Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
And that's the sad truth. It's why we still struggle to beat certain styles. Teams that used to once park the bus have know realised they can counter as seen from earlier seasons when both Manchester teams ripped us open. Hughes used the same tactics against us last season as he did when coaching City. It's probably why we still have shit wingbacks and defenders. How can you not study your opponent?

Same logic works with our stale attack as well. When teams double mark our players or try to force them wide, we have no clue how to react except more of the same. If we want our players to develop, hs has to get them studying the opposition. Pisses me off to read that and the original poster has a point on that respect.
I don't think this has changed though. Wenger has always wanted us to play football in a certain way. Back in the day it didn't matter though because we had better players than everyone else and we were fitter than everyone else. Other teams could do what they liked and most of the time it didn't matter. Now we're still (contrary to popular belief on here) better than most teams but the gap is less and there are better teams around. We do on occasion need to change it and be more pragmatic and I do think one of Wenger's failings is a stubborn sticking to his principles regardless.