by Arsenal Tone » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:08 pm
by island_gunner » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:10 pm
realtalk wrote:Not a bad game ,not a bad game at all. I saw a lot of training ground stuff that was practised in game. Mostly it was the build up play from the back.The attack is still a mess and inconsistent due to player changes , no patterns formed yet.And no starting 11 decided.SO in good time attack will work itself out.
Chambers and Holding have taken to the plays way better than the other cbs. There was some good stuff building up from the back. We have definitely not built from the back like that under wenger to my memeory. The way players positionally moved had confidence in passing at the back using the goalie. The cbs splitting themselves for the holding player to come pick up the ball was big change. Opened up the pitch and gave players time on the ball and into free spaces. Also works nicely for counters. Really good stuff.
Leno is fast across the box really fast. He's gonna pull of some silly saves in the league. Overall not a bad game ,not a great game you could see parts of the training happening on field. Its gonna take a while once confidence and game wins happen bit ,by bit emerys style will be imprinted in the team.Its gonna take a while for us to look good there is going to be a lot of meh 1/2-0 games like this.But with each game improvements will happen.
by Phil71 » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:23 pm
by yadunoe » Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:56 pm
by gooney » Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:05 am
by Zenith » Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:11 am
by Mike Dean » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:12 am
by indy23 » Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:32 am
Mike Dean wrote:You know Sokratis was a bad buy when people still want Mustafi starting over him.
Our defense needs a major over-haul.
I know Emery is trying to instill his defensive philosophy but we have some seriously flawed defenders.
Our best defender is LichtSteiner, and that is very telling.
I am sorry but we are not making top 4 in the league with this defense.
by Callum » Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:00 am
by yadunoe » Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:05 am
by starmandb » Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:50 am
Santi wrote:have we had more friendlies this year? feel like there's been one every few days
by starmandb » Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:55 am
Godlop wrote:Lazio is a good opponent for a friendly.
They play exactly like the many poor teams in the premier league.
by Manoban » Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:09 am
by Santi » Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:09 am
starmandb wrote:Santi wrote:have we had more friendlies this year? feel like there's been one every few days
No
Played 5
Played 7 last year
2 were against Australian opposition
And I also include the community shield
There was also an Emirates cup
by DiamondGooner » Sun Aug 05, 2018 3:02 pm