Match Reaction v Leicester Away PL

We watch Alexis play and clearly see he is best as a right attacker.

Alexis thinks his best position is on the left.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/arsenal-sta...t-left-1474610

He not smart. And it's becoming clear he not that fast over longer distances. (He is very quick over short distances and has great acceleration)

His movement ain't that good and he doesn't anticipate moves well.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

We watch Alexis play and clearly see he is best as a right attacker.

Alexis thinks his best position is on the left.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/arsenal-sta...t-left-1474610

He not smart. And it's becoming clear he not that fast over longer distances. (He is very quick over short distances and has great acceleration)

His movement ain't that good and he doesn't anticipate moves well.

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Obviously he is shit. Winning the golden ball and best player at the last Copa america notwithstanding. We should sell him and put Walcott up front.

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Originally Posted by Globalgunner

Obviously he is shit. Winning the golden ball and best player at the last Copa america notwithstanding. We should sell him and put Walcott up front.

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I never called him shit, tbf.

World class talent with a 10 cent brain is more apt.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Those charts show clearly why Wenger chased Xhaka and why he was prepared to open "his" wallet, regardless of the fears of the 600 employees. The only problem with this nice new arrangement is it's as ineffective as all the others. Controlling possession does not win games, every counter-attacking team on the planet knows that. Sticking the ball in the net wins games and you can't do that if you have a system that lacks penetrative movement and pace. Well you can, if you have very, very good players all over the pitch who are markedly superior to the opponent. And if you have an opponent that is interested in playing rather than preventing football. And if you have a referee that is prepared to uphold the laws of the game. Basically you need conditions that are the reverse of what's available in the PL. Wenger has built a team that is perfectly unsuited to the league we are playing in. When you watch us play (if you can bear it) we are static for 90% of the time. The passes get pinged around between static players and this is so easy to defend against. We constantly probe, but at a low tempo. So opportunities to penetrate are few and far between. Because we play such a complex and slow paced game we need absolute precision when the rare opportunities arrive .But the vast majority of the time we lack that precision, and so we lose the ball. It really is pathetic to watch. Embarrassing.

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It looked like Leicester created the best chances. It's a pointless signing if it's not going to make a major difference.

Of course he won't make all the difference. All the attacking players sucked and Santi was too far forward. No idea why Bellerin and Theo were on the same spot.

Clearly need an attacker with better movement.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

Of course he won't make all the difference. All the attacking players sucked and Santi was too far forward. No idea why Bellerin and Theo were on the same spot.

Clearly need an attacker with better movement.

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We've always known we've needed better attackers and movement. That was obvious after signing Ozil. We need to hope something clicks with this team and we were lucky not to lose that one. Vardy had a good chance on goal after Xhaka had the ball pinched off his toes and they should have had a penalty at the end. We beat this team twice last season and dominated possession in both ties. Charts on how our distribution looks more even is pretty irrelevant considering we drew and hardly created clear cut chances.

Distribution may have looked better compared to what we saw at Liverpool but the last time we faced Klopp's team we drew 3-3 and they held 60% of possession. We'll have to see how we cope against different set ups and do some tweaking of our own. But if we need more movement up front, Giroud is definitely not the man for that. We're going to end back at square one hence why I think we need to have some patience with Sanchez or Walcott up front if you think Xhaka needs that for his game to thrive.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

It looked like Leicester created the best chances. It's a pointless signing if it's not going to make a major difference.

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Leicester should have had all 3 points with the penalty they should have had, we got lucky and luckily for Wenger he has a much easier game next weekend, he can come out and gloat after we've won that ignoring everything that's taken place before just like he always does.

We didn't a DM though, we had Elneny and Coquelin, it's a luxury signing when we're desperate for players up front and in central defence, typical of LeClown though.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

It looked like Leicester created the best chances. It's a pointless signing if it's not going to make a major difference.

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I don't trust Wenger to get the best out of any player.

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Originally Posted by Özim

Leicester should have had all 3 points with the penalty they should have had, we got lucky and luckily for Wenger he has a much easier game next weekend, he can come out and gloat after we've won that ignoring everything that's taken place before just like he always does.

We didn't a DM though, we had Elneny and Coquelin, it's a luxury signing when we're desperate for players up front and in central defence, typical of LeClown though.

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He's supposed to be a CM but he seems too similar to what we already have. If he were a box to box type that could dribble and power through the middle, I'd understand the signing. But another player that's main weapon is his passing just isn't enough from. The looks of it.

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Originally Posted by adzzzbatch

I don't trust Wenger to get the best out of any player.

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Neither do I, the system is a mess, happens at the start of every season where he spends the first 10/12 games basically trying to shoehorn in players in any position possible, he'll stumble across a formation that works at some point, he always does.