Power n Glory wrote:billie86 wrote:Auba can't play with his back to goal and in this system he needs to, you watch him against man united, when we were in the final third he shows nothing, he just hides away from the ball and this basically ends up with us playing with a man down when attacking. Auba had around 10 less touches than all of the other attackers on the pitch which is shocking when you consider the likes of rashford and smith Rowe were quiet for most of the game.
I watched the west ham v Chelsea game yesterday and if you watch Antonio he's so involved in the game, he comes to feet, lays it off then busts a gut to get into a good position in the middle, he challenges defenders physically in and is a nuisance, what I would give to have him starting for us.
The question is, how do you set up to play when you don't have a front line built to play with a target man striker? If you looks at Liverpool, City and Man Utd, they haven't been playing with a target man striker that has his back to goal. How does Arteta want us to attack? Most goals are coming from working the wide areas, creating overloads and switching play quickly. The idea of a target man like how we played with Giroud under Wenger seems ancient to me. That style had it's own set of problems because we ended up playing in front of the opposition for long periods without actually being a threat.
Well united are struggling, Liverpool and city's front 3 all seem to interchange positions and come in field more than our wingers, you see mane and Jota looking like they are playing centrally then the next attack they are out wide,
they also have runners from central midfield creating space but every one of their forward players are technically good and can beat a man or play a ball through. We just don't have the movement and part of that for me is Auba not being involved, another is no runners from midfield, we also don't overload the wingbacks as much, we do it more on the left but not so much on the right. You look at where Trent plays for Liverpool and he's in the final 3rd every time Liverpool attack. The fix starts with getting a striker who can play with his back to goal but is also quick enough to get in behind, they would also need to a physical player who can win headers, Antonio at west ham is a prime example of what we need in this system, getting someone like that in solves a lot our our attacking problems, the next would be getting more dynamic midfielders in the middle, a bissouma or Zakaria would be ideal. In response to your question at present I would try lacazette instead of Auba in the central role, I would play Tierney left back and put Tavares on the wing, I would then put ESR back in the number 10 role.