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Disagree, Ndombele was LM and Alli AMIt was definitely tactical, Ndombele and Alli were playing as forwards, absolutely mental.
Disagree, Ndombele was LM and Alli AMIt was definitely tactical, Ndombele and Alli were playing as forwards, absolutely mental.
Once you include Romero and Tanganga I think you can rotate (on form or strategy) from one of dier/Sanchez/Rodon/Davies.Disagree, I think we have the right players to play midfield in a 4-3-3 but it needs Nuno to accept Skipp as the anchor with PEH and GLC either side.
The concern I have with and formation with 3 CBs is that out CBs while plentiful are unreliable. The thought of having three of these guys is scary. Do we have the personnel to play 3 at back.
Disagree, Ndombele was LM and Alli AM
I bet some on here are blaming Dier for thatNo-one posted that picture which has been doing the rounds on Twitter yet? 9 minutes in, Dier has the ball and is looking to get it forwards to someone - and there is literally nothing in the entire middle third of the pitch except Arsenal players.
Yeah... I think Lo Celso could potentially do a job in Hojbjerg's position. He had a great run of games towards the end of Jose's first season as more of a no.8 in a double pivot. He's not a fantastic passer though, more of a ball carrier, so a no.8 with a proper passing range would be brilliant, especially now that we've lost Toby's cross field passing abilities."I do still feel like we look quite stilted and unimaginative in possession" (i did try the quote thingy)
if only we had a passing number 8....
Skipp and Hojberg are automatic starters, absolutely key to the team. Who else plays has to fit around them.Yeah... I think Lo Celso could potentially do a job in Hojbjerg's position. He had a great run of games towards the end of Jose's first season as more of a no.8 in a double pivot. He's not a fantastic passer though, more of a ball carrier, so a no.8 with a proper passing range would be brilliant, especially now that we've lost Toby's cross field passing abilities.
100% this.Think we look so much better now that we've moved to more of a 4-2-3-1 rather than a 4-3-3.
Admittedly Newcastle and Villa were no great shakes, but our forwards are already looking a lot less isolated and having Ndombele playing between the lines and linking the play is giving us a semblance of a possession game which was distinctly lacking with the Skipp/PEH/Dele midfield 3.
Also by pushing Ndombele higher it relieves him of some defensive duty. He can still run around and press players off the ball - which he's quite good at - but he doesn't need to track runners as much and cover a particular defensive area, which was a problem for us when he was in a a flat 3 as he would leave massive gaps behind him.
I do still feel like we look quite stilted and unimaginative in possession - I'd like to see more obvious well drilled passing patterns and ways of working the ball out from the back and through the opposition press (something we really struggle with) but overall broadly positive signs for the first time under Nuno. He's found a functional system, dropped problem players (i.e. Dele) and integrated the new signings.
We're getting there.