Quote (Mr_Mill @ Nov 22 2014 07:45pm)
Hmm, I'd have to rewatch some situations but overall I felt we did well in the midfield. I think if Sanchez was on form today we would have won this
as i said, it wasnt bad and good to watch, but that didnt make it good
also let me point out how the midfield lacks cover quite often
dont see whats so difficult to have always one player centrally slightly behind the ball
wasnt there a picture from the swansea game a few pages back where there is an area crowded with 7 arsenal players not getting behind the ball?
bayern passes a lot in small areas as well, but we still cover the pitch
you would have won this with a quick goal from wilshere ^^
Quote (fender @ Nov 22 2014 07:52pm)
i've never held back my opinion of wenger, been criticising him for a couple of years now but today's tactical blunder award has to go to van gaal imo:
i couldn't believe how exposed united's wings were. three at the back, ok - but then you have to instruct your wingers to defend properly or show the defence how to shift to one side with a central midfielder covering either in central defence or on the opposite wing. cringeworthy really. they would have gotten exposed so hard by any real top imo...
thats true, united was pretty bad
the center halfs stayed in position instead of going out wide
also proves my point btw, because arsenal could not take advantage of that
there was always some area crowded with players and united did the same
teams lik***ern with strong attacking on the wings would have raped united big time, but thats another story
This post was edited by ampoo on Nov 22 2014 03:41pm