Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing
time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much
more reflective of a hold up play / cross
in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants
Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far
less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups
in recent years and the lack of a «boss»
in the midfield