LACAUBA Partnership: A final masterstroke in Arsenal’s revival by Nicholas
When he walked into Arsenal, Unai Emery was facing the volcano right in the eyeball and he thought he had a plan – Aaron Ramsey was part of the plan. However, he found that his predecessor had brought together two deadly strikers that every football enthusiast wanted to see play together.
DOES UNAI HAVE AN OPTION SQUAD SET UP 4.2.1.3? by Nicholas
Arsenal are finally with a win, but the Gunners struggled and if you look at the numbers it’s even worse. We dominated in terms of possession. 61% to 39% is huge enough, but it was only in latter stages of the match that we build up our numbers.
EMERYBALL: CAN THIS BE THE SQUAD UNAI SHOULD SETTLE INTO
We all saw Arsenal trying to put Unai Emery’s tactics into force last week by trying to retain possession against one of the best teams in Europe last week. The Spaniard has been concentrating on playing out from the back when in possession and playing the pressing game when we lose the ball. We can’t say it was totally successful as Man City are the masters of that tactic but we did see some improvement towards the end.
HERE IS HOW UNAI MIGHT WIN THE LEAGUE! by Nicholas Oyoo
Arsenal can surprise the division this season if certain things are put together very quickly before the first two matches, against two of our biggest rivals. These games may go a long way to confirm or approve Arsenal’s new set up and the challenge for top honours. Many people are saying it will need a bit of some time for Arsenal to build a challenge.
The new Arsenal manager Unai Emery is very clear and surprisingly open about how he likes to set his teams out, and he has been explaining exactly how he thinks that one striker in his formation allows his teams to be more aggressive and attacking than if he uses the traditional 4-4-2 set up.
SHOULD ARSENAL SET UP A DEADLY FRONTAL ATTACK MODE NEW SEASON? by Nicholas
IN ARSENE’S WORDS – ARE WE TO ASSUME THERE IS A NEW PATTERN ON THE HORIZON? by Nicholas Oyoo