Arsenal Football Club

[MarkoBB8]

Jay Gooner schrieb vor 6 Stunden:

Ciao Özil, schade dass es so enden musste, wegen einer unfähigen Vereinsführung und zwei Trainern der sich nicht gegens Management stellen getraut haben.

Danke für all die schönen Tore und Assists.

https://arseblog.com/2021/01/a-career-of-two-halves-mesut-ozil-set-for-fenerbahce-move/

Der Verein hat sich jetzt immerhin die 7 Mille einsparen können. Hoffe das wird das Gaze am Ende wert sein.

 

 

10:38 eins der schönsten Solo-Goals die ich in meinem ganzen Leben gesehen hab  

es gab Momente da hat er gezeigt was er drauf hat, die Konstanz hat ein wenig gefehlt und vor allem gegen große Gegner immer mit einem Alibikick

würde keinem Trainer die Schuld geben das hat er sich schon selbst zuzuschreiben wegen mangelndem Einsatz 

meine Erwartungen hat er nicht erfüllt

[froehlix]

Partey kann so wichtig werden für uns

Und die Boys vorne erst  ESR und Saka

[Danilo Kunhar]

Zitat

Arteta said: "Mesut is in Turkey going through the medical that has to be completed. There is still some paperwork that has to be done but it doesn't matter - Mesut's quality will be missed.

Haha ? 

[Jay Gooner]

MarkoBB8 schrieb am 18.1.2021 um 22:14 :

vor allem gegen große Gegner immer mit einem Alibikick

ich werd jetzt nicht weiter groß auf den ganzen comment eingehen (außer dass ich anderer Meinung bin) aber das ist halt schon ein Mythos der längst widerlegt wurde 

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[Jay Gooner]

nächstes deadwood losgeworden, Sokratis hat seinen Vertrag einvernehmlich aufgelöst.

Sehr professionelles Verhalten von ihm immer, hat nie gemotschkert, aber die Verpflichtung war doch eher ein Notnagel und von Anfang an ein Fehler, war einfach niemals good enough.

[fenix]

Ach, der hatte schon ein paar gute Spieler. Vor allem zu Beginn war er schon eine Verstärkung mMn.

[Jay Gooner]

Naja, Mustafi hatte glaub ich aliquot mehr gute Spiele für uns als Sokratis. Aber stimmt schon, ganz am Anfang in der 1. Saison war er nicht schlecht, danach gings rapide bergab

[Jay Gooner]

Mat Ryan ist unser neuer Keeper Nummer 2, zumindest bis Ende der Saison verliehen von Brighton. War in der Kindheit Arsneal fan, also soll mir recht sein.

 

Hier noch ein interessanter Athletic Artikel:

What can Arteta learn from Hasenhuttl and Southampton’s revival after slump?

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As they prepare themselves for two trips to St Mary’s in four days, it’s safe to say a lot has happened at Arsenal since they last faced Southampton.

From the desperate situation Mikel Arteta found himself in before that Premier League game on December 16, there now appears to be a clear path back to normality.

Reverting to a back four has allowed for more avenues to attack from. Kieran Tierney is a constant driving force at left-back, Emile Smith Rowe continues to influence games between the lines, Alexandre Lacazette combines well with those around him and Bukayo Saka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Gabriel Martinelli offer strong support out wide.

While that 1-1 draw just over a month ago stopped the club’s run of three consecutive Premier League defeats, it also marked two years to the day since Ralph Hasenhuttl’s first win as Southampton manager. Arriving on the south coast in December 2018, he fell to a 1-0 defeat at Cardiff City before ending Arsenal counterpart Unai Emery’s 22-game unbeaten run with a 3-2 victory at St Mary’s.

Similar to Arteta’s first year at Arsenal, Hasenhuttl’s at Southampton involved compromises in approach to improve results. Beginning life with Southampton with a back four that day in Cardiff, he immediately moved to a back three/five to beat Arsenal the following weekend and stuck with it for the majority of that first season.

Under Mark Hughes, Southampton used a four at the back system in 80 per cent (12) of his 15 league games in 2018-19. That plummeted to 26 per cent (six games) in Hasenhuttl’s first half-season as he opted for a back three/five 74 per cent (17 games) of the time and remained in place early in 2019-20 despite a clear preference for the 4-2-2-2 he previously used in 66 of his 83 games in charge of RB Leipzig, as highlighted by The Athletic’s Carl Anka in August 2019.

Sticking with that back three/five for 67 per cent (eight) of the first 12 games of last season, like at Arsenal this season, saw complications arise.

There were times during this spell, in which they entered the November international break second-bottom of the league, when attempts to keep the ball on the floor and play through the thirds were booed. This is an experience Bernd Leno became familiar with when fans were briefly allowed at the Emirates Stadium last month as these patterns became more predictable for opposition teams. Alongside this, the use of James Ward-Prowse and Stuart Armstrong as wing-backs made for more confusion in possession.

Hassenhutl’s high-intensity pressing game remained, but the rest of his side’s footballing identity was slipping away. Compounded by that loss to Leicester, after which Southampton vice-chairman Martin Semmens admitted to The Telegraph that the manager expected to be sacked, change was needed ahead of his one-year anniversary in charge of the club.

Fast forward 12 months, and Arteta found himself in very similar circumstances at Arsenal.

Considering he had been given a three-and-a-half-year contract in December 2019 compared to the two years with an option of a third handed to Emery in 2018, the pressure on the young, rookie manager was always going to be more external than internal. Despite that, there were parallels with problems that needed addressing as the vision of Arteta’s Arsenal became blurred.

His preference at Arsenal has always been to play with a back four. Using a 4-2-3-1 in all 10 of his Premier League games in charge before lockdown last March, a slight shift was made to a 4-3-3 in the first two games back after it at Manchester City and Brighton. Unable to secure wins, the move to the more results-orientated 3-4-3 was made and had the desired effect.

Adding an extra centre-back gave the side more defensive security and also created a more solid base to attack from. With it being easier to suck teams in and quickly release to wing-backs in space higher upfield, Arsenal made use of this shape towards the back-end of last season — in the FA Cup final win especially. By deciding to carry that on into this season, however, issues came when teams planned for their main attacking threats coming from the wings.

Combined with the lack of speed in moving the ball through midfield in new signing Thomas Partey’s injury absence, the system had run its course.

Hasenhuttl used the November 2019 international break to draw up his ideal blueprint.

Coincidentally, it was in Emery’s final league game as Arsenal head coach where this new Southampton system was put to practice.

Gone were the days of a back three/five, now they headed to the Emirates with the Austrian’s 4-2-2-2 in which players were well drilled in team-mates’ roles as well as their own. The best example of this came in the 65th minute when Cedric Soares bombed into the front two to press Sokratis Papastathopoulos while Armstrong and Danny Ings covered him.

As Soares advances upfield, the Southampton shape is clear. Ings and Michael Obafemi are the striking pair, with Armstrong and Nathan Redmond as their immediate support.

Soares sees a direct route in to Ings, but Tierney anticipates his pass well and intercepts.

Rather than stopping there, though, Soares follows the ball and is joined by Obafemi to press the centre of the pitch. Redmond holds his position near Hector Bellerin, while Ings drops into a more supportive role with Armstrong outside him.

Soares continues to press as part of the front two. As a result, Ings holds his position in the second line of two, while Armstrong drops further back to fill in for the Portuguese right-back while he applies pressure on Sokratis with Obafemi.

Sokratis doesn’t deal with the pressure well, and Soares ends up stealing the ball off him inside the box. His subsequent pass across the six-yard box misses Obafemi, however, and Arsenal survive.

Despite Lacazette’s late equaliser, his second of the match, to cancel out an Ings strike and a Ward-Prowse goal from a penalty follow-up, the 2-2 draw kickstarted Southampton’s season, with Hasenhuttl describing their performance on the day as “perfect”. Not once did they return to a back three/five but, over time, Hasenhuttl found how to best set up his squad to suit his plans both in and out of possession.

Experiencing similar difficulties heading towards his one-year anniversary, Arteta attempted to build his ideal Arsenal blueprint during this past November’s international break but stalled.

The first game back after the internationals, away to Leeds United, saw him revert to a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 variant without much success.

As The Athletic explored after that match, the progression of the ball through the thirds was much too slow. While Dani Ceballos and Granit Xhaka looked to build from deep, Joe Willock spent the game in more advanced areas, creating a disconnect in midfield.

Returning to the 3-4-3 against Southampton the following month appeared necessary. With that shape, Arsenal may have been predictable, but there were working routes out of the defensive third and up the pitch which were a necessity.

The desire to use a system with a back four remained, however, and so it returned on Boxing Day against Chelsea.

For too long when either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 was used, the players deployed failed to execute basic principles that would make it work. Aside from the midfield disconnect, there was a lack of movement in the final third — from Willian in particular — which killed attacks. The experiment to drop Lacazette deeper worked in the Europa League, but offered less space, and it was more difficult to replicate that well in the Premier League.

Dancing around what was actually needed for his ideal set-up to work, Arteta’s hand being forced by the unavailability of Willian and Aubameyang against Chelsea helped. In their absence, Saka was moved to the right wing, Martinelli played on the left and Smith Rowe filled in as the No 10. The trio were all technical, agile and defensively aware enough to make Arsenal thrive and have continued to do so since their festive formation.

Like Hasenhuttl at the Emirates a year prior, Arteta had his moment of change. Winning four of five, with five clean sheets in the meantime, Arsenal have built on that moment fairly well, but now comes the real test. Not just in facing Southampton twice in little more than 72 hours, but Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Leeds immediately after.

After his turning point, however, Hasenhuttl strengthened the platform he built with his 4-2-2-2 system rather than continuing to confuse the issue. Ings led the press and stretched defences, Armstrong and Redmond offered support in inside and outside channels, Jack Stephens took a more active role in progressing the ball and Ward-Prowse returned to central midfield, where his energy drives the team.

Especially with the trio behind the striker as well as Tierney at left-back, Arteta now has the foundations for his 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 vision. Partey returning in midfield will also help with this, but as things stand, that building work is not steady and this was demonstrated in full when Tierney missed the Crystal Palace game last week through injury. Arsenal remain light in key areas which leaves a constant sense of anxiety hanging whenever any of those players may go down injured.

With the departures of Sokratis and Mesut Ozil, as well as the pursuit of Martin Odegaard on loan, work is being done to improve that squad balance.

Considering Arsenal can leapfrog Southampton in their Premier League meeting on Tuesday, replicating them is not the end goal. Instead, assessing how Hasenhuttl guided them out of the wilderness last season and built momentum in relation to how Arteta can do similar is where a discussion can be had.

From taking the safer yet more restrictive option for immediate results, to becoming more predictable and confused, to eventually fashioning the right structure to thrive in, there are parallels that can be drawn between the pair despite their slightly differing circumstances.

The task for Arteta now is to keep adding to those foundations to maintain that recent bounce rather than risk regressing.

 

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[dialsquare]

Jay Gooner schrieb vor 31 Minuten:

Mat Ryan ist unser neuer Keeper Nummer 2, zumindest bis Ende der Saison verliehen von Brighton. War in der Kindheit Arsneal fan, also soll mir recht sein.

Was ist mit Runarsson? 

[Jay Gooner]

dialsquare schrieb vor 1 Stunde:

Was ist mit Runarsson? 

Wird wahrscheinlich verliehen, ansonsten ist er unsere no. 3

[fenix]

dialsquare schrieb vor 2 Stunden:

Was ist mit Runarsson? 

Zu schwach für Arteta.

[froehlix]

Ø statt Ö? Laut Ornstein 90% dass Odegaard per Leihe kommt! Wäre dann ein lässiges Fenster finde ich, Runarsson sollte man halt noch loswerden (Leihe?), sonst geht sich das mit den Non-Home Grown Plätzen nicht aus.

[Jay Gooner]

Diese Aufstellung   Mag fast gar nicht einschalten

Ist ja eh nur der Wettbewerb den wir am wahrscheinlichsten gewinnen könnten

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[themanwhowasntthere]

Jay Gooner schrieb vor 9 Minuten:

Diese Aufstellung   Mag fast gar nicht einschalten

geht mir gleich, aber wahrscheinlich überraschens genau dann wieder

[dialsquare]

Zwei Tormänner auf der Bank ?

Könnte aber schlimmer sein, find ich