Tell your dad to buy some fucking defenders!Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
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Tell your dad to buy some fucking defenders!Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
Oh and did he? Tbh I read the article quickly and didn't see where he said that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
If he did say that then fine: :doh:
But I certainly saw him interviewed after games at the tail end last season and cite the problem as defence.
Whether he'll do anything about it...well, I'm skeptical but we'll see.
Sorry dude. Blame the iPod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
http://www.drmventurestrading.co.uk/...10-11867-p.aspQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
he's more a dunlop guy
We dont have a problem scoring one goal. We have a problem killing teams off which comes in to the being shit offensively bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Overplay at times? At times? Seriously? We do it more often than not. It'd be more accurate to say we shoot at goal at times. I believe we didnt score from outside the area at all last season in our home games. Just another thing to put in an embarrassing season.
Its a problem that can be easily fixed. Just shoot. Simple as that. Lampard has fuck knows how many goals from deflections cos the cunt shoots when he can.
What about changing our setup so we actually had a defence, that'd be cool you have to admit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
This is a prize example exposing how weak arguements based purely on stats can be. We all saw what a disaster our offence was when we needed them most. I think I went to three home games in a row during our 'easy run' when we were supposed to catch and surpass United and saw us score no goals. I'll save some smartass the bother of pointing out Arshavin's disallowed goal during that period. But regardless of stats over the course of the season, we saw an almost totally amaemic attack when we needed it most. The only guy delivering was Van Persie, and as much as I love the guy, I'd hate to have to rely on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Just looked at the scores in league games where we dropped points last season (there were 19, we won the rest).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
6 times we conceded 2 goals, 4 times we conceded 3 and once we conceded 4 (no prizes for guessing who that was against!)
Whilst I agree that we have at times failed to kill teams off we really shouldn't need to score 3 or more goals to win a game. In 11 of the 19 games where we dropped points last season we'd have needed to do just that. IMO that points to a problem in defence far more than offence although I agree we are wasteful at times.
Towards the end of last season, we could all see something needed changing. The squad looks the same and Wenger won't adjust his philosophy and still thinks we need a better attack.
Henry once said, the attacking players were nervous and rushing things when up front because they knew the defence could leak a goal at any moment. RVP may have said something similar last season. Unless the defence is rock solid, nobody is comfortable. It's called building a house on sand. The foundations aren't solid and Wenger has to do away with this type of thinking. This is Real Madrid galactico era philosophy. They had the world's most talented attack but couldn't win shit because they couldn't defend.
We only failed to score twice in the run in?Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
Even in the disasterous run in we scored 2 vs West Brom, 3 at Spurs and 2 at Fulham and didn't win any of those games. The far bigger problem is in defence. We do need to be more clinical but it's hardly an irrelevant stat to look at goals scored when talking about offence.
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Wenger in the link posted in the OP disagrees.
He wants to strengthen the attack which is fine by me cos it does need strengthening but he seems to think its one or the other. Attack or defence. Well no, you can strengthen both this summer.
He seems to be going by the "we'll score one more than you" tactic which as we have seen is exciting when it works but as is the case more often than not, fucking frustrating when it doesnt
Does he? There's a line in the article which says "But Wenger believes an improvement up front will be enough to offset their defensive frailities." but nowhere does Wenger say anything like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
That bit which i guess most of us took to mean hes going to improve the offense and fuck the defenceQuote:
"This team is getting mature, strong and we do not need to change our philosophy. We have to even be better in what we want to do.
"We are an offensive football teamhttp://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif and want to be better in our offensive game than we have been, to continue to develop it and be stronger in what we want to do.
Just to add cheer to this happy fest...Wenger interviewd Gazidis for the CEO job.
can't delete the post on the other thread.
Click on go advanced and then delete itQuote:
Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere
He has too much power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
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Originally Posted by Sirjackofwilshere
Well, we'll see. He did cite the defence as the problem last season so let's see if he does anything about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
I've heard him admit defensive problems previously though and he's not fixed them so I'm skeptical
Sweet jesus, you saw it with your own eyes. We have problems up front. And I am referring specifically, as I made clear, to that piss easy run we had where we were supposed to make ground and pass United. To make it even clearer, here is what I am referring to:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Wolves 2-0 win
Stoke - 1-0 win
Sunderland 0-0
WBA 2-2
Blackburn - 0-0
Liverpool - 1-1
Eight points out of 18. Three home games in a row where the only goal came from a penalty. Van Persie, the only guy delivering. I'd fucking love to rely on Van Persie, he is world class. But I can't because he is injury prone.
Don't tell me you didn't sit wondering last season where the next goal was going to come from.
Yeah, we started scoring again during the run in. Except it was not a run in. We were completely out of it when we started scoring again, and it was pretty much all Van Persie.
Letters, if thats the case, then why isn't Wenger pulling out all the stops in order to fix this issue? Why hasn't he identified a player, or even a coach that can help to resolve these defensive issues? It's going on for two months since the season finished. And Wenger's 'activity' in the transfer market are a couple unknown kids, and YET ANOTHER signing from the bargain basement that is LIGUE1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL)
Fans can see it, pundits can see it, the media wont stop talking about it. But Wenger? Nope all we need is a bit more 'spirit' coupled with another ageing French past it defender. I swear, if Jonathan Woodgate was French, we would have just pipped Stoke to his signing.
what a load of bollocksQuote:
Originally Posted by selassie
let's be honest, you didn't even see it did you, you're just making stuff up to justify your criticism.
the question was: when you won the titles in 98, 02 and 04, how different was your coaching philosophy back then compared to now? do you stand by your principles of attacking, entertaining football
aw: the competition is very hard in england, hardest league in the world. we have changed a little bit in 04, 05. we have developed a team is capable to compete at the top level in the world now, they are getting maturer, stronger and we do not need to change our philosophy, we have to be better in what we want to do. we are an offensive football team, i think we want to be better in our offensive game than we have been and continue to do that, be stronger in what we want to do.
see, bollocks created by a nothing news article on a quiet news day.