCL compared to PL?
I would stick with Eddie or Havertz in PL games. Seem to offer better runs
No way am I seeing Tierney LB shouts on 23rd October 2023.
Do these guys know that even on loan he’s out injured for 3 months?
I wonder if Twitter admin(s) actually know what’s the line up going to be, they put up Tomi’s picture in the latest tweet about upcoming UCL match tonight.