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A blog about all things Arsenal
It was a naive display from the Gunners as they slumped to yet another away loss, this time going down to Leicester City 3-1. Formation Pre-match, Arsenal appear to retain the 4-3-3 formation that Wenger employed versus Burnley. That said, the players’ average positioning… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Leicester City vs Arsenal”
It was a much-improved attacking display from the Gunners versus Burnley, as they recorded a comfortable 5-0 victory. Formation Pre-match, Arsenal appear to switch to the experimental 4-3-3 formation that Wenger has been employing on and off in recent weeks. That said, the players’… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs Burnley”
Despite going down 2-1, it was a much-improved defensive display from the Gunners versus Manchester United. Formation Arsenal reverted to a more traditional 4-2-3-1 formation pre-match, and the players’ average positioning indicated that they stuck to that formation in game. Possession and key observations… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Manchester United vs Arsenal”
Despite the 4-1 score line, it was a largely poor performance from Arsenal, characterised by particularly disappointing efforts from Bellerin, Koscielny, Elneny and Iwobi. Formation While Arsenal setup in a notional 4-3-3 formation pre-match, the players’ average positioning indicated that they adopted more of… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs West Ham”
It was another tactically inept and disjointed performance from the Gunners in which central midfielders Xhaka and Elneny positioned themselves far too far from Arsenal’s centre backs, exposing Arsenal’s central defenders to counterattacks, and Elneny and Willock failed to efficiently and directly transition the… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Newcastle vs Arsenal”
A lucky victory for the Gunners, in what was another disjointed and poor performance. Surprisingly, Arsenal both setup in a 4-2-3-1 formation prematch and stuck to that formation in game. Despite Arsenal dominating possession (68% to Southampton’s 32%), the Gunners’ chosen attacking midfielders failed… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs Southampton”
It was a great outcome but a mixed performance from the Gunners, who were greatly helped by some strong individual performances by Mustafi, Xhaka and Ozil and some clinical finishing by Ramsey and Lacazette. While Arsenal setup in a notional 4-2-3-1 formation prematch, they appeared… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs CSKA Moscow”
Objectively, it was a disjointed and poor performance from the Gunners, punctuated by some excellent individual performances by Mustafi and Chambers and 2 well struck penalties by Aubameyang and Lacazette. While Arsenal setup in a notional 4-2-3-1 formation prematch, they appeared to adopt more… Continue Reading “Arsenal Player Analysis: Arsenal vs Stoke”
Recently I read an article from a fellow Gooner which proclaimed that switching to a 5-3-2 formation comprised of one of the following starting elevens, was the immediate change Arsenal needed to improve their poor on field performances. While I implore the author for… Continue Reading “5-3-2 is NOT the short term solution for Arsenal”
As Arsenal’s season winds to an underwhelming but not unexpected finish, and in preparation for the off season, it’s a good opportunity to define the key performance indicators (KPIs) for each position within a number of potentially suitable formation for the Gunners (i.e. 4-2-2-2,… Continue Reading “2017/2018 Arsenal Squad Profile”
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