According to the media and most non arsenal fans, our defence and keeper are crap.
So if we have the best defensive record in the league and have only conceded 10 then that must mean the strikeforce and attacking midfielders in this league must be pretty poor
People say it all the time, wake up.
Stop backtracking. Hate it when something is said and then they're proven wrong and some guy goes we never said that
Szczseny is another one who never seems to be properly praised. I haven't heard anyone in media mention he's been best keeper this season. Yet they're all willing to heap praise on Lloris or chech whenever they can.
I don't care about media need admitting it. Its actually quite funny. They've made their mind up years ago that arsenals defence and keepers are c.rap, and won't change. The only area that gets proper praise is the midfield.
To be fair TYotO Jonathon Pearce was pretty complementary to Szczseny on MoTD last Saturday.
But this myth about our defence being cr4p goes back to Hansen. He was banging on about our poor defence from set plays this season and how we went to sleep. He had to go back about 5 years to find a clip to "prove" his point. Still he does try to analyze play unlike that other ex Liverpool tool Owen on BT Sport
Our defence has been excellent since the Bayern game last year. It was so simple and obvious. Drop two yards deeper to get the best out of Mertesacker. That led to our great run in at the end of the season. The media missed it. And most fans from other teams are sheep that follow talking heads.
Come back with yer fancy stats in May!
Best team in the league by miles. Best defence, best midfield and with Nik scoring for fun (more goals in open play than loldado) we have a slightly worse attack than Newcastle
It hasnt to do with Mertesacker dropping deeper.
7 cleansheet in the last 8 games.
And in those games, we faced Liverpool, Dortmund, ManU, etc....
Enough said.
Roma have the best defensive record in Europe not Bayern.
14`games and only 4 goals concede, truly amazing
Iawt yeah but they arent good teams.
comment by Gunnerthru - unglücklicherweise gibt es nicht viel Sehende (U6675)
posted 36 minutes ago
It hasnt to do with Mertesacker dropping deeper.
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It does, kind of.
The reason we are far better defensively is a combination of personnel and shape, and a bit of the unquantifiable like old fashioned hard work. What we do now when we lose the ball is that the likes of Giroud, Ozil and Cazorla initiate a high press (even as far as their 'keeper on occasion), with Giroud the furthest up and the others covering passing lanes. If that doesn't work the whole team then drops deeper than we ever used to, getting men behind the ball and a good shape, and allowing us to be more in Mertesacker's comfort zone.
This is almost the perfect way to play without the ball imo if you can execute it well. The key is having Arteta and/or Flamini as screens staying deep no matter what and allowing time for the forwards to retreat if they are bypassed when trying to press.
In the past we defended high up but a) sucked at pressing or b) left huge gaps between the lines making it easy to pick us off with fast transitions. Combine that with Mertesacker's lack of pace and you have problems.
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posted on 5/12/13
According to the media and most non arsenal fans, our defence and keeper are crap.
So if we have the best defensive record in the league and have only conceded 10 then that must mean the strikeforce and attacking midfielders in this league must be pretty poor
posted on 5/12/13
Who said they're crap
posted on 5/12/13
People say it all the time, wake up.
Stop backtracking. Hate it when something is said and then they're proven wrong and some guy goes we never said that
posted on 5/12/13
Ok...
posted on 5/12/13
Yeah llori!
posted on 5/12/13
Szczseny is another one who never seems to be properly praised. I haven't heard anyone in media mention he's been best keeper this season. Yet they're all willing to heap praise on Lloris or chech whenever they can.
I don't care about media need admitting it. Its actually quite funny. They've made their mind up years ago that arsenals defence and keepers are c.rap, and won't change. The only area that gets proper praise is the midfield.
posted on 5/12/13
To be fair TYotO Jonathon Pearce was pretty complementary to Szczseny on MoTD last Saturday.
But this myth about our defence being cr4p goes back to Hansen. He was banging on about our poor defence from set plays this season and how we went to sleep. He had to go back about 5 years to find a clip to "prove" his point. Still he does try to analyze play unlike that other ex Liverpool tool Owen on BT Sport
posted on 5/12/13
Hansen just wums you
posted on 5/12/13
Our defence has been excellent since the Bayern game last year. It was so simple and obvious. Drop two yards deeper to get the best out of Mertesacker. That led to our great run in at the end of the season. The media missed it. And most fans from other teams are sheep that follow talking heads.
posted on 5/12/13
Come back with yer fancy stats in May!
posted on 5/12/13
Best team in the league by miles. Best defence, best midfield and with Nik scoring for fun (more goals in open play than loldado) we have a slightly worse attack than Newcastle
posted on 5/12/13
It hasnt to do with Mertesacker dropping deeper.
posted on 5/12/13
7 cleansheet in the last 8 games.
And in those games, we faced Liverpool, Dortmund, ManU, etc....
Enough said.
posted on 5/12/13
Roma have the best defensive record in Europe not Bayern.
14`games and only 4 goals concede, truly amazing
posted on 5/12/13
Iawt yeah but they arent good teams.
posted on 5/12/13
comment by Gunnerthru - unglücklicherweise gibt es nicht viel Sehende (U6675)
posted 36 minutes ago
It hasnt to do with Mertesacker dropping deeper.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It does, kind of.
The reason we are far better defensively is a combination of personnel and shape, and a bit of the unquantifiable like old fashioned hard work. What we do now when we lose the ball is that the likes of Giroud, Ozil and Cazorla initiate a high press (even as far as their 'keeper on occasion), with Giroud the furthest up and the others covering passing lanes. If that doesn't work the whole team then drops deeper than we ever used to, getting men behind the ball and a good shape, and allowing us to be more in Mertesacker's comfort zone.
This is almost the perfect way to play without the ball imo if you can execute it well. The key is having Arteta and/or Flamini as screens staying deep no matter what and allowing time for the forwards to retreat if they are bypassed when trying to press.
In the past we defended high up but a) sucked at pressing or b) left huge gaps between the lines making it easy to pick us off with fast transitions. Combine that with Mertesacker's lack of pace and you have problems.
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