There are a number of factors that appear to have influenced this untimely downfall and it's most likely due to increasing competition from European counterparts and the rise in the quality and standards of other Euro - based teams, particularly in the style of
possession football even the supposed «weaker» teams are now adopting.
Not exact matches
That is the reality at Arsenal and the fans still singing «there is only one Arsene Wenger» (I pity those fools and deluded fans who still think that winning a game of
football is by having the most
possession and not taking a shot... Soon they will believe they won the league by finishing second, third or
even fourth...), I applaud you.
Loew for me guys,
even though he doesn't have League Experience i like how his teams can play
possession football but can also be fast on the break kinda like Arsenal.
Possession football with no end product and respect for our opponents are some of the major stumbling blocks in our progress, so
even teams like Burnley won't fear us.
now regular starters is why we are failing to dominate teams
even when we dominate
possession... Lateral
football silly flicks hopeful shooting... Need a quality replacement for carzola for second half of season to get best from ozil and Sanchez...
If Dortmund tries to «move away from
possession based
football» as hinted I think he'd perform
even better.
Not only that, the prof also praised his rival manager Claudio Ranieri and revealed that the Gunners would be trying to employ the same sort of
possession based
football that has been our trademark under Wenger4 for years,
even though he was well aware of the threat that the Foxes possess with their pace and ability to hit teams with their counter attacking style.
I am proud of ev, I want him to stay because he can at least hand us doubles while we rebuild our squad and resurrect our style many are mad and sad but honestly with this squad we deserve to be 4th and struggling for cl qualification next year without CD - R dreams let us not forget that while RM Roma Bayern,
even PSG built we slept, laporta will never sign paulinho denis, gomes, vidal signed, (he would not
even sign coutinho and dembele because we play
possession based
football where you act fast and hold onto the ball though they are not suited for that.
For Arsenal to pay # 42.5 million and # 35 million on transfer of players and then go and play defensive counter attacting style
football with little
possession against
even weak opposition.
Dortmund don't
even play
possession football And who cares if Ancelotti is a rent - a-coach as if having a manager for 2 - 4 seasons is a bad thing?
Yeah that was a great team (Vieira, Henry, Pires, Campbell, Ljungberg and Bergkamp) and will most probably never be matched... But i still think that AW is stuck in the past in the PL — Times have changed — Clubs are spending like crazy and
even the
football has changed... You can no longer sit with most of the ball
possession and easily win games..
Mr Roberto Martinez possesses all these credentials in abundance and is very good at producing good attractive
football even on a low budget, could you remember Swansea a few years back, their
possession style
football originated form him, he also moulded Wigan as one of the most scariest team to face in the Premier league a few year back all this operating on a low budget.
TUCHEL for manager — change of style but
even with some of our current players can adapt to — Fast attacking
football based on
possession (winning back the ball quickly)-- Younger and hungrier manager who can also attract some players from BVB or from Germany
If you feel the other option, the one we have seen recently, that we have a prolific attacking team that can adapt its type of play, at times
even surrendering the
possession and passing
football stats to a team like Munich, but still remain as competitive and dangerous as them in head to head games, then are we where we need to be (albeit possibly with a couple of upgrades and additions in certain positions)?