Ian Wright has changed his mind about Arsenal’s pressing transfer need, which he emphasized in the tweet below.
We need a killer. pic.twitter.com/BqnwJ0wFMO
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) January 7, 2024
Some Arsenal fans refuse to believe that even if they do not recruit a striker this winter, they can still win the league.
Looking at their forwards squandering opportunities in the last few games and hearing pundits suggest Arsenal is just a striker away from winning the 2023–24 Premier League, it is understandable that the Gooners are keen on a striker being signed this winter.
Unfortunately, there are various obstacles in Arsenal’s pursuit of a striker; due to FFP, the Gunners may end up not signing one.
Notably, on the Kelly and Wrighty show, Ian Wright stated that Arsenal may not need to sign a striker; instead, they should investigate why their attackers, who were in form last season, are now underperforming. “I don’t think so no, with time to reflect, watching that game, I was seeing so many chances created and missed, and it was so frustrating.
“But with hindsight, I probably wouldn’t have put that tweet out, but that’s how it goes,” said Wright of the conversation that Arsenal are in desperate need of a striker. “We’re creating chances; to have four players in double figures last season nowhere near their numbers, it’s an anomaly; it’s not right what’s going on.”
According to Wright’s argument, Arteta and his technical bench must analyze what they are doing wrong in reference to their attacking play. They can consider changing their training techniques, changing how they set up in attack, playing with a front two, or their forwards swapping positions during play.
Yes, Arsenal would benefit from buying a striker, but they can still win the league without that deal, as seen last season. Last season, their defensive collapse cost them the league but they still scored goals regularly.
Let us all hope that Arteta has had a chance to rectify these misses while he was in dubai…
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Perhaps question the same tactic utilized almost every game?
Perhaps the slow, snail-like build up? The endless slow sideways passing?
Last year our build up and passing was faster and more direct, not giving defenses time to organize. Saka and Martinelli, even Odegaard, benefited from the gaps and space.
Now defenses have time to organize and double team our wingers, and our strikers are not clinical with their chances. Havertz has not moved the needle in the attack, and we have not found the remedy so far.
Perhaps a change of tactics before spending another 100 million or more in the market?
Couldn’t agree more.
I’m fascinated by how often I hear “But, we created so many chances… one should be able to put it into the net”
Half chances count as a chance. So if you take a shot and hit a defender that is also classed as a chance.
Due to this new tactic of controlling the game and making 7 billion passes across the width of the field for possession stats we will always make more half chances than a full bloodied attempt on goal.
The way we build up attacks means that the opposition will always get goalside and back into a low block.
We could buy Osimhen, Benzema, Mbappe and Haaland but due to the lethargic way we approach any meaningful attack it would be utterly pointless as by the time they recieve the ball they would be marked out of the transition and with very little space to manoeuvre.
It explains why Saka and Martinelli are struggling for any kind of rhythm and form as they are not receiving the ball QUICK enough to run into any kind of space.
Very good comments Durand and NB. Much of what plays into several of the problems you mentioned imo comes from the fact that none of the build up is being linked by Xhaka this season and very little from Partey. These guys were the main cogs last season in breaking down the defences with long passes before they settled in. This resulted in freeing up space so necessary to effectively convert chances.
You are one of a few who really understand why we need Partey .Its sad that people sing some midfielders name and they cant see his shortcomings
When a legend speaks – listen. The arm chair Arteta Fan Club would not like to listen to Ian. Hope the winter break is used to find our free flowing fast paced attack of last year and not to buy football boots from the mall. If that needs dropping KH so be it. But will the manager be brave enough to do so? Will he put his ego above the club requirements? Will he admit his 65M signing is unfit for EPL? Or will he give him this seasons 18 games and next season 38 games to prove that he is no flop? Lets wait and watch how he deals with Roy Hodgson’s men next.
We are doomed. Don’t want to sound like a pessimist but I don’t see us winning the EPL or Champions League without resolving the LB and CF positions. It’s a two horse race; Liverpool and ManCity. It will take some tactical genius to get this current squad outperforming Real Madrid/Bayern Munich/ City, so we can rule out Champions league.