Power n Glory wrote:Highbury Hillbilly wrote:He doesn't fit our formation, which brings into question why he was signed at all.
But our formation itself is unbalanced as it's overly defensive and doesn't create a lot of chances. We play 2 CMs that are defensively oriented and focused on cycling the ball around and maintaining possession. Every attack comes from Saka or ESR on the wings, sometimes with fullbacks overlapping to add depth up front.
There's no room for a CM to join the attack, they are at the halfway line protecting the CBs. We no longer have the kind of situations where a player like Ramsey could pop up in the 18-yd box to grab a loose ball. Now the rule is to pass it back to Partey so he can push it out wide again.
I can't understand why we pushed to bring him in. He's far too reserved with his style of play and needs to be more active. Arteta Will need to sit him down for a few more games and have a word with him. If you look at the two goals we scored, it's Saka, ESR and Tavaras combining for the first. Second goal is White pushing forward, playing it to Tomiyasu who then plays it into Martinelli. Central midfield need improving on attack.
I was pleased to get him, he is Ozil with work rate. What Ozil and Odegaard need are intelligent runners, Odegaard can then pick out a pass, but our runners are pants. Also, dicking around with the ball and taking too long to get it forward restricts the space, so you find Odegaard just recycling the ball. Its when we move the ball quickly you see Odegaard's quality.
Like I keep saying, the system we play doesn't suit most of our players, thats why our chance creation is so poor.
Its Arteta's job to see this, he is freekin blind, stupid or both.