I can maybe understand
a team sticking to their principles being only one goal down as a game draws to close, but when you're 2 - 0 down with the clock ticking, you clearly need a plan B. Plan A (get into the final third and make as many sideways passes as possible) hadn't worked at all against West Ham, and with say 10 minutes left, I couldn't believe we didn't just stick Mertesacker upfront with Giroud and hit long balls and early crosses!
I have always been an advocate of fair play in football and Arsene Wenger has certainly tried to make his Arsenal
team stick to those principles in recent years.
Not exact matches
Also this
team loves isolation basketball way too much; our ball movement should be able
to pick apart their defense, we just have
to stick to our
principles on the offensive end.
However, they
stuck to their political
principles, condemned though this attitude was by the rest of the delegations, and refused
to «recognize the existence» of China's Nationalist government by playing its
team.
Arsenal fans have got used
to the fact that Arsene Wenger has his own way of doing things and certain football
principles that he
sticks to even if it is not the best thing for his
team at any particular time.