I'd say City are more tippy tappy than Arsenal. And that Arsenal are more counter attacking orientated than City.

Yes the way teams just narrowly defend their 18 yard box while Arsenal borishly pass around it is the classic counter attack template whilst City move the ball forward very slowly indeed.

Jesus.

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Arsenal are more tippy crappy than tippy tappy.

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I don't think I'm better than I am I just think that you have no idea what you're talking about in reference to Arsenal being a counter attacking side and City, one of the fastest ball movers in the league, being tippy tappy. Your comment is laughable tbh especially as it's clear that Walcott and Sanchez are the only quick players in your side.

I look forward to Arsenal counter attacking by knocking the ball aimlessly left to right and back again outside someones peno box for the rest of the season.

If anything I'm being sarcastic. Looks like you don't know much about the meaning of words and their correct context either.

You pretty showed how much you know about football, Arsenal in particular.
The only fast players at Arsenal's Walcott and Sanchez? Is that a fact? Seems your little brain's completely forgotten about Campbell, Ox, Gnabry, Welbeck and even Sanogo who's no slouch.

Basically what you're doing is picking out moments where Arsenal were aimlessly passing it around, looking for a way in due to a team defending behind the ball.

Anyway, my point went completely over your head funnily enough. I said City were more of possession based side. And that Arsenal are more counter attacking based. Don't see how that comment made you get sand in your va'gina.

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They're not a tippy tappy side either. I'd say a hybrid really. But they're more counter attacking than City.

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Calls me pretentious and then uses the word hybrid for Arsenal

No more, soft lad. No more. According to you. The only pace we have at Arsenal is from just Sanchez and Walcott.
This is clearly not your subject.

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I’d agree with that Gazza, Chelsea clearly had an idea of the team they wanted to build and have gone out and done that flawlessly. United (as we did around the time we let Ballack and co all go) have neglected the upkeep of their squad over several seasons and are now paying the price, you need to be on top of potential problems before they arise, not react to them to remain completive. From where I am United have thrown money at the best players available, not built a team. It does smack of panic but they’ve also picked up some wonderful players along the way. It is a clear signal of intent but I don’t see them as title rivals, for this season at least. And given a defence takes another year to get right probably not next season either, they will be back in the mix before long though and I think we’ll steady improvement, top for this season and top three next.

One thing will be key, how City continue once this current squad is over the hill, everyone questioned what would happen to Chelsea once ‘Roman got bored’, well he seems to love it as much now as day one, of course City are not a one man show but I wonder what their motivation is? Will they continue as quite the force they are now and remain a top 2 club for the next decade?

t probably gives you variation as you can play a multitude of different styles but no team has ever really been successful without a clear footballing direction/style.
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Man United in the last few years under Fergie did. We did have a set style as we had many different players differing in style as well as Fergie being a lot more pragmatic in terms of our attacking approach.

LVG ain't no Fergie, though. So it may not work for him. But I reckon he's got a vision for the team. Whether the players can adapt to that remains to be seen. And this is the key issue. Our squad overall is probably stronger now than it was in the last couple of years under Fergie, but we are coming from a different starting point.

Hopefully things will start to click soon, especially in attack, as there's a lot of attacking talent there.

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I think one of the problems we have is that we've lost quite a few players, then more needed moving on, so the squad was unbalanced and it looks like he's trying to juggle what we have as well as bringing in players that can fit the system for the future.

That's why it's no surprise that most of them are versatile players.

Falcao is the only one I don't really understand the vision for. The rest I do. But I think the opportunity was too good to pass up.