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Im seeing Xhaka celebrate on my other TV whilst we are down 2-0. It hurts.
Don’t worry we have sideways rice 😂😂
@@04foreverinvincible69no need to slander one of our best players
@@04foreverinvincible69 what's going on, why are we slandering Rice?
@@nutstobuttsgaming Because we have the most toxic fan base in football.
The Bayer result put me in a better mood.
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I have noticed that Trossard scores those matchwinning/important goals always when he comes of the bench, and never when he starts. It have happened somtimes this season, Martinelli starts a game, being substitued and Trossard scores the winner. Next game Trossard starts because he impressed last game, but doesent make an impact. But of the bench, he does.
Weird
Trossard has this strength of getting into the game off the bench immediately and be immediately dangerous. When he starts I feel like is more restrained and defenses can handle him better
Don't you notice he is a clever player and read the game well before coming on so he is a le to affect the game very well
@@waveplay3978I agree. Trossard seems to be marked out of the game when he starts.
I feel like when he starts, he’s conserving himself in case he’s on for the full 90, but off the bench, he knows he can give more because he may only be on for 30 mins or so
I noticed this the first 2 times he started hahahah
THANK YOU ALEX, you are talking about an Henry, De Bruyne, Salah type player that can bang a 30 yarder from nowhere or dribble past 3 players and score to break open a tight game. Seeing Madrid V City confirmed this for me, seeing the goals they scored cemented this in my mind. Gabriel Jesus at times looks like that player, until it comes to finishing. We are extremely functional as a team but lack that element, Saka and Odegaard are very close but not quite there. Maybe what we are referring to is, world class?
not world class, what you are referring to is elite. generational. a player that can change the course of the game with a moment of magic that we occasionally see from odegaard and even jesus
@@kaustubh234 Nah, I'm from a generation where that bracket that you are referring was called 'world class', which is a term that is banded about way too much these days. In order to be world class you needed to do it consistently, including when it mattered most, which is why I don't believe Saka n Odegaard are quite there yet. Maybe they can prove me wrong by winning us the champions league
Thanks Alex, am glad you share my sentiment, I thought Rice is that guy, but you are right, d environment is holding them back.
Not to try and ruin this all by making it childish and very tiktok like, but when people often use the word 'him' it has me thinking. The way I define the word 'him' in football terms is when you can pull out a piece of individual brilliance out of nothing - exactly what is being talked about in this video. I don't identify a single Arsenal player in this team who can do that when the team are struggling and need something. I was praying for this today against Villa saying, we need something special to put us in front, and it didn't happen. That is why I do not count the likes of Saka and Odegaard as world class yet. They aren't difference makers and aren't able to carry you through rough patches and help you grind out results when needed most. That's why with this Arsenal team, when we're drawing 0-0 to Villa in the 80th minute, can we be saved by a moment of magic?
I still hope Saka and Martenelli become that
the villa game was one big OOF.
on God
Bayern game makes or breaks the rest of the season, but now we're reliant on what City do
@@Belligol. I believe that all is well
we'll win the prem and stop at semis
This video has aged well!
Delusion is a terrible affliction.😂
This is spot on. This is the one thing we lack. We need a player who can score when our system is not ticking, players are tired etc. We just need someone who can score out of nowhere. And its also very much how Arteta would analyse our team, and he might come up with another unexpected signing thia summer. However, where do we get a player like that? Well we are at stage 4 of our 5 stage plan... lets hope we make that step.
I mean we just need depth at this point, our team is good. We need a player for Saka, maybe another pressing midfielder and a forward
@@sigfigronath That we help too. I think we can get more out of Saka if we can rotate him a bit more. But we really need a player who scores a half chance
Players are tired because Mikel keeps playing around 14 of them all season. City win everything by giving significant minutes to most of their players and do not waste time hoping deadwoods will somehow come good e.g. Kalvin Philip is out and Sergio Gomez will follow soon. Why are we keeping Eddie, Nelson, Cedric, Viera etc when they won't play? Mikel has done this non-rotation thing 3 seasons in a row costing us in the final stretch of the season. I've seen enough. We won't win anything with him in charge.
@@ralph259 We cant simply sell all of them that easily. And to be fair, if Salah can play 60 games a season than we need to build Saka to do the same. And he plays more than 14 men btw. He would play even more of them if they weren't injured so often. Vieira has had injuries, Timber had been out all season. Otherwise we would be around 18 outfield players, about the same as Pep. Our squadbuilding simply isn't in its final phase yet. Its not build in 2 summer windows.
@@HarmvanderWilt Saka is 22. He can't be relied on to play 60 or even 50 games per season. Salah started hitting those numbers in his prime, 26+. Mikel should have replaced Nelson with a better player during the summer since he wouldn't trust him to play. Nelson has not had an injury this season but has less than 500 minutes played in total. Granted, Partey's injury has made Rice more than he should and he looks fatigued but the former's injury issues has been there for years now, not unknown. ESR and Eddie are not going to improve here and why is Cedric is still on our books. We are not going to compete with City and Real Madrid for the biggest trophies keeping injury prone and not good enough players, and relying on 14 players through the season.
we certainly needed individual brilliance today
Im so upset rn, but as I said in stream: I haven't supported the club during the banter covid era, the fa cup spam era just to give up when we face a single challenge, it's not over until its mathematically impossible to win the league
It's not over yet. COYG!
I'm so sorry that you're so upset Jaffa especially after you "never felt so confident' about us winning silverware this season.
If you need to talk to someone then don't be afraid to call the Samaritans
Stay strong pal, stay strong xx
This sounds like the exact opposite problem Man United have. We are far too reliant on individual quality to produce moments that allow us to walk away with results.
It will come if Ten Hag revamps the midfield and gets defenders that can actually play a high line. The personnel he has right now is kinda ridiculous
@@nikoloff2964 Which is it? Are individuals bailing out Ten Hag's flawed system with moments of brilliance or are the very same individuals responsible for the systems dysfunctionality? I don't think the personnel is the reason we aren't competing for Europe. Rather, they've kept us competitive inspite of the flaws in our system.
@@user-nd3ks4mi7bIf three managers came to the same conclusion that Man United is better suited to transition and chaos ball, then you might need to consider the squad makeup.
@@martytu20Tbh I don't get the obsession with possession over anything else. Sure it works for Man City but not every team can be Man City. Transition football might be something they should be focusing more on.
@@akwilson1676 The way Ten Hag tries to implement is unsustainable, and he himself knows it. Man United has had a leaky backline with hodgepodge mesh of personnel for years now. Unlike KSE, the Glazers are more hesitant to spend more money on rebuilding the spine of a team with a cohesive plan.
Timing well with the point dropped
Arsenal lost: 😢
New TDK video: 🥳
On days like this i miss Sanchez....class act and able to just create goals out of solo skill
That is a great example of someone who can create individual moments.
I do agree that Arsenal need players that can bail out the team when the coach's tactics have failed. When I think of Henry; I remember the solo goal against Real Madrid knock out stage. I just can't see any player in the current team that can produce a moment of brilliance.
Shoutout to Villa, Only team that beat Us deservedly
Them and fulham
I'm a Luton fan but rooting for arsenal to win the prem. I hate plastic city and Liverpool think they're their own country. England needs arsenal to win to keep any shred of morals and decency lol
@@mowvu5380go Hatters!
@@mowvu5380i'm an arsenal fan and if i have one wish, this year i hope you guys survive relegation, you guys really deserve it
@@mowvu5380 rooting for luton to stay up, they played some good football before thier injuries, lokongo x barkley owned united and many teams
I'm not upset for some reason after that loss to Villa. To think we are here after what we saw during lockdown is just insane to me. The social media warriors are just extremely ungrateful and are defo new supporters. If we don't pick anything up this season, we've got a young squad who will terrorise Europe these next years. We are back.
I'm just anxious for a trophy to shut the haters up. I'm so tired of the moment we lose, we've "bottled it." Just give me something to win so I can throw it in the face of rival fans. COYG!
that kieran clip... i died
As Alex was talking. I said one name. “Alexis Sanchez”. God I miss him😢
You're so spot on. This was exactly my thought today when I was watching the villa game and Tielemans pulled of that screamer .....I thought to myself we don't have that here at Arsenal. It's just sad really. 😪 A player just with individual brilliance that wins you things. We don't have that. And we need those especially in the middle of the park.
That individual brilliance is exactly what we needed against Villa, when we struggle to score or break down the mid block we need that player who will step up and win us the game single handedly. This needs to be addressed next season
Oleksandr Zinchenko is costing us bro. The alternating fullback does not work. I don't know why we keep playing this way.
because it took us to the top of the league?
@@PipsClipsand cost us twice when in winning positions. All good getting to the top, but if we don’t finish the job then who cares?
Zinchenko is a huge liability, a liability that isn’t worth it. He’s not some world beater going forward as people like to make him out to be, in order to excuse his horrible defensive attributes.
This is where missing Timber hurts us. Timber was clearly our guy there until he got hurt. Huge butterfly effect having him get hurt.
@@raetekusu1 can't wait enough for timber to get back. Zinchenko needs to go.
Just because Zinchenko has terrible defensive positioning doesn’t mean the inverted fullback doesn’t work. White doing exactly that has been a big reason for our form in 2024, don’t get caught up in results based analysis
This is bang on!! I think this is why we struggle in knockout football also. Where games are often decided in moments of brilliance. We have no issue scoring goals when we play well but we don't have a player who can score a goal out of nothing when we don't. This is why we struggle with the runs ins at the end of the season (chasing top 4 in 21/22, title run in 22/23 and this season although not over yet) where every game is high pressure and often cagey and decided in 'moments'.
This is why I think we need a clinical striker in the summer to be that guy to provide these 'moments' when needed! I'd personally go for Isak but that may be an extremely hard deal to do. We also need a pacey winger and a passing left 8 who get link up with the winger. The left winger is always isolated when compared to our right hand side. We didn't have this issue last season with Xhaka (passing profile) at left 8. Plus another left sided defender like a Hato/Inácio so we don't have to watch Zinchenko at left back anymore.
We are an amazing team but just lacking that one thing, until we get that I cant see us finishing ahead of this Pep city team. You have to be basically perfect to do so!!
Bro this video hits like a PROPHESY come true AFTER Aston villa games😭😭😭💔💔💔
I like these “proactive” videos made prior to a big game bcuz it’s not that emotional aspect of being reactive to a great win or a loss, like the one today.
Well done.
Spot on! Just coming back from the game against Villa and was thinking the same thing, where is that player who is a constant, energetic threat? Where is the winger or forward who can produce individual magic? 🙄
Kylian Mbappe
Isn’t that supposed to be “star boy” Saka?
our rotations today were dreadful. why on earth did we switch our gameplan
6:22 spot on, we needed to be bailed out today vs villa, but we lacked that individual. I feel we are too controlled such that when the control doesnt work like our 2nd half today, we are deflated
do the bench players we have provide us with a strong enough physical profile to control tight games? that villa team was quite big and strong, and when they squeezed play with a mid block it was hard for our players to get comfortable. I back some of our young defenders, smith rowe and the pace of martinelli in those circumstances, but i just think we need another 8 that can step in when odegaard can't play or can combine well with odegaard in a midfield when we are searching for a goal. the same way city was able to hold their own without debruyne for most of the season.
@USER06584B i agree, btw the gap in quality between our key players & their bench replacements is really huge, they come in & u know its not going to be a good day.
that's one way city excell, their gap isnt as big, sometimes rarely even felt.
Odegaard was unplayable in the first half but gassed out, nobody else was really showing that individual quality to create something out of nothing.
Beautiful video.. The Villa game perfectly summed up this video and why we need those "moments".
Admire your analysis, which highlights the issues, but always brings hope, and makes us realize how far we have come.
We lost 0-2 against Villa. We need a Santi Cazorla, Alexis Sanchez. Someone special. Saka is alone. Everybody is too team oriented. I'm delighted with our progress but we must evolve now
we need 1 or 2 more match winners. odegaard had been sensational the last few months up to the villa game. partey may be able to provide moments, but i reckon another ruthless player in transition, a box pressence (solanke?), and a long term additional option on that left side of the pitch. i think we really missed xhaka this season.
Arteta has improved the team,,,,,,,the question is can he win the big trophy available
Exactly that.
I was saying that to win the CL, you need both team discipline and individual brilliance in equal measure.
The individual brilliance will emerge from the attacking midfielder promoting those opportunities. I don’t believe that the current players are not capable of those moments. It is to do with muscular endurance & power, as is most likely to become visible when a player is between 24 to 26 years old.
And a team that doesn't bottle it xx
@@PaulClarke-dv5sr - isn't your point a moot one based on what I said previously...?
Another plastic fan
@@WalterYeti Another plastic fan loooool
I'm currently playing the bugle and getting pissed in Munich while you're playing with your Lego set while getting breast fed by your brother
@WalterYeti As I said before you deleted it because You're weak.
I'm in Munich....
THANK YOU AHHHH this has frustrated me for ages. Arteta's style is great, but sometimes in the box it's as if players look for a pass more often than a shot on goal. That hesitation is one of the major reasons we lost to Bayern. That slight hesitation is all they needed to get 3, 4 men in the defensive positions they need to block the shot. Any dedicated team who are committed to defence will shut us out, unless some genius one-touch link-up play, (often involving our captain) fulfils the quota of passes they want before taking a shot.
I watched the Aston Villa game again yesterday because I logged off after we conceded the first goal during the match. For the first goal, Tomiyasu was nowhere to be found as the cross across the box came in from the right side. In fact, Havertz was the one trying to prevent that cross. Zinchenko was in the right side of the box instead of the left side picking up Bailey. Second goal: Both Saliba and Gabriel were pointing at the back instead of running back, and no one even tried to put much pressure on the Villa player who made the pass. It's a mentality thing. We're not winning anything with Mikel and these players.
alex, i’m from the villa game, we lost😔
I think Øde has the technical capacity and talent to be that player, thats something I always think by myself.. His teenage clips, for me, shows that he can, but right now he’d become something else.😢
actually, if we won the game today, we could be saying the opposite, he was so good today
@@sigfigronathAbsolutely unplayable first 45
The reality of the situation is that we are not better than maybe the greatest premier league team ever with maybe the greatest coach ever. Thats it, that’s the reality. A combined city Arsenal XI could feasibly be all city players. Was it ever really reasonable to expect us to match their consistency over 38 games? Absolutely not
When you put yourself in a position to do so then I would say it is reasonable to expect that with 7 games left. That’s why they’re competing. Winning is a mentality and we lack that in abundance. Couldn’t even get the ball off Villa at home and no one fought are showed intensity. Nothing to do with ability, that’s what’s so frustrating.
@@mccoozie1057 consistently is related to mentality sure but also to the level of the player. World class players are good…consistently. Hot take but i don’t think we have a world class player.
@@averagecitizen9565 I agree with that 100%. The worst thing we did for Saka was not give him competition at his position.
Fucking concern trolls come out of the woodwork now! Clowns! 😂
@@mccoozie1057Winning mentality? Did you even remember the days of being embarrassed by Bayern Munich with 5-1 scorelines?
The player your talking about that we’re missing is what alexis used to do for us just a player that’s unpredictable class
Pft this has opened my eyes we need a bad boy
This is so bang on. In games like yesterday when we don’t look like scoring in the second half at all, we don’t have a come of the hour player who can bang one in from outside the box. A goal from nothing. We need a sprinkling of SUPERSTARDOM.
That's the thing with Arsenal, they always try and walk it in.
What was Arteta thinking brining Martinelli on so early?
@@3bladeninja21 What was Arteta thinking he could manage Arsenal to win a title?
I get what your saying Alex. While we have a superb team, we are more of an amazing unit and kind of lack a type of player who can consistently take the game by the scruff of the neck and produce a moment of brilliance when the amazing unit isn’t quite being so amazing. This isn’t the end all be all but can occasionally be the difference between getting 3 points or dropping points. For example we could be drawing with a team 0-0 in the 80th minute and a player of that profile could just go and get a goal out of nothing and put us in the lead. But since we don’t really have that, when the amazing unit isn’t quite being so amazing we run the risk of losing said game 2-0. (This example has nothing to do with any real life results 🙂)
That being said I do feel like this current team is good enough to win trophies and if it’s not this season, we will only get stronger over the summer increasing our chances
Arsenal make too many passes in final third. Don't shoot from outside the box. Need a direct winger
.must stop trying to walk ball in .someone good with dead ball.encourage individuals to express themselves in the final third.
We’re craving for a star player that we lack who has every attribute like speed, dribbling, shooting, free kicks, finishing etc. but there’s no one there at the moment.
In recent times, I haven't seen a goal from a free kick. We don't have free kick specialist.
That's what happened yesterday. The build up was not giving, we had no one to put on a special moment
We needed it today
I think we need to bring Saka and martinelli more narrow, use Vieira when fit alongside martinelli and odegaard alongside Saka as they seem to have great chemistry, the knowledge and understanding etc like when salah and mane had firmino between them and they bang goals, they don’t stretch to the edge of the pitch, that’s what Robertson and TAA are for, and for us, what Tierney or Tavares could’ve been, and it’s a shame we’ve cast them aside because they offer a different dynamic which I think we sometimes need
Non of the team has moments even, Raya has no super saves
Another thing is on counter attacking, we have reduced on capitalising on that. The last time we made a good counter I think it's last season when Martineli's goal against Brighton got ruled out.
We need leroy sane type player
You're so right on Martinelli. He might not stay next season or be in the first team selection anymore
I think we can see a lot of similarities in the philosophies that Arteta emphasises on with Peps own. For many years Pep had issues with integrating those front man game winner type players like Etoo, Zlatan, Aguero, etc and only untill recently have we seen him change in example of his signing of Haaland which helped him win the treble. And now we can see how much more he trusts in the quality of his team to win games by the creative freedom that allows players like grealish, de bruyne and even the boom of foden this season.
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Personally we are doing very well and id say our main issues right now is still finding a proper left back to suit the team as zinchenko is a liability in defence which teams are evidently targetting and Kiwior still shows signs of nervousness in those big games like against bayern.
While this is a valid analysis - this highlights the stereotypical criticism made towards our playstyle - "thing is they always try to pass it in".
The thing is that we have tried individual talent in the past (think prime Alexis Sanchez) - but we didn't have balance and flexibility between individual vs team effort. Same issue now- over reliant on team goals.
Either we become more flexible in our playstyle, or we have to develop multiple forwards who are capable AND WILLING to take the shots
Love to hear other's thoughts
That Villa result yesterday was so painful. Guys, it hurts. Smith Rowe was supposed to take one for the team damn it, hug the attacker if you are not confident of your tackling, hold on to him till the end of the world, just don't let him score.
Lets bounce back gunners, I still believe.
Isak bro. Go get him
We need a player like Kvicha or Leao.
We had Hutchinson in academy, but Arteta let him go. Alexis Sanches was our last matchwinner
Very true. Dragged the team to wins
I agree with him man I feel like having studied Arsenals game we don’t have that player that changes the game that prime Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe like those players that don’t really need the team to score that why although I like Saka and do think he’s good I think he has more to offer when Trossard scored against Porto to tie it those are the moments we talk about the player that make a difference but they need to do it consistently something Trossard, Saka, and even Martinelli having scored the winner against City these players need to step up more
And in a way that’s why I think Real Madrid are so strong because they are allowed to be creative and don’t play such a strict system which is why they often have these moments where the players score these moments goals like they did against city in 2021 sure it backfires at times and it is obvious when they lose to system heavy City but Arsenal need to find the balance of system and freedom to be creative and take risks I know I’m not the only one that sees this
That is very true I was telling my friend that arsenal needs a player who sometimes doesn't engage with team play at the goal. Most frontline players are playing like midfielders at the goal.
I said this 3 years already why dont we score goals from freekick? The answer is simple bc we dont have that quality. Its not qyality we need all the time but when we need the most. I still remember during Wenger era we like have that 10 players with that individual quality but now not even 1.
Thank you. I had the same observation too. Arteta's team is too structured.. Which isn't a bad thing. However, we just don't see enough of solo plays which wreak havoc on defense.. Just organized on and off ball movement that created chances. Even during Wenger era post-Henry.. We had tons of individual players going ham on defense with the likes of Nasri, Arshavin, Sanchez. Even Fabregas (vs spurs) dribbled entire defense and Walcott (vs Newcastle) had their moments. The lack of killer instinct to just "kill" off the opponent is clearly seen during 1st half of last night match vs Villa. We are just lacking on that department to be truly be seen as the same level as Man City and Real Madrid - given how impressive we have been over the last couple of seasons.
Zinni nearly had one today! We need to be patient, Michael Rosiak is looking like he will become a set piece monster. Nwaneri's goal against stoke also shows he has the wondermoment in free play. They need to be bedded in. but they are missing links.
I said last season that what lost us the league was the lack of a character that can win games on his own, someone who when the system isn't working, can produce moments. In fact, I always referenced Sergio Ramos' last minute headers when the attackers couldn't get the ball past the line, I told friends if only we could get that kind of character...
Bayer Leverkusen play, at least this season, the balance of football I think Mikel wants to achieve. Their control is high, goals spread out, never give up but also have moments of individual brilliance.
Yesterday's game needed that
The only times I’ve seen Arteta dismissive of a player after a sending off have been Pepe and Fabio Vieira. It was a tell for me, that Arteta was giving him a few chances to prove himself, and that sending off killed it in Arteta’s mind. Remember how Arteta was always protective of Xhaka’s sendings off, in comparison. I wouldn’t be surprised if Vieira goes this summer, keeping ESR, and getting a “moments” player for depth on the flanks.
I agree completely and this was exactly what I was thinking in the dying moments of the Villa game. Saka and Odegaard are capable of these but I feel we're really not set up positionally and tactically for such moments, like say a 30 yard thunderbuster off the crossbar from anyone to win or salvage a dying game.
Arsenal fans are already calling for Arteta's sack after today's game, This fanbase isn't helping matters, "Ticket Holding" fans leaving with 8mins left 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
They are not fans, anyone who has ever said Arteta out is a moron!
Do you go to games?
Don't watch a few Arteta out videos and assume they speak for millions of people. Come on now
Well said mate sometimes I fucking hate our fanbase
Were u at the Villa game and did u leave early?
This issue has bothered me this season. We dont have great individual moments. Its very worrying because individual moments are important to win trophies
We don’t have them in goal either: not once this year we shouted “oh what a save” (ok maybe Spurs but it was as bad a shot as Trossard today). But errors, aplenty. Even the last games: diving way early on Kane’s pen was tragicomical. Damn, it hurts
@@fabienb They simply did homework on Kane tendencies + what has worked for him, and he had literally just got the team to Quarters from PK previous stage. You have to go early to be able to save pens struck hard to the sides.
@@OBODZ1 did you see how much earlier he dived?
So basically Mbappe time?
I thought Martinelli would become that guy with his pace but he hasn't kicked on this season???
You hit the nail on the head, it's the sole reason why every rival don't rate our players.
Alex as always spot on and the fact this was made before the Villa game is a credit to his knowledge. I have been saying this for a while. We dont have any individual math winners.
We need to go in hard on the summer transfer window. We have improved a good amount since last year (mainly defensively), but we still have got the quality in squad depth. We need a top ST, RW, CM(8) and possibly another CB. Gabriel and Saliba have been so, so good...but even they need rest. Same for Saka, Rice and Odegaard. They all can't be expected to play every game in a season. Again, big summer needed for incoming and outgoings.
Thts totally true of we don't have individual players who can make a crazy difference
Yeah... We honestly could've used a solo moment against Villa today. In those games where we are struggling to break teams down, those moments are sometimes needed if we want to get a result.
Arteta made even Xhaka stop shooting from distance.
I watched Leverkusen and was amazed how everyone was shooting: left, right and center.
We don't shoot. We keep passing..
Also we haven't been scoring from set pieces like we were. That needs to be constantly updated because opponents become wise to it
Totally agree 💯
I thought we lacked energy. We didn't even pressure Martinez on the ball despite knowing he is not brilliant on the ball. Our press just was flat. The team also looks way nervous at home compared to away matches. Pray this translates to bayern away😅
Completely agree with you. The team needs an "unpredictable player that can pull some magic moments out of nothing." I think I've heard Arteta talking about that before but unfortunately, for games like the villa game, seems like he might have forgotten about his words. Watching the team trying the same system over, and over, and over again, with the same results gets a bit frustrating. But let's hope the system doesn't kill the individual inspiration on some talented players. Come on you gunners!!
We used to rely on individual brilliance to win when we had Aubameyang and Ozilabye and Sanchez. We're clearly evolving
1) Starting Trossard and Jesus, while rewarding their recent performance, simply disrupted the team's rhythm established with Martinelli and Jorginho.
2) Villa effectively shut down Arsenal's central play and Arteta's tactics seemingly lacked adjustments to exploit the flanks more effectively through.
3) Arteta's delay in reacting to Villa's tactics in the second half was even more critical. Waiting too long to make substitutions or adjust the game plan allowed Villa to maintain control and exploit any vulnerabilities that arose.
4) The substitutions themselves also deserve scrutiny, they did no have been what was needed to change the game. And identifying the right players to inject fresh energy and tactical adjustments could have been crucial.
5) Let alone the wastefulness of the forwards in the final third.
I think we faced the same problems we faced before the turn of the year, jesus not being in the right place for cut-backs, zinchenko being our achiles heels in defence, Ben White, not supporting saka as usual because we had to make up for zinchenko defensive frailties with Ben White and the substitutions was bang average, the moment we realised ESR is no longer at the level to play for us the better
Agree with most, but point 1 makes no sense. Martinelli hadn't started in the last 5 or so games and when does start, he's been poor all season. Jorginho can't play 3 games a week, so no choice there. Also we actually played really well in the first flash, so the tactics were perfectly fine. We just collapsed in the second half and the subs made us worse.
@@jacobalexander4167 Are u going to the Bayern game tomorrow?
zinchenko and jesus come back in the team and the team falls apart, same happened last year when jesus got back and the attack started shooting blanks, FYI as long as zinchenko starts in that back four we will not be defensively solid, I literally saw all that before it happened and arteta saw the entire second half and did nothing, why disrupt our solid backline? why take kiwior out? why bring jesus who cant hit a barn door in? as long as jesus and zinny starts we can as well kiss the two trophies goodbye
I see what you mean. I think the last player we had that really could create something out of nothing was Alexis Sanchez. I've been thinking about players that could add this. This is why I like Isak a lot. Also Xavi Simons, Wirtz. Maybe Musiala or Dani Olmo. Simons created a lot of those kinda goals at RB Leipzig this season, but seems to struggle more when he's tasked with keeping possession more like for the Netherlands.
THIS! This is exactly what I have been thinking for AGES. If we don't do everything perfectly under Arteta we don't have those magic moments to get us the result IMO that all the best teams have
I am a Rangers man first and foremost but started to secondly take an interest in Arsenal in 2010 till present, love this channel amazing to listen to always great points 💙
I think you are absolutely correct. We are very good in almost all situations that can be predicted but in that we have also become predictable as a result. I believe we have the ability but its stifled by the contol freakery that Mikel shows. That has got us to where we are but it 'scares' the players into making decisions for themselves.
I would agree with you except I saw a video of the Arsenal training ground and Arteta was showing Rice around and there’s a picture wall just with big moments from the season ..I think with such young squad he wants them to get the fundamentals right and then at some stage he’s going to allow the individuality to come out
What you said is 💯!
We need a game changer someone who can change the state of the game single-handedly. Score a brilliant goal and do a brilliant play.
Similar to Villa there are games when we are so good but we can’t make the cut to put the ball in back of the net. Same as West Ham game where we lost ! We need killers like how Madrid create 1/2 moments in the game where they easily win the match.
Probably Rice has been the only one who changed matches for us like that more times(Luton, Man Utd, and few others) we need some individual brilliance over this team machinery.
Another problem that I find is we rarely take good quality shots outside the box. We don’t find that Saka goal against Chelsea or other screamers. We are just depending on the system to create effective shots which can be converted to goals. And I don’t find it a good thing.
You can’t just start trossard. His good off the bench. It was just a mess
Totally agree with you
We really did NEED that moment of genius yesterday 😢
As an Arsenal fan your giving me hope but there is no hope
I couldn’t agree with this POV more and have been thinking the same thing myself recently. We don’t have the X factor and instinctively it feels like we’ll need a moment of manic to ever get over the line. At least the first time.
On Saka, to be fair he tends to score the first goal in a game e, which is arguably more important
Had trossard scored that sitter today we would have won.
It’s like Nostradamus is an Arsenal fan!! An excellent analysis & essay. We needed this today. A soothing watch to a disappointing afternoon.
Very timely with that Villa match. Needed an individual
from my point of view I see martinelli is the guy, why?
1.when we talk about skills I think matinelli is the best in this area in the squad
2.we haven't seen enough of him but I think this year the system is not giving him even the chance (I think our system should change slightly to be more balanced in terms of field areas specially left wing position)
3. A clear indication that martinelli can do it is a thing that a lot of people have forgot which is martinelli's goal scoring last year which wouldn't be the same without him(martinelli scored 15 goals from a 9.15 xG and 9 assists from 6.98 xA )
what is happening this year is that martinelli scored 6 goals from a 5.3 xG and 5 assists from 4.7 xA which is why I think martinelli can't really express himself in the field
Watching arsenal reminds me how balanced the city team is.
Arsenal play better football than city, but citys football gave them treble. Its a blend of team play and individual brilliance.
Another thing is, arteta said at a press after beating liverpool that he doesnt like control the match teampo, he wants to attack.
That very day i knew, there will be moments when arsenal will lose the control of the match and they will lose points.
City, real madrid (3 peat) all controlled the game.
Martinelli is the player that I think naturally has that ability to create something and of nothing. The goal against Chelsea a few years back is the perfect example of. I think Arteta restricted the players from playing like that because of the system ball that we play.