They aren't attractive in their football and
as a counter attacking team they don't possess much speed either.
Last season Leicester defended set pieces with Mahrez and Vardy up the pitch — that was the risk they took but it paid
as they counter attack quicker.
There is ZERO excuse Arsenal do not have a defensive midfielder present and for any team that has the ability to defend well as well
as counter attack well it will always pose Arsenal problems.
At least if this did nt work, Ox or Walcott could have come on
as a counter attacking outlet.
Having said that there are plenty of clubs in EPL that would be able to get the best out of
him as a counter attacking striker.
However, the fact that Wenger went for Vardy in the first place, even though his main quality
as a counter attacking threat is not really all that suited to the way the Gunners play, suggests to me that our boss is not entirely sure what he wants, just that he wants to add to his current options.
I expect speed stars like Walcott to be on the pitch at one time
as counter attacking football will be our strategy.
For me, it's evident that Inter are better
as a counter attacking team with an emphasis on counterpressing.
Brady is booked for bringing down Mata in the centre circle just
as the counter attack looked on.
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as a counter attack to Swift.
Not exact matches
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counter to our beliefs
as if they were personal
attacks on us.
The Dortmund
attack is already inside our defence even before the
counter attack... Arteta is no where near the action... We might
as well play with 10 players.
Count Draxler will become even more injury prone at Arsenal and if Walcott does leave in the summer, I'm pretty sure that he will shine
as a striker, especially at a club that plays the long ball
counter —
attacking system!
For me, we won't be in need of a frontman holding up the ball
as it will most likely be parking the bus and getting a couple of
counter attacks.
That's why Walcott is asked to play
as a hold up striker, Ox is supposed to play off the shoulder of defenders, Podolski had to cover for Gibbs and rarely get in the box, Arteta had to cover the
counter attack and pass sideways, and Gabriel has to be a slow, awkward white guy with great positioning.
The Gunners will greatly prosper from this game
as they are prolific in goalkeeping, defending, transition, accurate passing,
counter attack, tackling, free - kicks, conner - kicks, headings, pace, shoving, back - tracking to defend, tight - markings, giving assits to score,
attacking, robustness, harassing, penalty taking, buring chances.
It was so harsh on the Gunners though,
as we had started the game really well and created good chances, while defending their
counter attacks pretty well.
This results in us being relatively easy to defend against and exposes us to
counter attacks since we over commit in naivety
as Wenger calls it, and then get beaten by Mertesackers lack of pace.
As long as it was 0 - 0, there was a chance Barca might expose themselves to a counter attac
As long
as it was 0 - 0, there was a chance Barca might expose themselves to a counter attac
as it was 0 - 0, there was a chance Barca might expose themselves to a
counter attack.
While on the offense,
as there is no
attacking midfielder, both the central midfielders bomb forward leaving the holding mid and two central defenders exposed to
counter attack.
we used to be so good on the
counter attacks now we want to take our time to get to the other side
as if the opponents are walking behind us.
This can be a little worrying
as against che we would be fearing the
counter attack and keeping the game tight, but should we not be doing that against all top sides.
The
counter attacking style of play, pouncing off their corners and free kicks paid dividends
as well
as a solid possession performance and a combination of divine intricate play proving formidable.
i do nt think we can play a
counter attacking game
as wed have to allow them the time and ball in order to coax them up field.
We can also not play on the
counter attack and use the pace of Sanchez and Iwobi
as much because Giroud is too slow to keep up.
In this are we need a very athletic and fast player to stop
counter attack as our full backs will always tends to
attack.
And
as for previous home games against Utd, They will just sit back and
counter attack us and score against the run of play!
if i am correct @ SD... your analysis shows you see the forest for the trees, most comments just give their opinion like they are playing Championship manager -
as JT said coquelin has helped slightly fix the problem of the overexposure of our defence to
counter attacks and the full backs don't both bomb forward
as much, the reason monreal starts ahead of Gibbs - walcott always looks lost and confused now when he makes appearances, and never wants to create or get too involved in build up play just wants to run into the middle and get on the end of balls.
As always we concede 1)
counter attacking goals and 2) set piece goals!!
Regarding the Premier league, Chelsea aren't all that, City are always on and off, Spurs have Wembley
as their home ground, so will be exhausted by November with their fast paced
counter attack game, United have the bitter Mourinho in charge so will sour at some point.
Teams simply make their midfield congested and
as soon
as on of our intricate pass is intercepted we become exposed and concede on
counter attack!!
Petit was the central midfielder, literary protecting the back four and initiating
counter attacks and Viera was the box to box role — often referred to
as the Shuttler (Shuttles from through the channels to provide linkages from
attack to defenses.
But just
as vital is stopping them scoring on the
counter attack so the news that Gabriel is not going to be out for
as long
as thought and is due back in training anytime now could turn out to be crucial.
Ramsey has an engine room quite like that which Vieira had, so an arrangement for a super
attacking front will not inhibit Ramsey from getting the goals
as he still will make these runs, but they will be less frequent
as he would need to concentrate more in stopping
attacks by the opponent and transforming the defense into
counter attacks.
As a WC
attacking player, there are certain things you have to overlook with Alexis — he will lose the ball a lot and this leads to a
counter attack on the team which could be a goal.
Perhaps Arsene does not want to burden our players with such a responsibility
as the blame for an opposition
counter attack, corner or goal would be immediately obvious.
Bellerin's pace could be a massive factor against their
counter attacking as well, especially
as he will be up against the pacy Arnautovic, and I think that he also helps to get the best from Theo Walcott down the right flank, so fingers crossed that he can play and will that ensure that the points are ours?
When we are playing the bigger boys, we have to be more cautious and sit back more than we usually do i think this line up is good
as we can also
attack them with pace and
counter attack and we can even hold on to the ball more if we need to.
That defensive strength and their speed and threat on the break is sure to shape their tactics today, so I expect Mark Hughes to set them up
as a solid unit that will hope to hurt us on the
counter attack and they will be greatly helped in that by the return of Marko Arnautovic.
Meanwhile, West Ham were restricted to
counter attacking as City penned them deeper and deeper into their own half.
Secondly,
as I just outlined,
counter attacking football is rarely good if the opponents are not committing players.
The positive is we won't lose these games
as we will be able to win the ball back in our opponents half and
counter attack with real pace.
The only chance to win this game is going to score more then Newcastle
as we are not in shape to stop them scoring should our
attacking players be careless in possession and allow a
counter we have little chance to stop them.
Now we have to
attack for our lives Monaco will do
as they did for the 1st leg and sit and wait and then
counter with pace and precision..
This formation had glaring weaknesses, notably an exposed striker left freezing his gonads off at the head of the formation
as we endlessly back... side... back... passed the ball and lacked direct
attack and a high line when we were
counter attacked.
The pitch was not easy
as well but we lacked the final ball on the
counter attack but we did fight and we have to give credit to the team.»
Given the choice he might want to play under Klopp again with his high pressing, quick game
as opposed to Arsenes» pass, pass, pass, pass, lose ball and concede on the
counter attack!
We may need to cope with a lot of
counter attacks and the German's lack of pace could leave us dangerously exposed, just
as it did in the first leg.