Fabrestuta wrote:Where did the comparison to united come from? You brought up the 4-5-1 as opposed to 4-3-3. Gza asked if Rvp can be the focal point of an attack, any attack, we say no but you are bringing in things that have no bearing.
Clearly you have totally missed the point. Gza asked if RvP can 'spearhead' the attack - which the common consensus appears to be 'no' because he's a 'support striker' - but support strikers are in many ways exclusive to a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 formation.
So the reason I brought up the Utd comparison is because they have played 4-3-3 for 2 years and won a truck load of silverware along the way. They don't have a 'spearhead' , they simply have 3 attacking players who relentlesly pounce on the opposition defence. It's beside the point, but for the record, I think they will revert back to 4-4-2 this season as Ronaldo has gone and they have a genuine winger in the form of Valencia - so expect to see Berbatov scoring more goals.
Anyway, back to the point, what I'm saying is, despite it looking on paper that van Persie is leading the attack, imo, this season will see Arsenal playing slightly differently, with the attacking trio playing along the same lines Utd did for the last 2 seasons - so I'm saying we shouldn't worry about set, rigid formations or who will be 'spearheading' as I don't think it's relevant. As Smooth said, Wenger will change the formation during a match without even making subs.
This is just my opinion of course