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
Such a thing as him playing some kind
of hold up play does nt exist.
However, I still think he will be best centrally with the team adjusted for him to play there (would mean eliminating most
of the hold up play).
A direct result
of hold up play.
Giroud does decent job
of hold up play but he isn't clinical is all.
Girouds hold up play excellent??? he does nt have a hold up play, he gets the ball and offlloads it immediately — not my interpretation
of hold up play.
Benzama is not that clinical, he miss a lot of sitters, he's more
of a hold up play man, sounds familiar??
It wasn't because
of hold up play and a striker who relies on the service of his teammates.
We have seen enough
of the hold up play week in week out what we want now is to see more game time to Theo up front before fans conclude that he is no better than Giroud.
If Icardi offers little in terms
of hold up play and passing - Higuain is even more of the archetypal pure - form striker; goals is all he'd bring really, but potentially by the bucketload.
3 - Our world class king
of hold up play has now gone 7games with out scoring not that he does nt get chances... but thats his best 4 - Since wilshere returned, no arsenal player has scored a goal while he played.
Snail to be precise And sometimes against big teams we used to get one dimensional because
of his hold up play style and having no pace for the counters
Instead
of holding up the play's lead character Margaret (Frances McDormand) as a victim of hard luck, the playwright shrewdly uses her as an example of how choices can make or break us, and the smallest twists of fate determine our path.
Not exact matches
She
held fast to that dream throughout high school, toiling over her art portfolio and racking
up painting awards, all the while maintaining top grades, earning her grade 10 Royal Conservatory
of Music certification for piano, and
playing saxophone in seven different bands.
Every time someone
holds back on a new idea, fails to give their manager much needed feedback, and is afraid to speak
up in front
of a client you can be sure shame
played a part,» management consultant Peter Sheehan has said.
... heads -
up, no - limit Texas
Hold»em represents an especially complex challenge with 10160 possible
plays at different stages
of the game (possibly more than the number
of atoms in the universe).
But Time Warner may be back in
play in a few months, if the Department
of Justice's decision to block AT&T's $ 85 billion acquisition
holds up in court.
The «Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence:
Upping the Ante» contest calls for 120,000 hands
of Heads -
Up No - Limit Texas
Hold»em poker to be
played over 20 days.
The gameplay proper centers on capturing gyms scattered around the world, but to even try their hand at that, players have to have leveled their monsters quite a bit — most gyms I've checked out are
held by monsters
of over 1,000 combat power, which I haven't managed to build
up over more than a month
of casual but fairly consistent
play.
For example, a life coach could put
up a display at the counter
of a health food store that
holds cards good for one month
of coaching with copy that
plays to the upcoming New Year and consumers» desire to restart their goals or reinvent themselves.
Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him
of holding anti-Semitic views and
playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»
And on top
of that, according to the U.S. Treasury's Office
of Financial Research, Wall Street banks are
holding massive exposure to European entities, including hundreds
of billions
of dollars in off - balance - sheet credit derivatives — the instruments that
played a significant role in blowing
up Wall Street in 2008.
It even
plays the role
of what Paul Nizan calls «watchdog»; that is, to the extent that it calms passions or preaches patience or permits the poor man to bear his poverty or
holds up the light
of hope, to that extent it becomes a party to injustice, inhibits revolt against it and supports evil.
I also wanted to talk
up what is perhaps John Sayles» greatest film, the very
play - like Sunshine State, as a beautiful illustration
of the fact that in modern times especially, some need to heed the Berry-esque call to stay (or return) and build the community, but others need to sell and go, and get free
of a community, or mere arrangement, that is
holding them back.
While Antonio Conte will hope to see him use his physicality and technical quality to
hold up the ball and link
play up while also bagging goals himself, Giroud was the provider on this occasion as his deft flick allowed Hazard to break free in front
of goal to put Chelsea ahead.
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.
I love they way gabriel
played i know the goal came
of him but it wasnt hes fault koscielny was awsome as always ozil is at the top
of hes game and giroud had a awsome game hes
hold up play was so good
Giroud seemed not capable
of doing those, his fricks, backheels, and
hold up play are so good but not enough when
playing with a team having 11 players in their own goal and i think this is where the King got it all.
Them not having a striker only removes that long ball
hold up play to get out
of tough situations but we would be ok with that most
of the time.
I love they way gabriel
played i know the goal came
of him but it wasnt hes fault koscielny was awsome as always ozil is at the top
of hes game and giroud had a awsome game hes
hold up play was so goodb
The flaw in one would be the strength in the other, they could push each other and Gundogens forward passing would mean they could partner each other... Would be easier to keep them both match sharp when we can bring one
of them on (end
up have both Coquelin and Gundogen on) for the last 20 mins
of a game to
hold a lead while still
playing attractive football ^.
Giroud is a great option to have leading the line, as he can
hold up the
play strongly as well as score with either foot or his head, but to get the best out
of him he needs competition, and that is what is expected from Arsenal this summer.
Despite 3 years spent as a youngster with Barcelona's La Masia youth training, his
hold up play & passing isn't as much
of a strength as Giroud - he's primarily a finisher but will chip in with an occasional assist.
He can score a lot
of goals, he's very good technically and can
hold defenders off, he scores a lot
of headers and his link
up play as well is very good.
I am absolutely no fan
of Giroud style but when it comes to
hold up play I can't see any other striker in EPL doing the same stuff Giroud is doing.
This line has to
hold up if the IU defense is going to improve, and that will mean at least a couple
of redshirt freshmen or sophomores
playing at a high level.
We have given
up on the dream
of emulating Barca and
play a more settled game (
hold back and wait for our chances).
Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and
play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and
play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player
of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't
play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or
up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him
play there - Xhaka has to go back in the
holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.
I rate Giroud for all
of his attributes (
hold up and link
play, ability to bully defenders, defensive contribution from set pieces and corners etc) so even that is highly debatable.
, good finisher, even a little bit
of «
hold -
up play»....
He has more experience
of UCL games, and WC, is much better at
holding up the
play, better passer, and for now, a more likely scorer from outside the box.
Man City have Aguero, Man United have Zlatan while we have Giroud who's known for
hold up play instead
of scoring goals!
N
of course there's no one better than Him in
holding up plays..
«I do like that sort
of player because make those sort
of runs in behind and he's very strong and can find you with passes or
hold up play and flick ons.»
Last season he banged in goals against our biggest rivals, became a very important part
of our link and
hold up play and showed that his work rate was outstanding defending from the front, covering at corners and a showing a deft touch that defies his size.
Not the forward i was looking for i really wanted Lukaku or a Benteke, i actually think arsenal needed a forward that would compete with Giroud and the
hold up style
of play, with the additional pace (a Sebastien Haller also).
Together they wiLl
hold the ball
up and get sent
of for prolonged
hold -
up play.
And his supposed ammazing
hold up play results in us giving away the ball a lot
of the time.
I want vardy badly... need a «unpredictable» cf who defenders will be afraid
of not «Mr
hold -
up play» all that twitter whatever is bs... I'm pretty sure, we wld have been on his case for a long tym b4 any silly newspaper / reliable source wld know... Wenger likes his business done privately and will only give out wat he wants out... remember Sanchez, elneny, even xhaka... their photo - ops were done in London but no 1 will knw they r in london... it would have been a surprise when we announced xhaka if not for his wife and I'm pretty sure Wenger was pissed... even xhaka said he had to keep it quiet... Im still waiting for d supposed «oracle» in bbc... he's been unreliable this past few days... that tells u how secretive arsenal is... y have Leicester not said anything????
Wenger might surprise us all and start Theo instead
of Giroud and
play the big man against teams that try to
play rugby or bring him on to help
hold up play in the oppositions half to
hold a lead.