Re Havertz runs in behind - as I said at 7:13 he CAN do them but it’s about where his best work comes, & for me that’s drifting wide and linking, creating space for others.
Could you up your troll management game in the comment section? This is preventing someone from commenting on your video as the comment section is becoming too toxic.
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One of the main problems is the lack of vertical passes through the middle. Almost always a ball goes out to Saka on the right, occasionally to the other wing to Martinelli. Rice almost never produces a vertical pass that opens up the opposing defence. Jorghino can do so but he doesn't play very often and probably even less next year. Rice is an excellent tackler but he needs to work more on his passing.
Rice at West Ham used to ping balls across all the time, funnily enough Martinelli and Saka seem to be really good bringing down a high ball but don't get to because of Arteta. Arteta seems to be really particular and wants to kill teams with frustrating tiki taka and possession, especially with the demands every player has in the XI the midfield instructions seem to be really strict.
@@effayeyeayzed West Ham plays counter-attacking football, and a disorganized opponent makes progressing the ball much easier, a whole different situation than the usual low-block Arsenal faces. Despite being an excellent ball-winner, Rice is a mediocre passer, making him less suited as a DM. This forces Ødegaard to drop deep to aid in build-up play. Both Partey and, particularly, Jorginho are better at progressing the ball than Rice. Arsenal's biggest flaw is the lack of a great defensive playmaker, particularly one who could activate the left-wing.
@@effayeyeayzed Tiki taka and possession keeping are not the problem. Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, KDB, DavidSilva, BernardoSilva, Foden, Palmer, Rodri, Fernandinho, Thiago, Cazorla dribble a lot, and a lot of them play in a tiki taka possession system. Central carries/dribbling in the midfield is risky, but it is extremely rewarding. If you have great technical players, then the risks are minimised and the rewards are maximised. If you don’t have top class technical players, then it’s the other way round.
Whilst I do agree with many points made I disagree strongly regarding Havertz’ in behind threat, rewatch the games with a specific focus on him and you’ll see how he makes those runs but isn’t found/pass isn’t even attempted.
Exactly, I too disagree with Alex on this one, if you check the amount of runs havertz has made last season and the times the ball has been passed to him, you'd notice a huge gulf, it feels like our players hesitate to make those passes and decide to pass it safe and rotate possession other than going long when havertz makes those runs
I feel just the threat of Havertz going behind already forces teams to play differently... this is something Jesus does not provide. But we need to encourage our deeper players look for the pass to do this.
Watch Rudiger's passes to Havertz for DfB, Havertz makes those runs, they're not being found in this team. Arsenal just needs someone to make those crosses whether it be from the back line or midfield
I was about to say the same thing. However, one point I would like to make is that he does these runs in behind as well at Arsenal, especially when he plays number 8 position. Recall that two legs against Villa he actually created quite some threats in this way. Also if he had better finishing techniques, he would have scored more.
We need a healthy Thomas Partey 😩 And another Jorginho type player. Someone that’s not afraid to cut open from the inside instead of pushing out wide, because that’s what these mid locking teams want us to do
Arsenal don't need osimhen, even for Free His attitude to his superiors are a serious cause for concern He'll only do arteta legacy, a serious harm rather than good Gyokeres makes a better attitude than osimhen
Smith Rowe is brilliant at "carries" he is the fastest premiership player when dribbling the ball. So why doesn't Arteta try this? Sometimes Arteta sticks with his favourites - who cost us , Jesus, Zinchenko, even at time Havertz. Often we could do with swapping out Saka. A fluid attack could include ESR, Saka, Havertz, trossard & Odegaard all interchanging places.
Like others have said, you underestimate Havertz' running. Overall, I don't think we platform runners well, because of our conservative approach. The solution is to play the way we did towards the end of last season, take more risks and open up the game more. Rely on our superior quality to win.
Last season, we had a period mid season failing to open up low block, costing us a lot of points. Later in the season, a lot of games are won by us scoring a set piece first, so the opponent start to open up more. But in open play, we lack creativity.
DeJong would definitely help. But look at 17-20 ManCity. All of their players have top class touches, close control, skill moves, tricks, dribbling, tiki taka passing, through passing. It’s like they have 11 Iniesta playing on the pitch. Now, adding one to our squad would definitely help. But Martinelli, Saka, Havertz, Rice, Kiwior, Tomiyasu and a few more of them aren’t one of those players in terms of their skills and technicality on the ball. To compete with ManCity, we can’t have player A is good at dribbling, player B is good at passing. Because all ManCity players (except for Haaland) are good at all of those things.
@@thierryhenry674 what a stupid comment. We were 2 point behind and performed one of our best seasons in the history of the club. Stop comparing us to Man City.
It will definitely help. But look at 17-20 ManCity. All of their players have top class touches, close control, skill moves, tricks, dribbling, tiki taka passing, through passing. It’s like they have 11 Iniesta playing on the pitch. Now, adding one to our squad would definitely help. But Martinelli, Saka, Havertz, Rice, Kiwior, Tomiyasu and a few more of them aren’t one of those players in terms of their skills and technicality on the ball. To compete with ManCity, we can’t have player A is good at dribbling, player B is good at passing. Because all ManCity players (except for Haaland) are good at all of those things.
@@thierryhenry674Havertz and Rice not technicaly good enough? LMAO worst ball knowledge on youtube by far. Even Foden admited in an interview that Rice is technically the best player in the English EURO squad.
@@NorthernSpartan Rice can’t even do 1/10 of what Busquets, Rodri, FDJ, Kimmich or Fernandinho could do on the ball. Not even half as technical as Jorginho or Partey.
Always a huge fan of your content and the way you analyse the team, buddy. Thanks for the frequent content and your insights. I do think we have a team who should be able to win the title based on the profiles we have at the moment, I think Arteta's personal evolution is going to be the next major breakthrough. No manager has come in and done it straight away (Mourinho as an assistant to Robson, Klopp with Mainz, the main exception being Pep with Barcelona B who won things immediately, and proceeded to do the same at the main team), and their big successes usually came after a lot of trial and error, development of tactics, and learning in and from different people. I think Arteta had his Mourinho evolution under Pep, is going through his Klopp evolution at Arsenal now, and we can see he's getting closer and closer to getting it spot on, with major tweaks in the first few years giving way to minor adjustments over the past couple of seasons. I firmly believe the staff will have reviewed the mid-block issue this season and have a plan for it, and it's about how we adapt to the next major problem we face. Arteta's already improved here too, though, as we no longer see the string of 2-3 losses every time we come up against a different tactic anymore.
The connectivity map between us and Man City is the biggest difference...we need a world class CM which can play surrounded by opposition (Modric/Xavi type of player)
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Eberechi is NOT better than ESR10 😢🤷🏽♂️ People forget very quickly! He’s not even ahead of Fabio Vieira. People think ESR10 and Fabio Vieira have been doing “nothing” all these months???! These guys are training and studying everyday! They’ve made loads of progress more than Ebereche! The same people will be shocked when Ebereche gets into the team and is lost, and they’ll turn on Arteta and the player. Relax guys. Our signings were long concluded! A long long time ago. Arteta and Edu are not “looking” for signings, it’s already done!✅ They’re just looking to see who our biggest rival will be doing before they finalize the transfers and or announce the deals done. It’s a Chess Game Transfer window. It’s all about secrets. It’s unlike previous seasons because if Pep knew now who we signed, forget about catching him if he’s buying his preferred players AFTER Arteta! So don’t expect early announcements. And it doesn’t mean we haven’t closed or identified targets 😂 I’m chilled waiting to see the boys here next few weeks.
All I'm hearing is Arteta is Scared to Lose. You can't pragmatic everything. He's desire to control every outcome to limit risk is whats hindering this team. We have players within the squad to deal with these situations to a certain extent but Arteta doesn’t "trust" them
imo havertz is competent enough to make these kinds of runs, we need to focus on making the passes to see them through. just look at the germany game earlier today
That was the difference between 22/23 and 23/24… when we went 1-0 down last season we really struggled to respond. The season before you could bank on us scoring 3 or 4 even if we went behind. Need more dynamism and threat next season so we don’t run out of ideas.
I think Adam Wharton in the middle could be the solution to many of our problems, he excells at tackling, but also at passing, creative switches with dynamism and is an athletic ball carrier. As for the center forward I dont really know who could be the better fit, but Kai needs some sane rivalry for that no.9 spot.
Arsenal struggled to score 1 goal in two games against Porto. But you know who scored 2 goals in under 2 minutes against them recently? Gyökeres, the same guy Arsenal fans are in doubt if he's worth signing 😅😂
Feel like next season we need more dynamism in the team through a) A different type of midfielder, a ball carrier who can drive through the middle and make us less predictable b) A switch in tactics especially out wide. I'd love to see saka and Martinelli more in the middle, the half spaces where they can be more threatening. Whether this means an overlapping LB or a switch in attack. We need fresh ideas next season. More dynamism, we already have the physicality we just need the edge now.
Chelsea away I think was worst performance of season from us. Porto and Bayern away, was elite teams carrying out there job. We had no answer to there systems. Someone who can take on players with skill win free kicks in those type of games is needed (eze)
Against Porto, arteta could’ve redeployed Saka mid first half seeing the ineffectiveness of the block, temporarily to a left wing back position and gone with just two up front. This would enable an extra dribbler in pushing into midfield and may have opened up the left and Martinelli. Would’ve not cost a sub and once a goal or so up, move him back to right wing once they were chasing the game
We have players who could do it but I feel they like the guile in the way that some of our past player like Jack, Rosicky, or Santi. These players would see these patterns in the middle of the field even in the tight spaces of a mid block and we would slice through them like butter with passes and a pinnacle run through I know that is a long shot but I do not see attempts or this style on Arsenal right now. Silva and Foden on City have this profile I believe. I think Ode could and has tried maybe Viera could be given that if confidence was up cause he can finish. It is hard to say there are so many layers and levels of cohesion that have to happen quickly but that is my favorite way.
I think we just need to more direct when we are facing those mid blocks. Just go long and there will be so much space for our strikers to be one on one with the keeper, or at least to stretch the opponents' formation. Even pep does compromise from time to time, I hope Mikel is not that stubborn to not react differently to mid blocking teams.
I've always felt that in games where we struggle to break down the opposition, an easy choice to cause a difference would be to swap the 8's on the field for a few minutes. Getting Rice Ødegaard to be more fluent in positioning would surely do something without upsetting the defensive status quo much. Often sense we're too afraid break up the one thing that always works(Ødegaard-Saka-whoever plays RB at the day). Are we neglecting the fact that Ødegaard used to be a 10? Or just tell Martin to dribble the ball again every so often, as a younger player he would do that constantly with success, feels like it's been coached out of him in favor of being possession centric and overly "safe".
Possession keeping are not the problem. Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, KDB, DavidSilva, BernardoSilva, Foden, Palmer, Rodri, Fernandinho, Thiago, Cazorla dribble a lot, and a lot of them play in a possession system. Central carries/dribbling in the midfield is risky, but it is extremely rewarding. If you have great technical players, then the risks are minimised and the rewards are maximised. If you don’t have top class technical players, then it’s the other way round.
Just remember when Ødegaard broke through as a super talent at age 15, his main ability was to break the line through technical prowess alone. Nowadays his focus has become so singular in creative passing and distribution thats its almost been forgotten what he can do with the ball in his feet. Granted, this can be due to Saka doing exactly that, leaving Ødegaard with the facilitator role, but it's become somewhat predictable that he isn't gonna dribble into the box even thou he used to be spectacular at it.
great video alex but i dont agree that havertz doesnt like to make runs in behind stretching the pitch. i think some of his best work comes from doing exactly that. osihmen is great but his injury record is a concern for me and he's not exactly the best finisher either.
take germanys game vs denmark yesterday for example rudiger kept finding him with those long balls over the top stretching the defence. havertz ALWAYS makes those runs in behind for us but he's not being found as often/effectively
I personally think that Arteta's biggest tactical achilles heel is that he doesn't platform his best players well enough to maximise their output. Ensuring his most talented players can maximise their strengths; ie TAA, Salah & Mane being prioritised over Wijndaldum, Ferminho KdB, Haaland, Rodri over Bernardo, Doku, Foden Vini Jr. & Benzema (other season) to Vini Jr, Rodrygo & Jude (last season), LHS heavy dynamics but not any less effective due to the quality of the players. Being predictable isn't bad if the opposition can't stop you either way. Get Saka to dictate the offence more and Martinelli to take the most number of shots in the final third because they are our best creator and finisher (with the widest variety of finishes) at the club.
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All Arsenal need is a proper centre forward to hit early. No switching, no ball carrying, keep it simple. The reason Arsenal struggled was because they became too predictable for teams who set up to defend and there was no disruptive and dangerous centre forward to pull centrebacks out of position, hold the ball up and create space and play in the wingers in behind. All of Arsenal's moves came from infront of the opposition. It can work if the team synergy is perfect and all the passes and movement are quick and snappy, but it's not going to work in every single game - that's where you need your big players, and in particular, big strikers! All they have to do to make an immediate impact is buy a world class top quality centre forward who scares defences. Arsenal haven't had one of those since Robin Van Persie left! Aubameyang was good I suppose, but they bought him on his way down. That's just the start, there's obviously more they need to get, but that will make a big difference. We're coming into July and I see nothing, it's already not looking promising. Arsenal need to be busier than this, you would expect a team who finished 2nd twice in a row through only through dropping silly points, to be alot more active, there should have been transfers by now, whether those were ins or outs!
So what are all the other top transfers that have been made? There has also been a lull this year because of many clubs figuring out what they need to do to meet PSR rules. You can't sell if other clubs aren't ready to buy.
Alex, can you do a video on what we lost by selling Xhaka? (If you don’t agree the team’s lost something following his departure, then ignore this comment) When I think back to most of the 2022/23 league season, I remember a team with a great deal of balance and chemistry, fair to say we didn’t show that level of balance in 2023/24, I’d like to know exactly why because I have a feeling losing Xhaka might be a great part - some well known people have said we are more predictable in 23/24 like Tuchel said Arsenal are a team who builds up on the right and finishes on the left. We all agree but in 22/24 I wouldn’t say that, we had a preference to build on the right with Saka and Ö but could do so on the left with Xhaka and Martinelli.
We lost a lot of creativity without Jesus, Zinchenko and Partey. (Timber, Fabio, ESR injuries also doesn’t help) Rice is not Busquets, Kimmich, FDJ, Fernandinho in the midfield. Havertz is not Aguero, Suarez, Firmino, Sanchez, Jesus, Trossard, VanPersie as a striker, and he is not Iniesta, Modric, Thiago, Cazorla, Pedri, Musiala, Gavi, Foden, Palmer in the midfield. They both lack creativity. And with Tomiyasu or Kiwior on the ball, we are forever passing between Rice and our defenders without any meaningful ball progression. They are not Cancelo, Zinchenko, Guerreiro, RicoLewis.
Last season, we had a period mid season failing to open up low block, costing us a lot of points. Later in the season, a lot of games are won by us scoring a set piece first, so the opponent start to open up more. But in open play, we lack creativity.
For me it's not having a left back, Timber and Tomiyasu are the only left backs and Timber's right footed and neither are natural left backs. Personally for me Jorrel Hato should be the priority, rapid, over lap and under lap, can cross a ball and dribble. Although he would be very young. He's very similar to Timber but also has a much higher ceiling. I also believe Arsenal need a conductor to sit next to Rice, like how Kante had prime Jorginho next to him
@@Ghfjgjggj123shdhfnfmdk Tbf Dry Lunch you're none of the above as you're just a typical online plastic Arsenal fan Weak, clueless, sad and lonely and with far too much spare time spare on your hands
@@thierryhenry674 Neither of you do because you're a pair of clueless non match going fans who sadly have too much time on your hands & access to the internet
we need a midfielder that's an elite vertical passer of the ball Rice is a good cdm that's where he belongs, de jong would be a good signing but not sure he'd come.
Re Havertz runs in behind - as I said at 7:13 he CAN do them but it’s about where his best work comes, & for me that’s drifting wide and linking, creating space for others.
Could you up your troll management game in the comment section?
This is preventing someone from commenting on your video as the comment section is becoming too toxic.
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One of the main problems is the lack of vertical passes through the middle. Almost always a ball goes out to Saka on the right, occasionally to the other wing to Martinelli. Rice almost never produces a vertical pass that opens up the opposing defence. Jorghino can do so but he doesn't play very often and probably even less next year. Rice is an excellent tackler but he needs to work more on his passing.
Rice at West Ham used to ping balls across all the time, funnily enough Martinelli and Saka seem to be really good bringing down a high ball but don't get to because of Arteta. Arteta seems to be really particular and wants to kill teams with frustrating tiki taka and possession, especially with the demands every player has in the XI the midfield instructions seem to be really strict.
@@effayeyeayzed West Ham plays counter-attacking football, and a disorganized opponent makes progressing the ball much easier, a whole different situation than the usual low-block Arsenal faces. Despite being an excellent ball-winner, Rice is a mediocre passer, making him less suited as a DM. This forces Ødegaard to drop deep to aid in build-up play. Both Partey and, particularly, Jorginho are better at progressing the ball than Rice. Arsenal's biggest flaw is the lack of a great defensive playmaker, particularly one who could activate the left-wing.
@@RansomMemoryAccess a deep lying playmaker should be our main transfer target this summer
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@@effayeyeayzed
Tiki taka and possession keeping are not the problem.
Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, KDB, DavidSilva, BernardoSilva, Foden, Palmer, Rodri, Fernandinho, Thiago, Cazorla dribble a lot, and a lot of them play in a tiki taka possession system.
Central carries/dribbling in the midfield is risky, but it is extremely rewarding.
If you have great technical players, then the risks are minimised and the rewards are maximised. If you don’t have top class technical players, then it’s the other way round.
Whilst I do agree with many points made I disagree strongly regarding Havertz’ in behind threat, rewatch the games with a specific focus on him and you’ll see how he makes those runs but isn’t found/pass isn’t even attempted.
Exactly, I too disagree with Alex on this one, if you check the amount of runs havertz has made last season and the times the ball has been passed to him, you'd notice a huge gulf, it feels like our players hesitate to make those passes and decide to pass it safe and rotate possession other than going long when havertz makes those runs
I hear this, but my point was more around what he’s best at. He can make them, as I said, but his best qualities don’t come running in behind.
@@DiffKnock so, what if we get a striker and we still face the problem of our players hesitating to make that pass?
@@jacobalexander4167 Get a new manager
I feel just the threat of Havertz going behind already forces teams to play differently... this is something Jesus does not provide. But we need to encourage our deeper players look for the pass to do this.
Let him COOK
Watch Rudiger's passes to Havertz for DfB, Havertz makes those runs, they're not being found in this team. Arsenal just needs someone to make those crosses whether it be from the back line or midfield
I was about to say the same thing. However, one point I would like to make is that he does these runs in behind as well at Arsenal, especially when he plays number 8 position. Recall that two legs against Villa he actually created quite some threats in this way. Also if he had better finishing techniques, he would have scored more.
The answer is fabio vieira. It's just a shame that he didn't get any minutes last season
We need a healthy Thomas Partey 😩 And another Jorginho type player. Someone that’s not afraid to cut open from the inside instead of pushing out wide, because that’s what these mid locking teams want us to do
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Arsenal don't need osimhen, even for Free
His attitude to his superiors are a serious cause for concern
He'll only do arteta legacy, a serious harm rather than good
Gyokeres makes a better attitude than osimhen
Exactly. This is the same reason I wouldn't want Mbappe. (Also because he'd ruin the wage structure)
Osimhen is the most overated st right now while Gyokers is for me top 5 st in the world can be better than Haaland if come to Arsenal
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Need a new left wing who can carry and pass better than Martinelli. Attacking from the right seems to predictable.
We need another Odegaard for no8. We used to have 4 - 5 creative midfielder during Wenger era. We dont now, only Odegaard. Hopefully we sign Simon
Would love Simons - he’s my dream signing. De Jong would give us everything we need in midfield tho
Smith Rowe is brilliant at "carries" he is the fastest premiership player when dribbling the ball. So why doesn't Arteta try this? Sometimes Arteta sticks with his favourites - who cost us , Jesus, Zinchenko, even at time Havertz. Often we could do with swapping out Saka. A fluid attack could include ESR, Saka, Havertz, trossard & Odegaard all interchanging places.
You understand nothing about football. Jesus and Zinchenko are two of the most skillful players in our squad.
The jurrien timber injury was basically if zinchenko got injured in 22/23
Like others have said, you underestimate Havertz' running. Overall, I don't think we platform runners well, because of our conservative approach. The solution is to play the way we did towards the end of last season, take more risks and open up the game more. Rely on our superior quality to win.
Last season, we had a period mid season failing to open up low block, costing us a lot of points.
Later in the season, a lot of games are won by us scoring a set piece first, so the opponent start to open up more.
But in open play, we lack creativity.
Is it just me or would De Jong give us everything we need in midfield?
Like he seems absolutely PERFECT for us.
DeJong would definitely help. But look at 17-20 ManCity.
All of their players have top class touches, close control, skill moves, tricks, dribbling, tiki taka passing, through passing. It’s like they have 11 Iniesta playing on the pitch.
Now, adding one to our squad would definitely help. But Martinelli, Saka, Havertz, Rice, Kiwior, Tomiyasu and a few more of them aren’t one of those players in terms of their skills and technicality on the ball.
To compete with ManCity, we can’t have player A is good at dribbling, player B is good at passing. Because all ManCity players (except for Haaland) are good at all of those things.
@@thierryhenry674 what a stupid comment. We were 2 point behind and performed one of our best seasons in the history of the club.
Stop comparing us to Man City.
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@@BeforeThisNovember He's a clown, ignore the tw@
@@thierryhenry674absolute bollocks, you just want to say something without saying anything meaningful
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It will definitely help. But look at 17-20 ManCity.
All of their players have top class touches, close control, skill moves, tricks, dribbling, tiki taka passing, through passing. It’s like they have 11 Iniesta playing on the pitch.
Now, adding one to our squad would definitely help. But Martinelli, Saka, Havertz, Rice, Kiwior, Tomiyasu and a few more of them aren’t one of those players in terms of their skills and technicality on the ball.
To compete with ManCity, we can’t have player A is good at dribbling, player B is good at passing. Because all ManCity players (except for Haaland) are good at all of those things.
@@thierryhenry674Havertz and Rice not technicaly good enough? LMAO worst ball knowledge on youtube by far. Even Foden admited in an interview that Rice is technically the best player in the English EURO squad.
@@NorthernSpartan
Rice can’t even do 1/10 of what Busquets, Rodri, FDJ, Kimmich or Fernandinho could do on the ball.
Not even half as technical as Jorginho or Partey.
Always a huge fan of your content and the way you analyse the team, buddy. Thanks for the frequent content and your insights.
I do think we have a team who should be able to win the title based on the profiles we have at the moment, I think Arteta's personal evolution is going to be the next major breakthrough. No manager has come in and done it straight away (Mourinho as an assistant to Robson, Klopp with Mainz, the main exception being Pep with Barcelona B who won things immediately, and proceeded to do the same at the main team), and their big successes usually came after a lot of trial and error, development of tactics, and learning in and from different people. I think Arteta had his Mourinho evolution under Pep, is going through his Klopp evolution at Arsenal now, and we can see he's getting closer and closer to getting it spot on, with major tweaks in the first few years giving way to minor adjustments over the past couple of seasons.
I firmly believe the staff will have reviewed the mid-block issue this season and have a plan for it, and it's about how we adapt to the next major problem we face. Arteta's already improved here too, though, as we no longer see the string of 2-3 losses every time we come up against a different tactic anymore.
The connectivity map between us and Man City is the biggest difference...we need a world class CM which can play surrounded by opposition (Modric/Xavi type of player)
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Though it’s out of topic but can someone tell Southgate you can play 3 at the back if you don’t have a lb.It’s fucking annoying to see.
Who do you suggest should play LWB??
@@yungdkay1008 just play a midfield 5
Why don't u call him and tell him yourself?
@@golemerthanks mate
Eberechi is NOT better than ESR10 😢🤷🏽♂️
People forget very quickly! He’s not even ahead of Fabio Vieira. People think ESR10 and Fabio Vieira have been doing “nothing” all these months???!
These guys are training and studying everyday! They’ve made loads of progress more than Ebereche! The same people will be shocked when Ebereche gets into the team and is lost, and they’ll turn on Arteta and the player.
Relax guys. Our signings were long concluded! A long long time ago. Arteta and Edu are not “looking” for signings, it’s already done!✅
They’re just looking to see who our biggest rival will be doing before they finalize the transfers and or announce the deals done.
It’s a Chess Game Transfer window. It’s all about secrets. It’s unlike previous seasons because if Pep knew now who we signed, forget about catching him if he’s buying his preferred players AFTER Arteta!
So don’t expect early announcements. And it doesn’t mean we haven’t closed or identified targets 😂
I’m chilled waiting to see the boys here next few weeks.
The next few seasons with Mikel look exciting
Havertz makes plenty of runs in behind😂
I think we do need a star player if we’re wanting to level up to European champions. We need that Henry effect.
All I'm hearing is Arteta is Scared to Lose. You can't pragmatic everything. He's desire to control every outcome to limit risk is whats hindering this team. We have players within the squad to deal with these situations to a certain extent but Arteta doesn’t "trust" them
Arsenal's problem: almost no runs inside the box, and when there were some runs, the balls don't get delivered
What does The different knock actually mean?
imo havertz is competent enough to make these kinds of runs, we need to focus on making the passes to see them through. just look at the germany game earlier today
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That was the difference between 22/23 and 23/24… when we went 1-0 down last season we really struggled to respond. The season before you could bank on us scoring 3 or 4 even if we went behind. Need more dynamism and threat next season so we don’t run out of ideas.
I think we struggled to respond but we were MUCH more resilient. A lot of the time I felt confident we’d at least pull it back
Can't believe i just listening to osimhen Sale Speech 😅
Musiala is the answer.
Yeah ADAM WHARTON
I think Adam Wharton in the middle could be the solution to many of our problems, he excells at tackling, but also at passing, creative switches with dynamism and is an athletic ball carrier. As for the center forward I dont really know who could be the better fit, but Kai needs some sane rivalry for that no.9 spot.
Agree with you. I want him signed
This nerd man
No runners.
Rodrygo Please
good shout
Viera has nothing to offer this football club.
You’re wrong.
Arsenal struggled to score 1 goal in two games against Porto. But you know who scored 2 goals in under 2 minutes against them recently? Gyökeres, the same guy Arsenal fans are in doubt if he's worth signing 😅😂
Feel like next season we need more dynamism in the team through
a) A different type of midfielder, a ball carrier who can drive through the middle and make us less predictable
b) A switch in tactics especially out wide. I'd love to see saka and Martinelli more in the middle, the half spaces where they can be more threatening. Whether this means an overlapping LB or a switch in attack.
We need fresh ideas next season. More dynamism, we already have the physicality we just need the edge now.
Chelsea away I think was worst performance of season from us. Porto and Bayern away, was elite teams carrying out there job. We had no answer to there systems. Someone who can take on players with skill win free kicks in those type of games is needed (eze)
Against Porto, arteta could’ve redeployed Saka mid first half seeing the ineffectiveness of the block, temporarily to a left wing back position and gone with just two up front. This would enable an extra dribbler in pushing into midfield and may have opened up the left and Martinelli. Would’ve not cost a sub and once a goal or so up, move him back to right wing once they were chasing the game
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We have players who could do it but I feel they like the guile in the way that some of our past player like Jack, Rosicky, or Santi. These players would see these patterns in the middle of the field even in the tight spaces of a mid block and we would slice through them like butter with passes and a pinnacle run through I know that is a long shot but I do not see attempts or this style on Arsenal right now. Silva and Foden on City have this profile I believe. I think Ode could and has tried maybe Viera could be given that if confidence was up cause he can finish. It is hard to say there are so many layers and levels of cohesion that have to happen quickly but that is my favorite way.
I think we just need to more direct when we are facing those mid blocks. Just go long and there will be so much space for our strikers to be one on one with the keeper, or at least to stretch the opponents' formation. Even pep does compromise from time to time, I hope Mikel is not that stubborn to not react differently to mid blocking teams.
I just don't have the time anymore to analyse football this way, so I appreciate videos like this so much as I still find it so interesting!
I disagree about Havertz - he does run in behind too but agree that it doesn’t happen enough in our team.
Do you know how much is oismien ?? Not less than 130
We need to be aggressive in passing vertically
Martin should act more central then Rowe must play he has good carries
Bro aprt frm strength timber is not better than ziny at build up never
Get me eze and oshimen that's a perfect transfer
I've always felt that in games where we struggle to break down the opposition, an easy choice to cause a difference would be to swap the 8's on the field for a few minutes. Getting Rice Ødegaard to be more fluent in positioning would surely do something without upsetting the defensive status quo much. Often sense we're too afraid break up the one thing that always works(Ødegaard-Saka-whoever plays RB at the day). Are we neglecting the fact that Ødegaard used to be a 10? Or just tell Martin to dribble the ball again every so often, as a younger player he would do that constantly with success, feels like it's been coached out of him in favor of being possession centric and overly "safe".
'dribble the ball'🤦🏻♂️
Just dribble, man. Dribbling is an action performed using the ball.
Interesting take tbh. Like Ødegaard dribbling on the left to open the chance vs Porto at home.
Possession keeping are not the problem.
Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, KDB, DavidSilva, BernardoSilva, Foden, Palmer, Rodri, Fernandinho, Thiago, Cazorla dribble a lot, and a lot of them play in a possession system.
Central carries/dribbling in the midfield is risky, but it is extremely rewarding.
If you have great technical players, then the risks are minimised and the rewards are maximised. If you don’t have top class technical players, then it’s the other way round.
Just remember when Ødegaard broke through as a super talent at age 15, his main ability was to break the line through technical prowess alone. Nowadays his focus has become so singular in creative passing and distribution thats its almost been forgotten what he can do with the ball in his feet.
Granted, this can be due to Saka doing exactly that, leaving Ødegaard with the facilitator role, but it's become somewhat predictable that he isn't gonna dribble into the box even thou he used to be spectacular at it.
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great video alex but i dont agree that havertz doesnt like to make runs in behind stretching the pitch. i think some of his best work comes from doing exactly that. osihmen is great but his injury record is a concern for me and he's not exactly the best finisher either.
take germanys game vs denmark yesterday for example rudiger kept finding him with those long balls over the top stretching the defence. havertz ALWAYS makes those runs in behind for us but he's not being found as often/effectively
We are soo passive just sign Victor osihmen
I personally think that Arteta's biggest tactical achilles heel is that he doesn't platform his best players well enough to maximise their output.
Ensuring his most talented players can maximise their strengths;
ie TAA, Salah & Mane being prioritised over Wijndaldum, Ferminho
KdB, Haaland, Rodri over Bernardo, Doku, Foden
Vini Jr. & Benzema (other season) to Vini Jr, Rodrygo & Jude (last season), LHS heavy dynamics but not any less effective due to the quality of the players.
Being predictable isn't bad if the opposition can't stop you either way.
Get Saka to dictate the offence more and Martinelli to take the most number of shots in the final third because they are our best creator and finisher (with the widest variety of finishes) at the club.
“Quiver”.
What's your take on recent move to support LGBT, is it necessary? Or our club is losing focus to what really important to nonsense
I really pushed for a joke VaRayaTy, when describing our buildup skill, missed opportunity :(
Bro I've beeeeeeeeen a supporter since 2019 and I'm always 3-10 mins behind your next video.
I love your content much we agree on some not. Anyway please send me a jersey. I'm in South Africa 😢
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Happy 12th birthday
@@richardwalsh4472 funny guy
HAVERTZ CAN STRECTH A LINE
All Arsenal need is a proper centre forward to hit early.
No switching, no ball carrying, keep it simple.
The reason Arsenal struggled was because they became too predictable for teams who set up to defend and there was no disruptive and dangerous centre forward to pull centrebacks out of position, hold the ball up and create space and play in the wingers in behind. All of Arsenal's moves came from infront of the opposition. It can work if the team synergy is perfect and all the passes and movement are quick and snappy, but it's not going to work in every single game - that's where you need your big players, and in particular, big strikers!
All they have to do to make an immediate impact is buy a world class top quality centre forward who scares defences. Arsenal haven't had one of those since Robin Van Persie left! Aubameyang was good I suppose, but they bought him on his way down.
That's just the start, there's obviously more they need to get, but that will make a big difference.
We're coming into July and I see nothing, it's already not looking promising.
Arsenal need to be busier than this, you would expect a team who finished 2nd twice in a row through only through dropping silly points, to be alot more active, there should have been transfers by now, whether those were ins or outs!
So what are all the other top transfers that have been made? There has also been a lull this year because of many clubs figuring out what they need to do to meet PSR rules. You can't sell if other clubs aren't ready to buy.
@@FinsburyPhil I don't care or focus on what other clubs are doing, I only care about what Arsenal need to do.
I guess Messi, Aguero, Suarez and Firmino are rubsh right?
@@thierryhenry674 I guess you still sleep with your mother...
@@thierryhenry674 I guess you're looking forward to your 12 birthday next week
Super Mikeeeee
Musiala
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We won't sing Osimhen, simple as that.
Great work.
I love George too.😊
Alex, can you do a video on what we lost by selling Xhaka? (If you don’t agree the team’s lost something following his departure, then ignore this comment)
When I think back to most of the 2022/23 league season, I remember a team with a great deal of balance and chemistry, fair to say we didn’t show that level of balance in 2023/24, I’d like to know exactly why because I have a feeling losing Xhaka might be a great part - some well known people have said we are more predictable in 23/24 like Tuchel said Arsenal are a team who builds up on the right and finishes on the left. We all agree but in 22/24 I wouldn’t say that, we had a preference to build on the right with Saka and Ö but could do so on the left with Xhaka and Martinelli.
We lost someone to individually cost us points every single season while blaming the fans for it 🤷🏻♂️ good riddance.
We lost a lot of creativity without Jesus, Zinchenko and Partey. (Timber, Fabio, ESR injuries also doesn’t help)
Rice is not Busquets, Kimmich, FDJ, Fernandinho in the midfield.
Havertz is not Aguero, Suarez, Firmino, Sanchez, Jesus, Trossard, VanPersie as a striker, and he is not Iniesta, Modric, Thiago, Cazorla, Pedri, Musiala, Gavi, Foden, Palmer in the midfield.
They both lack creativity.
And with Tomiyasu or Kiwior on the ball, we are forever passing between Rice and our defenders without any meaningful ball progression. They are not Cancelo, Zinchenko, Guerreiro, RicoLewis.
Last season, we had a period mid season failing to open up low block, costing us a lot of points.
Later in the season, a lot of games are won by us scoring a set piece first, so the opponent start to open up more.
But in open play, we lack creativity.
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@@thierryhenry674 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
That's why we wanna get Eze?
We don't need eze we need a striker and a CDM
For me it's not having a left back, Timber and Tomiyasu are the only left backs and Timber's right footed and neither are natural left backs. Personally for me Jorrel Hato should be the priority, rapid, over lap and under lap, can cross a ball and dribble. Although he would be very young. He's very similar to Timber but also has a much higher ceiling.
I also believe Arsenal need a conductor to sit next to Rice, like how Kante had prime Jorginho next to him
Lol, "the Dutch Timmy Mallet" Dry Lunch back again with more drivel from his mothers basement that he hasn't left for 18 months Sad sad boy
Arsenals most embarrassing plastic Dry Lunch back again with more drivel
Eikel
@@AndyJackson-w2m genuinely either one of the most spiteful Arsenal fans itw, the most obsessed rival or just a bot.
@@Ghfjgjggj123shdhfnfmdk Tbf Dry Lunch you're none of the above as you're just a typical online plastic Arsenal fan
Weak, clueless, sad and lonely and with far too much spare time spare on your hands
Can you analyze Sundowns from South Africa
First?
Nope I’m second :(
@@maxthegunner747 You really are a very sad boy
Raya cost us Porto Chelsea away Bayern home, he's a clown.
You understand nothing about football.
Lol, the former Australian Sunday league ball boy back again with more bollocks
Stick to Aussie Rules eejit
@@thierryhenry674 Says the window liicker who should of been swallowed
@@thierryhenry674 Neither of you do because you're a pair of clueless non match going fans who sadly have too much time on your hands & access to the internet
Stick to Aussie Rules...
we need a midfielder that's an elite vertical passer of the ball Rice is a good cdm that's where he belongs, de jong would be a good signing but not sure he'd come.
Why don't you just call him and ask him come?
Okay wow, you can coach arsenal now 🤡
Lol did this clown say havertz doesn't make in behind runs? 😂😂😂
Meat riding for osimhen who's a literal bum with one season over 15+ goals 😂😂
6 more than Donkey Havertz...