The reason being our manager has failed to make our
team defend as a team, especially the some midfielders and wingers have not been required to do enough.
We should
also defend as a team (we have improved on this) but lets also try to keep a good shape and unit when not in possession..
Chelsea forward, Eden Hazard, has said that Chelsea are in «trouble» if they do not
defend as a team in their clash with Barcelona.
We all saw how big teams play during champions league semis.Balance in defense and attack, not Defending like mourihno or attacking Like Wenger, attack when u have the ball
defend as a team when u lose the ball
a modern manager would know how to use ozil properly and how to utilize the box 2box players in midfield well in a awesome around attacking well balanced team that can
defend as a team as well as save our defence
they had more ball possession and attackd... btw is it bad to know how to
defend as a team???... somtn we just can't seem to do
However, the Frenchman
believes defending as a team is key to how Arsenal will finish the season, as Giroud believes goals are a certainty for his side.
Holding role, im not to sure about, myself i think we need another but at the same time realise Arsenal
now defending as a team is why Coq was able to show his capabilities.
Ozil fits in yup the team, Sanchez literally forced to the team to play harder, to focus
on defending as a team, not just at going forward.
United had far more shape both going forward and
defending as a team without Sanchez marauding around the pitch demanding the ball to his feet at pretty much every unfeasible moment.
But if all the
players defended as a team and stop exposing us against the other Top teams then maybe those red card stats for Kossy and Szny might improve.
This was full on defending in our area, not having to
defend as a team higher up the pitch, but those challenges will still come with other teams that want to pass the ball.
And like Thierry said, when you have players in front of you doing what they're paid to do,
then defending as a team becomes much simpler.
However they will take heart from that 2 - 1 defeat against City where they played and
defended as a team for best part of 80 minutes before a late lucky Sterling goal won the game for City.
A
team defends as a team starting from the front.Lacazette does this consistently.Tha fact we haven't got Sanchez giving the ball away and losing possession will be a good start.This was definitely the case for the first 45 minutes against Palace and helped us against Chelski.
On a side note, those thrashing last seasons was not solely down to a lack of a beast in midfield, but poor
defending as a team as a whole.
Arsene Wenger needs to give free rein to Steve Bould to finally earn his money and coach Arsenal players in the tactics, techniques, discipline and organization
of defending as a team.
We aren't that good at attacking / creating clear chances (compared to other Wenger teams), and we are dogshite
at defending as a team.
and not just in defence.bould must work with the whole team and theach them to
defend as a team.
Defending as a team is non-existent in arsenal.
We need to attack and
defend as a team.
We need to
defend as a team - everyone needs to defend.
We have some quality players who need direction on how to
defend as a team and to attack with pace and purpose.
But we should not worry about referee, we should just focus, don't give them space and
defend as a team.
I talk about how we need to move towards attacking football, i cant help but sometimes fall in love with Juventus defensive tradition of sacrifice by everybody &
defending as a team.
If you learn how to
defend as a team you can take a lot of pressure of you back 3 or 4, if you don't even the best back 3 or 4 will get overrun by a skillful set of forwards.
We don't understand how to
defend as a team.
Our system we play is the problem, everyone saying our defence is crap and i partially agree, but we need to
defend as a team, the midfielders also need to contribute when it comes to defending and our defending at set plays are very poor.
Walcott may be quick but we need 11 players who will assert themselves, attack and
defend as a team.
I can't remember when was the last time, I actually heard Wenger addressing our real problem; that we can't
defend as a team.
Let us pray for Arsenal players to be even more compact,
defend as a team, attack as a team and start shooting on target relentlessly and the results will be interesting.
Unfortunately Steve Bould's influence (whether he is being allowed to or not) on coaching Arsenal to
defend as a team, has been a great disappointment.
Those who make it to the starting line up should be determined to do the following:
Defend as a team and attack as a team; give Monaco no chance to catch us on the counter; aim to score an early goal and keep attacking so as to get 3 goals before half time.