Look Per is a decent defender, but Arsenal plays attacking football, that means
we get caught on counter attacks quite a bit, we either need two fast defenders like Kos or we need a fast and strong DM to cover for the back two.
To be frank I'm pleased, because we are at our worse when we underestimate our opponents, play a high line and
get caught on the counter.
I hope we won't bomb forward and
get caught on the counter.
this also gives the ozil / cazorla the chance to commit to the attack knowing if
they get caught on the counter attack, flamini will sweep up for them.
Need to be very wary of
getting caught on the counter in order to win this one.
The problem with this is thw defence kreeps forward trying to get in on the action and we then
get caught on the counter.
No doubt we are going to ebe pressing hard for goals, but that is so often when we expose our jugular and
get caught on the counter.
We play far too narrow, everything going down the middle, trying to pass our way through a very congested middle, with the result, a breakdown of the attack and the risk of
getting caught on the counter.
It's worth noting here that you wouldn't often find Amavi 20 yards ahead of the ball like you would Moreno at times, he tends to push further forward as the play progresses so not to expose his flank and
get caught on the counter.
However, Liverpool
got caught on the counter attack with virtually the last kick of the game.
Not exact matches
that means no more defensive midfielder, rely
on Coquelin, he
gets injured (inevitably), throw in Arteta,
get caught in the
counter, concede a goal, throw men forward in search for an equaliser, concede another
on the
counter and loose the game.
giroud is a very good striker w the ball but his position off the ball is terrible, he camps behind defenders, he constantly
gets caught to far behind the
counter to give an outlet, once
on the ball he is lethal, great ball skills, but he rarely
gets the ball with advantage, take cambells cross into the box, you expect a poacher
on that ball, giroud was 10 yards behind,
But the danger of
getting fowards was clear as we nearly conceded
on the
counter with both full backs
caught up the pitch.
I know we're playing at home, but I just know that if we adopt Wenger's usual open tactics we'll
get caught on the break by Utd, after all they have scored more
counter attack goals against us over the years than I care to think about and with the likes of Mata, Rooney, Martial and Memphis I would urge caution in our approach.
I'm happy most of u a beginning to see what I mean the other day, Koscielny now freely bombs forward and sometimes (most times) it's good, puTting pressure
on the opposition defence; that doesn't scare me becuz
catching us
on the
counter ai nt easy, you
get elbowed by a certain beastly angel Gabriel.
Is that why Wenger and Arsenal played more
counter attacking football against Chelsea rather than keep possesion and press higher and higher up and eventually
get caught out
on a
counter break?
«We have to limit them from
getting in behind the defense and
catching us
on the
counter when we
get numbers forward and
get caught in transition, especially
on the wings,» Lima said.
You make some very good points and most i agree with... however, i have a couple points... 1) the invisibles were efficient, like Chelsea now they only need two / three players and a couple of top passes to score, they
caught teams
on the break, against the top teams arsenal cant do that, to many passes cause the
counter to fail and then the hole team wants to
get in
on the act leaving the goal exposed..
After years of training (spray bottles, aluminum foil
on counters, tape
on counters, yelling like crazy people), the only thing we've managed to teach them is that when they want to go
on the
counters they should try not to
get caught.
The story, based
on the novel by James Fogle, takes place in the early 1970s, where a quartet of junkies form a small gang of thieves out to collect whatever they can stash in their pockets in drugs behind pharmacy
counters without
getting caught.
To my regret, I all to often let myself
get caught up in the
counter aggression, because it is all TOO easy to loose one's restraint
on the internet.