Santi wrote:Saw it as well but won't be surprised to see 4-2-3-1 vs Norwich.
Neither will I and that's why I can't support Arteta.
We've seen two long periods of use of two formations in specific ........ 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-3.
The record speaks for itself, 3-4-3, best defense in the league, an FA Cup with some great performances and a great record against the top 4.
Then we switch to a 4-2-3-1, beaten by Villarreal in the Europa Semi-Final, struggle in Europe and Prem against Minnow teams and languish at 15th before pushing up to 8th.
I don't care which system we use, all I care is that we use one that helps us win games, 4-2-3-1 has not been doing that and there's no specific benefit to using it apart from possession, but we don't have the right players to make use of long spells of possession because we can't unlock teams who are sitting back .......... and all teams are sitting back by the time it takes us 3mins to do all our passing back and sideways to then go forward.