Chaky_Best
Supports 'a joke of a club'.
One thing we did since a long time (even under Fergie) was to neutralize Arsenal’s strengths and build a team who can hurt them. With Wenger being a dogmatic in the way he wants to play, it’s been a long time since we know how to hurt them. Close the space on midfield and on the wing, being fast in counter attack, and make their winger defend the deepest possible, exposing their defenders with playing between the lines.
I’m unsure that we’ll do the same thing on Saturday because we’re unsure about our strengths, but too sure about our weaknesses, so I think that LVG will once line up a team who is balanced but who not exploit at the maximum our strengths and exposes Arsenal’s weaknesses.
To me how we should play (without the injured players). Lot of energy in the midfield were Herrera and Di Maria can control Ramsey/Wilshere/Cazorla. Rooney closing on Gibbs and Sanchez, Januzaj on one vs one with Chambers and RVP against his former club (I would prefer having Rooney there).
We can argue why Fellaini shouldn’t play. It’s 50/50. In fact his physical presence can be an asset to us, but he’s too one dimensional, too slow to press Arsenal (except if he’s on man marking on Wilshere like he did to Fabregas). But in fact I would prefer having Di Maria and Herrera running everywhere in the midfield and going forward faster
---------------------------------------Lindegaard----------------------------------------
Valencia------------------Mc Nair-------------Smalling-----------------------Shaw
-------------------------- ---------------Carrick-------------------------------------------
----------------------------Herrera----------------Fellaini/Di Maria------------------
Rooney------------------------------Van Persie-------------------Januzaj/Di Maria
Sanchez--------------------------------Welbeck--------------------------------Cazorla
-------------Chamberlain/Ramsey-----------------Wilshere---------------------------
--------------------------------------------Flamini-------------------------------------------
Gibbs------------------------Monreal------------Mertesacker--------------Chambers
----------------------------------------Scsezszcsny-------------------------------------------
I’m unsure that we’ll do the same thing on Saturday because we’re unsure about our strengths, but too sure about our weaknesses, so I think that LVG will once line up a team who is balanced but who not exploit at the maximum our strengths and exposes Arsenal’s weaknesses.
To me how we should play (without the injured players). Lot of energy in the midfield were Herrera and Di Maria can control Ramsey/Wilshere/Cazorla. Rooney closing on Gibbs and Sanchez, Januzaj on one vs one with Chambers and RVP against his former club (I would prefer having Rooney there).
We can argue why Fellaini shouldn’t play. It’s 50/50. In fact his physical presence can be an asset to us, but he’s too one dimensional, too slow to press Arsenal (except if he’s on man marking on Wilshere like he did to Fabregas). But in fact I would prefer having Di Maria and Herrera running everywhere in the midfield and going forward faster
---------------------------------------Lindegaard----------------------------------------
Valencia------------------Mc Nair-------------Smalling-----------------------Shaw
-------------------------- ---------------Carrick-------------------------------------------
----------------------------Herrera----------------Fellaini/Di Maria------------------
Rooney------------------------------Van Persie-------------------Januzaj/Di Maria
Sanchez--------------------------------Welbeck--------------------------------Cazorla
-------------Chamberlain/Ramsey-----------------Wilshere---------------------------
--------------------------------------------Flamini-------------------------------------------
Gibbs------------------------Monreal------------Mertesacker--------------Chambers
----------------------------------------Scsezszcsny-------------------------------------------