Wolves 0-1 Arsenal Player Rating and Match Reaction

[KSE Comedy Club]

As I understand it the deep block is used by teams who are markedly inferior to the opposition, or are in a markedly inferior circumstance such as being Arsenal in a match reffed by Oliver. It denies space inside the attacking third the opposition might exploit through superior tactics or simply by having better players. It's not something new, Arsenal teams of the past have shamelessly deployed it against rivals particularly in away matches and we've been lampooned for doing it. I don't think it's used to play for a draw, per se, but more to nullify the advantages of a superior opposition. So when a quality team opts for it they rightly get laughed at. But when a team from the lower leagues goes up against top league opposition it's often viewed as "heroic" to deploy such tactics. And it's understandable. It can even be exciting when one team doggedly resists another in such fashion.

So, just parking the bus then for us common folk

End of the day, to me, defending is defending, whether that is 4 men doing it or 11 men doing it. You can be light or heavy in the deployment of the method but it's ultimately the same thing