:coffe:Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner
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It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Charlie's cousin
Yes, that's what I said. He's a fucking Nazi!
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More bullshit misconception.
Many gays are highly numerate.
The players have to take some of the blame but it still boils down to playing to our strengths and not forcing a philosophy. Example with Chelsea, AVB was trying to play a high defensive line with John Terry in their line up and with a midfield that weren't used to holding possession. Lampard, Meireles, and Ramires weren't the the type of midfield trio that hold possession and play the quick and short passing game. None are technical pass masters like we see with so many midget Spanish players. They weren't technical or mobile enough and just not built to play that style but they're not bad players as individuals. As for playing a high defensive line with Terry, no matter how hard Terry tries, he's not suited to play that way. He'll get outpaced every time if someone puts a sneaky ball past him. It's nothing to do with effort with that sort of thing just bad tactics with the wrong personnel. If the players were smart enough to sort their own game out, why couldn't they adjust when AVB was manager?Yes you need a good manager to managed a superstar squad, Which is where th likes of Jose etc come in, but the reason why chavs have done well is because they have players who are smart enough to make quick decisions regardless of what way they have been told by the manager. Problem with ours because they are beeen told to pass its all they do, the likes of henry etc uesed their brains and thats why they were good.
Every player has their strengths and weaknesses and it's up to the manager to play them where they'll be most effective. With most skilled professions where you have to manage people or work with tools, you should be able to pick the right tool/person for the job. You wouldn't use a sledgehammer to fix a a picture frame to a living room wall. If you ran a business, you wouldn't pick the guy with the worst grade in math to do the accounting. It's just common sense.
For starters, Ramsey shouldn't be on the pitch because he provides nothing on defence or attack and we had better option on the bench. We'd have been better off playing Arshavin further up field playing attacking midfield and letting Cazorla drop further back to control the game with Arteta because that's what he was effectively doing on Saturday anyway.
Besides Ramsey, we have the issue with Poldoski who isn't a winger, he's a second striker. I have no idea why Wenger has gone against his own traditions and moved away from using a creative player on the left. Even though I don't necessarily agree with him playing Nasri, Arshavin types on the wing, and would prefer out and out wingers with pace, I can see that he's trying to create another Pires type winger. But Poldoski doesn't fit either category and looks like a fish out of water at the moment. Very anonymous but he's a damn good player with good movement and a good striker of the ball. He needs to be in and around the box. I notice that he's able to drift in and out of position from time to time but he hardly touches the ball when he does that. It needs sorting.
As for Giroud...he's not a creative striker, he has no pace he's very much a traditional old school striker....and he's out of form. He was isolated and starved of service on Saturday. I just don't see how he's going to flourish with this style of play if we don't have a player like Cazorla playing further up field pulling strings. Wenger has to look at that and see how we're going to feed him the ball and we're going to suffer if we continue to Polodoski out wide and unpredictable Gervinho.
The result may come as a shock to some but let's not forget that we drew our first two games and looked blunt against Sunderland and Stoke. If Wenger continues playing the same squad against similar opposition that are happy to come away with a point against us, we're always going to struggle. Some players are just rubbish and shouldn't be playing but we have plenty of good options on the bench and we need to be able to adjust tactics. But I agree with Wenger's stat obsession and he probably believed the opposition would tire and the goal would come. He probably told the guys to stay patient and just move the ball quicker. That is what he drums into them all the time and we've seen him lose his rag when someone hoofs it up or keeps playing high risk passes that cost us possession.
Podolski has already showed where he's strongest, composure in the final third and at the heart of the action. Yes, playing him wide seems like crazy stuff but maybe he's 13.783% more efficient in the defensive role when played there and would only give us an extra 11.926% benefit if played more centrally. Or maybe he runs 13.76 more atomically calibrated metres per match than any other player when played 4.36 metres wider. I think the fact it's not working shouldn't necessarily invalidate the theory. Also Gervinho losing the ball 99.938% of the time no matter where he is on the pitch must be offset against the fact he confuses the fuck out of everyone 100% of the time, so that's a 0.062% edge and razor margins like that can make the difference at the very top (which is where we aren't, but even so).
We play percentages at everything. Finances, signings, team selection, tactics. And 60% of the time it pays off. That 60% is enough to drive the share price 20% each year and returns CL footie 100% of the time. If only people could find the fundamental entertainment value in these facts and figures then we'd all be happy.
I think after the Norwich performance it's 100% certain that nothing has been learned.
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I see what you've done there lol
You need a bigger platform. Start a blog where you can moan your tits off™. And then spam the fuck out of twitter.
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