we need better leaders not better players

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

You don't think then that this season is something of an outlier and that in the majority of seasons it's a case of who spends the most on players that are both technically gifted and have character and guile.

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Usually but tactics have trickled down from coaches who admire Bielsa - Pep, Klopp, Simeone and Pochettino and counter-attacking is something countless teams have taken up and used this season. It's certainly what Leicester have done too.

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Originally Posted by Kano

a 34-year old who's been coasting in the French league for the past two seasons. Turns 35 in October. You think he'd be up for playing against the shitkickers in the Prem every week? An amazing talent once, not anymore. A waste of money for one season that he would make all about him. Almost as bad as wanting to buy in Vardy.

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I tend to agree. If he was 6 years younger, sure. But it would be a short term solution to a long term problem.

I don't know exactly what the tax loopholes are like in France but given that the top rate of tax is considerably higher in France than it is England, you'd imagine this would be a consideration for Ibra.

Leadership needed from top to bottom. On the playing side, I was listening to the Arseblog podcast and someone that wrote in mentioned Mourinho's way of having specific instructions for how the team are to set up depending on match circumstances. So if his team are a goal or two up with a few minutes left at half time, they'd know automatically how to set up. A goal down, they'd know how the coach expects them to play. It's pretty clear we don't have this going on with our set up.

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Originally Posted by alexander

I posted somewhere the other day about us lacking leadership on the pitch. I know Wenger doesnt give a toss for captains, but I believe if we had an Adams or Viera style player out there, we would be a lot stronger and lose a lot less games.

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:good: On my Emirates Tour, John Radford said he and some of the other ex-players thought that too - we need someone to drive the players on the pitch.

And a decent striker.