a top quality front 3 worth 150m isn't our strength?
hmmm let me think again then...
by Santi » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:27 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:28 pm
Zedie wrote:theHotHead wrote:Zedie wrote:theHotHead wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:LMAO wrote:Man actually had us play defensively against Huddersfield. North London has not seen banter of this level since we won the league at Shite Hart Lane.
Emery needs to stop being so conservative and have us play to our strength, which lays in our attack with a £100 million striker partnership. We still leak goals even when trying to keep a clean sheet against the worst team in the league, so may as well go full glass cannon ffs
I agree but maybe that's because he has no faith in our defence, Huddersfield hadn't scored a goal in weeks until we turned up.
If Emery had better defenders he probably wouldn't of.
Also this may be a case of that Emery needs results, he's not Wenger, he can't risk losing these sorts of games and keep his job.
Regardless I do wish he'd stop using 3-4-3, I see no benefit over 4-3-3, we leak the same goals, but we play better without it.
If he has no faith in our defence perhaps he should spend more time in coaching/drilling it.
It is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE as human beings to practice something and not improve at it. In fact, even animals learn through practice FFS and they don't have manuals, training aids, videos and all that.
Ok. Completely disregard that humans have their own physical and mental limitations.
Go and try to practice running as fast as Usain bolt and see how far your training gets you.
Tell me how to make lichtensteiner faster.
Tell me why apparently no one in Mustafis career has told him not to be fooled into diving in to tackles.
Train Peter Cech to get down to his corners quicker
Train diaby to not be injured
Train iwobi to not get brain freeze when being hard pressed
Oh you cant? It must be your fault these players produce these results smh.
Stupidest post of the day goes to Zedie !! f**k me!!
The players can learn movement, how to keep shape until it becomes second nature. You can teach/drill patterns of play until they become second nature. I guarantee that if I did speed training you would see an improvement in my speed. If you can't shoot, do some shooting training and you will learn to shoot.
Its a basic f***ing premise that guides all of life on earth, the process of practicing something to improve. Nobody is saying you will become the best at it but you will absolutely improve. ANY improvement is an improvement and would prove the point that we can defend better if the team practiced it.
Your post is nonsense, talking foolishness about people being injured, what does that have to do with the fact that people improve with practice and thats a f***ing fact.
Mate, if you can't grasp the fact that there are differences in ability with the players we have in key positions to the players our opponents have and the importance of that to fully execute the managers game plan, then you really are as blind as you seem to be.
Are you seriously telling me that sagna and clichy could have been trained into providing the same out put as Kyle Walker and mendy?
Or that working on iwobis shooting practice can get him up to the level of mane?
Really?
Of course improvements can be made with training but I'm sorry, the sort of gains that can be made with some players we have versus their opposite numbers is like a fart in a hurricane.
The fact that you hang your criticism of Emery off this nonsense is the best example of someone who doesn't really understand reality versus their own personal world view.
I'm asking you specifically now, let's just focus on lichtensteiner, iwobi and xhaka. Everyone knows their base flaws, what do you think you could train into them to solve those issues that hasn't been identified and drilled constantly before now?
And how much capacity have they got to actually be trained to a level where they are as good as one better than the opposition.
by UFGN » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:33 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:36 pm
by theHotHead » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:37 pm
Mate, if you can't grasp the fact that there are differences in ability with the players we have in key positions to the players our opponents have and the importance of that to fully execute the managers game plan, then you really are as blind as you seem to be.
Are you seriously telling me that sagna and clichy could have been trained into providing the same out put as Kyle Walker and mendy?
Or that working on iwobis shooting practice can get him up to the level of mane?
Of course improvements can be made with training but I'm sorry, the sort of gains that can be made with some players we have versus their opposite numbers is like a fart in a hurricane.
The fact that you hang your criticism of Emery off this nonsense is the best example of someone who doesn't really understand reality versus their own personal world view.
I'm asking you specifically now, let's just focus on lichtensteiner, iwobi and xhaka. Everyone knows their base flaws, what do you think you could train into them to solve those issues that hasn't been identified and drilled constantly before now?
And how much capacity have they got to actually be trained to a level where they are as good as one better than the opposition.
by StLGooner » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:38 pm
by theHotHead » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:39 pm
Losmeister wrote:I want to live in the world that you live in where humans don't learn or improve as a basic human function.
you are the poster child, m8
you are not orientedx4 , either way... cheers
by UFGN » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:42 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:When they hired Emery it was announced as part of that, that AFC had decided to keep Bould on, this is from their own website.
Yes if Bould was fkin awful I'm sure Emery would complain and Raul would be the one to sack Bould ............. so hence why I'm saying its our players.
Mustafi has been a walking accident for at least 2 seasons now, not sure what HotHead thinks we can do with that?
by theHotHead » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:48 pm
Goonerz wrote:It’s the same people that will say the opposite in other threads “Play to the players strengths. Play to the squad’s strengths. So and so player shouldn’t be asked to do the nitty gritty because that is not his game blah blah”.
Let me ask, what are our strengths as a team in the last 5 or so seasons? Do we even have any strengths.
by DiamondGooner » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:59 pm
theHotHead wrote:Goonerz wrote:It’s the same people that will say the opposite in other threads “Play to the players strengths. Play to the squad’s strengths. So and so player shouldn’t be asked to do the nitty gritty because that is not his game blah blah”.
Let me ask, what are our strengths as a team in the last 5 or so seasons? Do we even have any strengths.
Thats right, play to a player's strengths. If you want a fast car no point buying a slow car and try to make it fast. Players can be improved, how many times have you heard players say they want to play under a certain manager so they can grow and improve. But you are not using your brain, you think that players can improve all facets other game, thats not what I said or inferred The biggest improvement Arsenal can make is as a team in our defending, I have stated this time and time and time again. Perhaps you read things with your eyes wide shut.
by theHotHead » Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:09 pm
DiamondGooner wrote:
You'd think this wouldn't have to be said ............ but ohhh no.
I mean what do you think they do at Colney? not work on defense? they're are working on defense every week and Bould is in charge.
Its either Bould or our players and if it is Bould then its AFC not Emery who decided to keep Bould on ....... however, its more our defenders imo, is training going to make Kos younger and in his prime again? is it going to stop Mustafi from crap decision making?
Do you honestly think we can train them into Maldini levels?
If things were as HotHead believes then who needs transfers? apparently we can train Iwobi into Messi.
People have their limits, if they didn't we'd just hire the best trainers in the world and forget buying better players, did Hleb improve at Barca, did Henry? did Adebayor at City with the same training as City players?
No, its actually more accurate that they all regressed.
Training can improve players, but you've over sold it and over reached, talent is something individual.
by Sims » Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:48 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:59 pm
theHotHead wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/sep/23/arsene-wenger-arsenal-training
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9741346/Arsenal-manager-Arsene-Wengers-relationship-with-Steve-Bould-questioned-following-defeat-at-Bradford.html
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/922270/Arsenal-training-ground-Alan-Smith-Arsene-Wenger-Steve-Bould
https://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/lee-dixon-on-graham-vs-wenger-ian-wright-punching-steve-bruce/
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/lee-dixon-the-flaw-in-wengers-philosophy-its-what-you-do-without-the-ball-that-really-counts-2095327.html
I could go on forever, it is clear that Wenger does not coach the team and part of the reason he had that spat with Bouldy is because he refused to let Bould coach the team. So you ask what do I think they do at London Colney, well, as you can see, it bloody well is NOT defensive training.
theHotHead wrote:Then you come out with the bullcrap about Maldini levels, that age old tactic of going to pathetic extremes with your point. Its not valid chum, its bollox, there is a middle ground you know. A player can improve from being a 5/10 to a 6/10. Not a big f***ing jump is it ... but its an improvement nonetheless.
People have their limits but your players are nowhere near their limits. Do you think this is their limit ?? Do you think it was on the strength of what we see from these players right now that we bought them in the first place ???
Get a clue DG.
by starmandb » Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:28 pm
Marsbar100 wrote:Of course he should be doing better than Wenger, we signed 5 defensive players, Laca is more settled, he has had Pea for a whole season, on top of that Wenger was just terrible in general.
Reality is we are 6th, been knocked out of 2 cup competitions at home, playing average football offensively and look poor defensively, trust needs to be earnt, some of you are easily pleased, he needs top 4 or an EL win to earn trust.
By trust I mean giving me some sort of hope that this guy can land us a title, not that he is better than Wenger because I know he is better than Wenger, there is 30 managers we could have got better than what Wenger was producing.
by Sims » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:34 pm