As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues at the other
end of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record of the top seven Premier League sides this season having conceded 36 goals in 27 games.
He was involved in breaking up plays and setting up attacks, with his abilities to cover enough grounds at
both ends of the pitch giving his team the needed coverage in defence, and an option in attack.
Not exact matches
If you
pitched your idea at the
end of an exhausting three - day conference and forgot to mention some key traction metrics, don't
give up just yet.
Give away something memorable: You only get 60 seconds to impress the open - call directors, so make sure you impress them with something physical or memorable, preferably at the
end of the open - call
pitch.
If it makes him run much faster up and down the
pitch, and shoot and score instead
of trying to make needless passes that he knows will not
end up in a goal especially when he's just outside the box, then YES
give him the bloody shirt.
Ramsey — overpaid, overused, injury prone, not clinical enough as a passer or finisher and he's played out
of position way too much to the detriment
of our supposed offensive and defensive schemes... obviously I think he has some skills and I'm pleased he didn't let his horrible injury years ago
end his career but he holds on to the ball too much,
gives away the ball too often and too cheaply, doesn't play good enough defensively considering the previous concern and often finds himself to far up the
pitch way too often for a guy who doesn't score or assist near enough... better suited for Wales where the team is set up to accommodate his and Bales skills
But, at the
end of the day, when they step out onto the
pitch it is down to the individual player to
give a 100 % commitment.
There were strong performances throughout the Arsenal team as we played host to a very strong and defensively organised Chelsea side yesterday, with players like Coquelin, Ramsey and Cazorla as well as all four defenders having a shout for the Man
of the Match award but I am
giving it to Mesut Ozil who linked our play and was all over the
pitch and never stopped until the
end.
Some fans treatment
of Iwobi has been shocking in the extreme and u nustifiable.He is a very talented young player who is still learning his trade.He lacks composure in the business
end of the
pitch but he has the potential to be a fine box to box midfielder.The fact that Arsenal continue to ship goals has precious little to do with Iwobi.In this connection the fault lies with our experienced players like Cech, Mustafi and last but not least Xhaka.It's time for fans to get behind Iwobi who, despite his failings
gives 100 % every match.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety
of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style
of play has become a shadow
of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out
of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid
of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out
of our own
end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes
of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play
of Monreal, but none
of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio
of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long,
gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part
of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the
pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part
of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature
of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front
end, we have Ozil, a player
of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out
of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front
of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that,
of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season
ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one
of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one
of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already
of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense
given the constructs
of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will
give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack
of mobility is an albatross around the necks
of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because
of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
It has been a couple
of weeks now that the Arsenal match day squad has had Theo Walcott in it, but so far the pacy front man has only been
given just over 10 minutes on the
pitch, at the
end of the comfortable win over Burnley.
As much as the tactical side
of things
give us a great deal to look forward to ahead
of the big kickoff, the player battles on the
pitch will actually have a bigger say on which team comes out victorious at the
end of 90 minutes.
The Referee, the wind was against us, it was raining down our
end of the
pitch, the other boy's would not
give us the ball and so on.
Giving the team a more defensive shape and mindset has meant that the Gunners are no longer so horribly exposed to the counter attack and that has conversely allowed the team to be more attacking as it has
given the forward players the belief to press ahead with real intent as they no longer have the fear that losing the ball will lead to a goal at the other
end of the
pitch.
Joey Barton said Ramsey should get banned for diving, and if it was at the other
end of pitch, the ref won't
give pen, but this short Muppet, didn't say a word after city third goal, when it comes to arsenal, they all have something to say...
Funny that,
given The Liverpool Echo's David Prenticebelieves the Spanish ace has a future on Merseyside after an excellent pre-season: «against Liege on Wednesday the Spaniard was clearly trying to influence matters at both
ends of the
pitch, in addition to producing some
of his trademark long - range passes.»
Class that a joke Wenger then went on to blame his team the referee the weather up his
end of the
pitch and the other big boys would not
give us the ball.
He needs to get better, it's not enough to be full
of ability in one
end of the
pitch while
giving little effort / desire to work back the other
end.
Gone are the days
of 1 - 0 TTA which
given the quality
of the individual defenders it is perplexing but that is also true
of the other
end of the
pitch.
Just before kick - off all the players came on to the
pitch and
gave Stevie a guard
of honour, the whole
of Anfield started singing it made my feathers stand on
end.
But since then Wenger has been slowly building this one with a few minutes at the
end of a game here and few minutes at the
end of the game there and then interestingly a good twenty minutes against Southampton, the more observant would have noticed that Wenger always tries to salvage something when all seems lost and in this case it was
giving valuable unpressured
pitch time to the young would be DM before finally starting him against Bournemouth during which he found his confidence and got better and better as that game went on to the point where we were all singing his praises at the
end.
And he was
given the chance to shine in Arsenal's 5 - 0 romp
of Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon, being allowed 20 minutes at the
end of the game - his longest stint on the
pitch in the Premier League so far.
The sloppy script leaves the impression that Universal Pictures didn't care about
giving Pitch Perfect a worthy
ending but rather planned to make as much money with the smallest amount
of effort possible.
The
end result is a pervasively earnest endeavor that remains
pitched a level
of pleasant mediocrity throughout, which is a shame, certainly,
given the potential afforded by Matthau's performance and Lemmon's behind - the - camera efforts.
At the
end, we did have to do a
pitch with a PowerPoint presentation which is not my strongest suit — the PowerPoint — but it was really great because it
gave me the opportunity to step out
of legal world where we spend most
of our time reading, researching, dealing with other attorneys, it was a great way to think about things from a different perspective.
The list includes sales
pitches like, «I'll
give you my personal attention» (before pawning a case off to an associate); offering to «have it to you by the
end of the day» (and not following through); blaming the other side's lawyers for delay; and boasting about relationships that don't exist.
Alcatel
gave us an early look at its new range
of phones back at CES — comprised
of an Alcatel 5 at the high
end, plus the Alcatel 3 series and Alcatel 1 series below, all being
pitched as providing great value under $ 250.
And finally... One
of my clients
ended her pay
pitch by saying, «Every day I
give 110 % to this company.