I have highlighted them for your benefit.
4-2-3-1 (or 4-3-3 if you prefer)
_____________________Szczesny/Ospina___________________
Debuchy/Bellerin__Mert/???__Kos/Chambers___Gibbs/Monreal
_________Wilshere/Ramsey_____Flamini/Arteta/Diaby________
Walcott/Sanchez____Ozil/Santi/Rosicky______Ox/Podolski/Joel
_________________Welbeck/Giroud/Sanogo_________________
In this formation we have the makings of a decent side, but the issue is Wenger refuses to play people in their best positions and our DMs are pathetic.
I would prefer 4-1-3-2
_____________________Szczesny/Ospina___________________
Debuchy/Bellerin__Mert/???__Kos/Chambers___Gibbs/Monreal
___________________Flamini/Arteta/Diaby_______________
Ox/Rosicky______Ozil/Wilshere/Ramsey____Santi/Podolski/Joel
________Walcott/Sanchez______Welbeck/Giroud/Sanogo_______
In the second formation you can see the issue is that Wenger would have to drop his pet favourites and our lack of a proper DM is exposed.
One thing that has nothing to do with formations though is the fact that we keep getting exposed down the flanks as our fullbacks gets stranded in no-mans land. It is amateurish that Wenger has failed to address this issue as we have been smashed in every big away game in 2014 (excluding the Bayern game which was due to Munich having won the tie in the first leg).
Would Mertesacker and Arteta get into City, Chelsea, United or Liverpool's first XIs? They are way too lethargic to be in the side and yet they are the captain and vice captain
Thank feck we managed to get all home ties in the FA cup.
Can you spot the weakness?
posted on 17/9/14
Moving ozil out of position to play a very out of form ramsey is a bigger problem
posted on 17/9/14
Wait what? You think Mertesacker is the weakness? He's better than Koscielny. Just because he is slow doesn't mean he's a bad defender. Also yes he'd get into both ours and Liverpools team.
posted on 17/9/14
Koscielny is the superior player. Mertesacker unfortunately in this day and age, is a liability against teams with great pace and movement. A more mobile defender alongside Koscielny and Arsenal are in business.
posted on 17/9/14
When Arteta, Jack and Rambo are not injured they are almost guaranteed a start spot. So Wenger will shift Ozil to the flank and this is one of few problems.
Jack and Rambo cannot play together. Don't know why, just like Gerrard and Lampard could not.
Need a mobile and physical DM. Both Arteta and Flamini cannot get the job done, and Chambers is too raw for this important position. Is Diaby still with us?
Ozil and Santi as LW is a mistake. They are #10. Asking them to track back will sacrifice their offensive output.
posted on 17/9/14
Your weakness is arsene Wenger,, I told you this all summer.
He has to go in order for arsenal to make the most of what has the potential to be a good side.
posted on 17/9/14
Look Cinciwolf told you this all summer, why the fook didn't you listen to him?
posted on 17/9/14
It's not Mertesacker's fault that the team was instructed to push up suicidally high. There there were times when he was beyond the centre circle in the opposition half when the ball was barely ahead of him. Absolutely ridiculous against a team who's manager is known for playing a high pressing game.
posted on 17/9/14
Why do we talking of formation? What formation? I only can see an unbalanced, uninsipred bunch of headless chicken without willigness to run of fight.
We have a deep midfield crisis and it's absolute easy to stop Arsenal these days.
You only need to press the ball in midfield and keep Arsenal from playing the ball forward. Easy. Every average crocked second League team can do that.
posted on 17/9/14
comment by Sir Digby - ALL HAIL PRINCE WELBECK - GDL (U6039)
posted 7 hours, 52 minutes ago
Moving ozil out of position to play a very out of form ramsey is a bigger problem
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You have it all wrong. He moved Ozil out wide to accomodate Wilshite.