Couple things I observe about the game today ....
As much as Ebouie piss meh off today I liked his game and I cant fault his effort!
Fabregas head was not in the game .... his game was off disappointingly so.
Van Persie game was off but he never stop trying big ups to him.
The defence look solid!
Heard some fans going after the team but the truth is some of the things I heard I couldn't argue with such as
We dominated possession and yet we wouldn't f**king shoot and I heard fans screaming for them to shoot.
I observed this in this game today and in the last game where Chelsea played Manu .
Most of the premier league teams don't have a winger who can get to the byline to either drill one across or cut it back and that limits the width of the game .... its a natural limitation of your team... tottenham have that kind of balance man u to an extent but Chelsea doesn't have it there's a big difference trying to hit a Beckham like cross and getting to the byline it makes defending the play fairly predictable if you have strong headers of the ball!
The only person who can cross like Beckham from that area is Beckham people doh understand just how special a player he is to hit those kind of crosses he had ... I've never seen anyone hit those so consistently accurate.
When Walcott comes off we lose width and every one starts to cut in causing congestion and closing up space. Wenger has too many of the similar type players in the wrong positions.
Also there's a certain type of ball Walcott feeds on .... he's not a natural winger if you give him to his feet it doesn't guarantee a cross you gotta play him into the space to run onto and Cesc wasn't doing that ... one of the reasons I knew his game was off
All Manchester united teams one way or the other is based on wingplay .. giggs, kanchelskis, lee sharpe, beckham ..... people always want people to go out and buy but you need to buy what is needed Arsenal needs width ... balance!
I guess my disappointment with the team is that I know they're so close but def need some pieces added to the puzzle.
We def need to adopt a shoot on site policy.
Eden Hazard ... I dunno he look another arshavin type player ... I not looking for a dancer I need a beat get to the byline cut it back no bullshit kinda winger.... mentally I didnt see initiative by the senior players except Van P and Nasri.
Playing bendtner on the wing is a mistake .... def need to be some changes in the summer ... it's not over but we have to beat ManU and hope somebody else beat them or get maybe two draws .. it'll be very tough.
Couldn’t agree with yuh more Ngozi. Is something I saying about Wenger long time. He has never gone for a winger who does mash line like Ferguson. I think managers have player types that they love and Wenger just loves the classic playmaking midfielder a la Platini
I also think he get spoil by Pires and Ljungberg. He would play them as wide men but they would rarely loop a ball over from the touchline. But they were deadly though, scoring 10-20 goals a season and stretching teams by giving the team an outlet pass on every play before they eventually cut back in to: slide a pass inside the box, outside to the full-back or to hit a bullet. Even Overmars wasn’t a big crosser from wide.
But these current players can’t do that and Wenger buying the same player over and over Hleb, Rosicky, Arshavin and Nasri is the same player, a playmaker. All would be better off playing where Fabregas playing than on the wing. Of the lot Nasri is the most promising because he is the fastest and could dribble so he could kill teams out wide but it is not his best position. Is the same thing with Modric and Krancjar when Redknapp decides to play them wide they will do a decent job because they that good but that is not the best way to use them.
Walcott different because he has the most pace but as a17 year-old he coulda been moled into any type of player and he is becoming more of a Ljungberg that a player who would whip the ball over.
As for Ferguson he had a slavish adherence to a 4-4-2 with wingers mashing line that wasn’t working for a long time because he didn’t have the players. Before he find the Sharpe/Giggs/Kanchelskis combo he had Danny Wallace struggling on the left and Clayton Blackmore, a utility player (imagine John O’Shea with a better first touch) holding it down on the right. And the team was utterly unsucessful until he get the players to fit the system.
Wenger need to find the players to fit his system because bringing on Bendtner to play in Walcott position makes no sense.
