Great start for Emery, but is pace an oversight?

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A couple of days out the mixer and something massive happens, best described by Boreham Wood’s boss Luke Garrard.

“They’re the best team I have ever faced in my career. You look at the two side they put out, they’re frightening. They were here to put on a show for their new manager. Killer, ruthless – they were ready to hit us with every blow they could.”

GET IN FUTURE, here we are!

I didn’t watch the game, but I can tell you, I watched the goals and they were fun. Nelson and Auba dropping a couple of pearlers. Amazing that Emery took the squad back to training for a session after.

Someone asked me about the hammering Wenger took for overtraining, asking if it were the same for Emery. Absolutely, our new manager is taking the same risks as our old manager did when it comes to overloading the players in preseason. The difference here is Emery has complex ideas he needs to communicate to his players and he needs to do that on the training pitch. He can’t really afford to do that slowly because he has to keep himself in the job and he has to prove to the world he’s great.

We might see the impact of the preseason with injuries, particularly because his strength and conditioning coach is an unknown quantity and one would expect he’s likely as crazy to deal with as Carcedo. Keeping players fit heading into December is imperative. We’ve seen Wenger bollocks seasons time and time again because he’d use the same players over and over again at the start of the season, then they’d die in December, get ravaged by injuries, then recover in March for the top 4 chase. Hopefully we’ll avoid that.

I guess that’s where my main concerns lie with Emery and the whole of the new setup. No one has Premier League experience. Players run faster for longer in our league, pound for pound the quality is superior to the other leagues in Europe, there are also more games played over a longer period of time. No break either. No one has really experienced that in the new regime bar the old players he kept around.

That’s why I worry about Sokratis, Lichtsteiner and the new contract for Xhaka. Those are three players who are dreadfully slow. You can’t get away with a lack of mobility in the Premier League, so it’ll be very interesting to see if those moves were an ‘experience’ oversight, or I’m just not clued into the new plan.

Anyway, a great start for Emery, with plenty of hard work still to come. So good to see the players showing off for the new coach.

The World Cup was quite the spectacle. Olivier Giroud bagged the biggest trophy without landing a single shot on target through the whole tournament. Good for him, fuck the haters, we still love him even if he is CHELSEA SCUM. The game wasn’t quite as one-sided as the score, but when it came down to it, France just has an incredible squad of talent who can sit in second gear and still score 4 goals.

The big news for me is Mbappe is now the new king of world football. He scored in the final as a teenager, he looks unbelievably comfortable on the biggest stage, and I think he’s just seen off Ronaldo and Messi. He’s the new king in town. It was funny listening to commentators talking about his rise in the World Cup like he was some unknown dropping a worldie from the second division.

‘You’ll remember the name’

… for fucks sake lads, he went to PSG for £163m last summer, we’re pretty fucking aware of who he is.

I’m pleased for him regardless, and furious at Arsenal for not paying off his parents with the big dollars.

Interesting that France win the World Cup without a single Arsenal player. A sad indictment of the banter years.

There’s not much else in the news about Arsenal, we hired a new physio from Port Adelaide, Darren Burgess hiring in some friends after unfairly firing Colin Lewin. Sociedad is in for Monreal, a move I hope doesn’t happen. Lucas Perez wants to stay at Arsenal to work under Emery. Ospina is in the sights of Napoli, let’s pray that goes through.

Right, that’s me done. See ya’ll tomorrow.

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Dissenter

Ishola
“Let’s hope a system is put in place where Papa’s strengths are more to the fore than his weaknesses because he does has certain strengths”

Lets do this with Xhaka as well.
….”Let’s hope a system is put in place where Xhaka’s strengths are more to the fore than his weaknesses because he does has certain strengths”

How are you doing?

Dissenter

I think it was Cesc who asked about Papa’s pace.
Yes. He is a very slow snail, even when he was younger.
He is a great tackler though and has the reputation of being a hard man, a no nonsense defender.
I expect we will be at the receiving end of lots of penalties and free kicks when Pap’s recovery tackles are a nano-second too late.

Arse&Nose©

Still dont like the Auba, Laca partneship. Dont think you should shift a world class CF wide to accomodate a worse player in the middle. But we’ll see.

by worse player, do you mean Xhaka?

Receding Hairline

“”by worse player, do you mean Xhaka?”‘

No he meant Lacazette ..that is his pet project

Xhaka or is it Xjaka is someone else’s pet project

Ishola70

Dissenter

I am neither championing the signings or season to come or writing it off though Torreira is the signing I am most happy with.

Let’s just say I am interested in seeing how things pan out.

Have already said that a new manager and not only that a new set-up can add real impetus to a club and quickly. It can also on the other hand take time though.

It’s interesting. More interesting than the later Wenger years.

Marko

Yeah I would hate us to go forward playing our best CF on the wing. Irrespective of any sort of debate play your best players in their natural position. But it was the first game of preseason so I’m still hopeful

Marko

No he meant Lacazette ..that is his pet project

No project he just likes the fact that we’ve finally got a world class striker and he wants to see him played as a world class striker

karim

Josip

I know, it can be very frustrating at times.
There is a lot of passion with the new generation though.
I can even have a conversation about football with a girl nowadays, which would have been impossible when I was younger.

Receding Hairline

Yes him playing on the wings affected his goal scoring so badly,,,he only scored the three

Receding Hairline

From open play i mean of course.

There are games when Lacazette will play with Aubameyang ( And the two do not seem to have any problems playing with each other) ..and there are games when we will start with one through the middle.

I do not understand why this seems to be an issue for some

Jim Lahey

Who is more impressive, Mbappe at 19 or Cesc at 19?

karim

Looks like Torreira has already been adopted by Hector

https://mobile.twitter.com/808mus/status/1017826804730605568

Marko

Yes him playing on the wings affected his goal scoring so badly,,,he only scored the three

Who were we playing? How many did Laca get in the same game? All fair things to question no?

azed

There are games when Lacazette will play with Aubameyang ( And the two do not seem to have any problems playing with each other) ..and there are games when we will start with one through the middle.

I do not understand why this seems to be an issue for some

Its simple, play your best players in their best positions. Enough of pushing players to different positions because you want to accommodate others.

If we need a winger, we should go out and buy one.

Marko

I do not understand why this seems to be an issue for some

Playing our best striker out of position I wonder why fans would take an issue with it

Receding Hairline

He is not out of position …it gives him more flexibility to arrive in the box as he usually does and score goals, he is fast enough to play anywhere across the front three, he is not Giroud.

Aubameyang is not a traditional number nine who needs to play through the middle. Pep started games last season with both Aguero and Jesus on the pitch.

All i see here is people using this to push their desire for a winger. Let the Arsenal manager pick the team he wants to pick based on what he sees on the training ground.

Emiratesstroller

Marko

Bellerin is a right wing back. What he needs to improve is the timing of his
runs and his positioning when he defends.

Last season one of our major weakness far too often was that both full backs
were out of position at the same time and this combined with poor defending
in midfield resulted in our centre backs being exposed to counter attack.

That was down to poor discipline and instruction from the bench. If a player
ignores such instruction then you drop him until he learns the lesson.

gambon

Love the way the bin man from Lagos jumps on anyone that has ANY sort of criticism for the club.

Probably emails Ivan every day telling him about all of the blog policing he’s done.

Jim Lahey

Its 10 minutes of amazing passes followed by incredible misses!

Receding Hairline

“Love the way the bin man from Lagos jumps on anyone that has ANY sort of criticism for the club.”

Nigeria has 36 states..i do not stay in Lagos

Emiratesstroller

Ishola 70 Arsenal has a problem in recruiting a world class centre back, because most of these players are now concentrated in a handful of clubs who are prepared to pay inflated prices to recruit them. Sadly Arsenal under Wenger was unwilling to invest properly in this department. Sokratis is an experienced centre back with good leadership qualities, but is clearly not top of the tree which is reflected by the transfer fee we have paid. So at the moment Arsenal need to find a solution to the problem within its own ranks. As I wrote I assume that Sokratis… Read more »

Marko

He is not out of position …it gives him more flexibility to arrive in the box as he usually does and score goals, he is fast enough to play anywhere across the front three, he is not Giroud. He’s a striker he hasn’t been a winger since the time he failed in Milan. At St Etienne he convinced as a striker and then eventually got a move to Dortmund where he impressed as a striker much so that we paid 55 million for him as a striker. At Dortmund he flourished with two wingers either side of him and a… Read more »

James wood

Bookmakers Bet 365 ————quoting Arsenal at 25/1.

China

It’s not normally a good idea to play your best player out of position but it was very effective at the end of last season

Laca and auba were both linking up and scoring freely

Is it the right idea long term? Maybe – I’m not really sure. It feels weird. But based on the end of last season I wouldn’t be unhappy to see emery give it a chance. Could be lethal with a proper defensive unit behind them and ozil/miki build up

China

As was said, being out wide hasn’t stopped him getting lots of chances and banging in the goals. He also gives us awesome pace out wide which we totally lack apart from bulletin

Might not be perfect and a top winger would be ideal – but it still looks like a very effective option

Receding Hairline

Careful China…you may just get called a bin man or something more degrading because you disagreed with a certain point of view.

Isn’t it funny to complain that a goalscorer is played out of position in a game he scored 4 goals in 45 Minutes?? And if the opposition is so important then why complain about it??

Yet i am the bin man.

Receding Hairline

I stand corrected a 17 minute Hat trick

Michael24

Jim Laney

Cech at 19 or Rooney at 19?!

How can you compare Cesc and M’bappe?

Sorry, but that’s silly.

Michael24

Jim Lahey…….sorry.

zaco

everybody keep hammering about pace you all forgot that neither Xabi Alonso nor Sergio Busquets were/are were sprinter merchants yet they’re regarded as one of the greatest to ever play in that position

Xhaka’s decision making and lack of “awareness is what i worry about and not his failure to beat Usain Bolt’s track records.

Jim Lahey

@Michael24 –

Who impressed you more?

Vintage Gun

Cesc and Cech were very good players at 19, so was Rooney. Mbappe is following suit

Doesn’t have to be “who was better” debate as they All were showing elite qualities that defied their young ages

Jim Lahey

@Vintage Gun –

Its not a who was better, it is who impressed you more, your own personal opinion.

China

Honestly speaking, Rooney and cesc were both monsters at that age

mysticleaves

Jim

There will be bias but I think Cesc was already world class at 19 and can influence games on his own. Mbappe, as impressive as he has been, doesn’t influence games yet, he sorta flows with it. If the team plays bad, he’s bad, if the team plays good, he’s good

Emiratesstroller

There are some posters who keep on discussing Aubameyang as though he will
be playing right wing with Lacazette as striker.

That is simply not the case. There is absolutely no reason why we cannot play
two strikers together in same team. Cavani and Suarez managed to play successfully together at World Cup.

Jim Lahey

@mysticleaves –

Yeah I agree with you, I feel its easier for young strikers to make an impact at that age than it is for a CM or a defensive player.

Vintage Gun

Oh my mistake i miss read the narrative.

Im going to say Cesc because the way he controlled midfield in the PL at 17 was insanely weird. Especially given his size.

M’bappe’s nipped in and stole Neymars ‘heir to the kings throne’. And after the recent reports of how Neymar’s been bullying M’bappe last season im glad he’s been knocked off his perch.

raptora

We were lead to believe by half of the “knowledgeable” people in this blog how Auba is nothing else but a speedy tap-in merchant. Now, we realize that he has more layers to his game and is quite good at playing down the flanks and cutting in or crossing the ball. Which one of the two is it because I was arguing with a lot of them “knowledgeable” people how he is a bit more than what they think but they were quite convinced how his all round game is nonexistent.

Michael24

Rooney @ 16 was better than Rooney @ 26.
Walcott @16 was better than Walcott@ 26.

Marko

Stroller when Aubameyang plays with Lacazette he plays LW. Probably wouldn’t be having this conversation if we actually played two strikers up top but we’re having this conversation because our best striker is being played as a winger. Why not play Laca out wide? Oh he’d be useless out there? Well that’s hardly our problem. Play Aubameyang in his natural position and he’ll be right up there with the top scorers in the league. Rotate Lacazette that’s the only solution but don’t play a striker LW it’s not necessary

raptora

I think that 4-3-3 is the way to go. 442 might look good because we are desperate to make our money count and not have a 50m+ reserve, but we kind of need to win the midfield in every game we play. We won’t be able to do it with just a pair of the players we have in our team. We’ll need to have 3 in there. Now if we had a dominant wing back say Bellerin was as good as Walker or the new Dani Alves/Marcelo he could have one flank entirely for himself and be dangerous going… Read more »

Marko

they think but they were quite convinced how his all round game is nonexistent.

That’s one of the arguments for playing Laca centrally over Auba his link up play and all that shite which is bollox really because Auba can link up very well and has a good all round game

Marko

Basically at the end of the day you have old heads arguing for the same old square pegs in round holes imbalance shite that became an Arsene Wenger trait for the last god knows how long. Trying to fit all his favourites in rather than have that tough conversation has cost us for years lack of balance lack of wingers lack of defensive minded midfielders has cost us. The team needs balance and to play proper players in their proper positions. Not playing Welbeck LW or Ramsey RM or Monreal/Debuchy CB and not playing Aubameyang LW. Play a balanced team… Read more »

Marko

And who could forget Bendtner RW.

China

19 year old cesc had the value on the pitch of two CMs, totally unplayable

He read the game like it’s nothong. He was decent on the tackle despite his size and very feisty

On the ball he had vision close to DB10 and almost as good passing to boot. Add to that he was untouchable on the ball because of you press him he’d turn you on your ass with a shoulder drop and if you stand off him he’d kill you with his passing

At 19 years old cesc was an easy 9/10. Eaaaaasy

mysticleaves

People only need to look at Dembele to know that it takes only one move for a talented footballer to cease fire. I just hope Mbappe makes wise decisions. Dembele shouldn’t have left Dortmund when he did

China

There’s potentially a big difference between the auba and wenger cases The (limited) evidence that we’ve seen of auba our wide was actually very effective both individually for him and for laca. The wenger equivalent was bendtner and diaby on the wings… I agree in principle that it’s not usually right to show horn players in but that experiment already played out last season a few times and the early signs were extremely promising We could pay 50m for a winger to do the same shit auba is doing on the wing. I’d still like a ‘real’ winger and I’m… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Marko

If you watched Uruguay play both Cavani and even Suarez played in wide positions, but both are strikers who are mobile.

When you look at Liverpool they did not play all season with a conventional striker.

The point I am making is that many of Arsenal’s offensive players are more
than capable of playing out of the conventional position that they are supposed to play.

What is important is that Arsenal have a fluid forward game with the players
selected able to play collectively together.

Marko

The (limited) evidence that we’ve seen of auba our wide was actually very effective both individually for him and for laca.

Aubameyang scored most of his goals centrally when Lacazette was out injured. He’s so good that he’ll score wherever but the point is that to get the absolute best out of him you have to play him in his best position.

China

Lest we forget, Henry was utilized this way by Barca.

It was sacrilegious to buy TH and dump him on the wing, but he did it, ended up being their top scorer/assisted from the wing and helped fire them to glory. Was it right? Ofc not. Was it successful? Absolutely.

Receding Hairline

No one is even looking at how the two players in question interact on the pitch. The simple fact they love playing with each other and seem to be forming a partnership. Luiz suarez is an out and out striker yet he formed a formidable partnership with Sturridge in a run that should have seen Liverpool win the title. I repeat , this is simply certain posters driving what they believe is an urgent need for a winger rather than based on any clear evidence this two players cannot play in the same team and we win matches. If Unai… Read more »

China

I’d also suggest that auba out wide isn’t really a concrete thing

Like when he and laca played together it was often laca’s assist (from a wider position) to the centrally placed auba.

Our play is always sooooo predictable so having them interchange randomly could be a very dangerous dynamic. They ‘could’ both be wingers and both be CFs. This way we have two major scorers, tough to defend interchanging wing/cf play and two big names getting minutes

Might not work in the long run but it’s far from the worst idea

Receding Hairline

“Like when he and laca played together it was often laca’s assist (from a wider position) to the centrally placed auba.”

Exactly

It was also the “wide” Auba that was on hand to head in AMN’s cross for his second over the weekend.

China

We have other options shape wise as well

Every time bellerin breaks beyond a certain point, our right CM could drop in behind to cover and Auba can join Laca as a second CF

Marko

Luiz suarez is an out and out striker yet he formed a formidable partnership with Sturridge in a run that should have seen Liverpool win the title. Right but Suarez was the better of the two and he was played as the CF which is my point. Aubameyang is our best CF and he’s being played LW… why are people making an argument for that? It’s reasonable to question this. Also Receding it is very urgent that the club signs one possibly two wingers since we have ZERO in the squad. None. Zilch. We have no wingers so instead we… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Marko

Many of the so called top goalscorers are described as wingers namely Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

Most of these players are in reality strikers i.e. they are able to score a lot of goals from different situations on the pitch including in the middle.

I would remind those who criticise the current selection of Aubameyang and
Lacazette playing together in starting lineup that Ian Wright played alongside
Anelka in season 1997-8 when we won the league. Both were classified as strikers.

Kayciey

Even before the season starts some morons be like so and so is slow….I never rated him….he is not a good signing…blur blur blur. We should be supporting the team. I hope no one in Arsenal team reads these crap. Let’s judge our signings in December.

Receding Hairline

“Right but Suarez was the better of the two and he was played as the CF which is my point. ” No he wasn’t It was a very fluid front line which included one winger Sterling. No one necessarily played strictly through the middle and this made them very difficult to defend against . And Aubameyang is a faster CF than Lacazette, that does not automatically make him the better CF. You seem to be making it look like Lacazette is some second rate CF which he is not. He has proven that over a period, yes at Lyon, the… Read more »

Ishola70

Mbappe is just one example of so many players now that “play” wing but are really not anything like a winger.

They are forwards.

China

I tell you this if emery dumps auba out wide hugging the touch line only for 90 minutes and is given no freedom/instruction to interchange/link up/exploit his partnership with laca/the formation never changes based on circumstances then emery is a total amateur. No serious and self respecting tactician has those two on the pitch at the same time and doesn’t attempt to extract as much as possible out of them. Whilst I’m not an expert on emery’s coaching style is hazard a guess there’s next to no chance he does this and just wastes auba’s career If he plays them… Read more »

gambon

Also, people seem to be forgetting that we dont have a single capable wide player in our team. Playing Auba wide would be more palatable if we had someone on the other side to balance out his runs in field, but we dont, we have Mykhitaryan or Ozil who will be constantly coming infield themselves. We dont have a single player in the squad, let alone the team, that can play 1v1 against a full back. Auba, Laca, Ozil, Mykhi, Welbeck, Iwobi can all play wide, not one of them has the ability to consistently win take ons. Its quite… Read more »

Marko

Many of the so called top goalscorers are described as wingers namely Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

Right but Suarez and Cavani and Lewandowski aren’t played wide. You just basically picked out players who are/were wingers.

Ian Wright played alongside
Anelka in season 1997-8 when we won the league. Both were classified as strikers.

Right… but did Wright play on the left wing? Are we playing 4-4-2 right now? So what a comparison

China

TLDR emery is a smart guy. If he plays them both together it’s probably with a plan and for good reason

The days of us simply doing express yourself bullshit are gone. I fucking hope so anyway.

Let’s have some faith

We need a backup winger regardless tho

Receding Hairline

We scored the same number of goals as Spurs 74, Scored more than United 68 , 10 goals less than Liverpool with their “amazing” front three.

No we did not struggle that badly for goals unless the only comparison allowed is with Man city ..then in that case the rest of the top six struggled to keep up as well

Marko

And Aubameyang is a faster CF than Lacazette, that does not automatically make him the better CF. You seem to be making it look like Lacazette is some second rate CF which he is not. He has proven that over a period, yes at Lyon, the same Lyon where Fekir and Ndombele played to convince you Marko that they were the real deal Not once have I mentioned my opinions on Lacazette’s quality or anything about selling him or anything about that but Auba is the better striker and should be played as the striker. You mention Lacazette for Lyon… Read more »

useroz

It was the first game but Sokratis was not pacey, as a CB, and appeared to struggle to catch “Boreham forwards”; also mistimed tackles. Hope he’s just returning to top shape. One thing though, Sokratis defo looks beasty. In any case, Sokratis + Mustafi a no-no. If Ramsey doesn’t sign da thing before the season starts, must sell to recoup very £ we can Cannot afford to wenger Ramsey’s contract and take another financial hit. Pace is not everything though. Looking at the MF, Xhara, Elneny and to some extent Ramsey are not exactly pacey. The rest would be fine… Read more »

China

I’d still love a top winger as well but I just think auba is doesn’t appear to be a big issue here.

Emiratesstroller

Gambon

I watched Aubameyang play with Lacazette at end of last season at Emirates and
they played very well together.

One reason for this is that neither of these players is selfish. They scored goals
with assist from the other. That is also how Cavani and Suarez play for Uruguay.

The key to our success next season is how the other players in midfield perform. If both Mkhitaryan and Ozil are in good form I can see our two forwards
scoring pots of goals.

Emiratesstroller

One further point Arsenal did not play with conventional winger when we had
Henry, Bergkamp, Wiltord and Ljungberg playing in the same team.

Wiltord may have played wide but he was in reality a striker.

gambon

Nice to know that Recedings ambitions are to finish a little bit behind Liverpool and level with Spurs, who pay 50% of the wages we do.

These remote fans are a joke. Probably have 12different teams they support.

Receding Hairline

Honestly Gambon for a man who likes to show himself off as intelligent you do let yourself down anytime you post here. You just said we struggled massively for goals, i simply pointed out that it was a false assertion and you attack me for being a remote fan….if you cannot debate your points maybe you should not be on a football blog. We are not chasing Man city anyways , at least not from the off, as the season progresses we can then tailor our ambitions based on how much the boys have taken on board. Even Pep did… Read more »

gambon

Emirates

You mention our 2002-2005 team and lack of wingers (conveniently forgetting Robert Pires)

However the point you are missing is this…

You mention Wiltord played wide….quite correct.

However what we are currently doing is the equivalent of playing Thierry Henry wide in order to accommodate Wiltord in the centre.

Imagine what the fans would’ve done if Wenger tried that.

Like I say, happy with Emery and think we could have a good season….but the bar has been raised way above what Arsenal achieved in 2004, we need to respond to that.

Victorious

These remote fans are a joke. Probably have 12different teams they support”

You really need to get over yourself,

its clearly been a well informed and healthy debate then when it seems you’ve got nothing more to offer you resort to insults

reading both of your inputs and it seems to me you’r more likely to be the one supporting 12different team..hence your failure to hold a debate about arsenal here which happens to be the center of discussion

gambon

Oh, the scammers back.

Keep your pin numbers safe guys.

Vintage Gun

We definitely need a ‘chalk on boots’ winger in my opinion as it will help us stretch the play especially against teams that congest the center.

Whether our allowed budget will stretch that far remains to be seen.
Put it this way, if the board allowed emery the funds to by a big player NOW, i feel it would be a winger.

TT

You still have all that gold bullion you are trying to get rid off Gambon? 😀

Vintage Gun

The fact we havent got a single winger in our CLUB is on AW

Redtruth

Dismantled 3-1 and 3-0 at home by both Manchester clubs suggests we struggled for goals.

Emiratesstroller

gambon

No I was referring to the period before Pires arrived. Wiltord played wide even
though he was in reality a second striker. That is where he played for France when they won World Cup.

From recollection he scored quite a few goals when he played in France.

Receding Hairline

“Oh, the scammers back.Keep your pin numbers safe guys.”

Thank you for making my point …there is an old adage in my place..” The truth is always spoken in jest” …you are simply showing certain tendencies i would rather not name while masking it as banter.

If you have a problem with Arsenal’s diverse fan base maybe you should take it up with the club..most Arsenal Legends have been to Lagos to see us bin men so the club seems cool with our support

Victorious

Emery ain’t a dummy and would have probably watched videos of how the team scored goals flawlessly in the few months leading to the end of last season Laccazette and Auba formed a lethal combo with telepathic understanding and defenders losing track of who’s really the CF, wonder why posters keep on yapping about Auba on the left side as if he’s stationed there with special instructions not to move off the ball and across the front 3 Auba wasn’t static,he made movements across the front 3 which made us more fluid and difficult to stop, thanks to Wenger but… Read more »

gambon

Emirates

Pretty sure Wiltord signed a few weeks after Pires.

Victorious

gambon you broke ass twat

you’ve got absolutely nothing to offer for a scammer to waste precious time on, move on

Michael24

How many of you would take a top 4 finish?

I’m quietly confident we will exceed expectations.

No more boring, shambolic predictability.

Anticipation and genuine excitement awaits.

Remember that?

Marko

One further point Arsenal did not play with conventional winger when we had
Henry, Bergkamp, Wiltord and Ljungberg playing in the same team.

We played 4-4-2 then and Uruguay play a 4-4-2 with Suarez and Cavani so these comparison aren’t fair because we don’t play 4-4-2 if we did there wouldn’t be any issue but because we don’t we have to play one of our strikers as a LW

Nw9 gooner

Gambon I read somewhere recently that we are behind Liverpool in wages now, 5th in the league in wages ?

karim

Stroller

That’s right, Wilford played as a striker in France and even won the golden boot in ’99 with Bordeaux.

But he didn’t play the World Cup though.

Redtruth

The bulk of Arsenal’s goals came against shit sides:

Everton 2 Arsenal 5
Arsenal 5 Huddersfield 0
Arsenal 5 Everton 1
Arsenal 4 West Ham 1
Arsensl 5 Burnley 0

Emiratesstroller

Gambon

That may be the case but Wiltord played regularly in starting lineup on wing
when he first arrived. I am not sure that Pires did so in his first season.

The point is that we played frequently with Henry, Bergkamp and Wiltord up
front and none were wingers at that time.

Victorious

Everton 2 Arsenal 5
Arsenal 5 Huddersfield 0
Arsenal 5 Everton 1
Arsenal 4 West Ham 1
Arsensl 5 Burnley 0

over the years ,these are teams with parking the bus tactics were we find it difficult to score even one goal,odd

also sure it’s got nothing to do with the Auba-Laca tandem

Redtruth

Henry always drifted out wide when playing.
Both Ljungberg and Pires played wide even though they were centre midfielders .

Emiratesstroller

RT

Arsenal scored 74 goals in EPL last season despite all our shortcomings. Only
Man City and Liverpool scored more.

Redtruth

One win against top six opposition shows our attack is not up to the job.

Emiratesstroller

RT

As I pointed out to you on many occasions the attack was not the problem.

Our defence leaked to many goals and we lost too many games away from home
often from winning positions.

Wallace

if he’s going to play Lacazette & Aubameyang together a lot, which the evidence suggests he should, then I think the current solution of Lacazette central and Auba coming in from the left is the correct one. they do seem to enjoy playing together.