The women’s international break has arrived, and our Gunners will not return to the pitch for Arsenal Women until Sunday 3rd November, when they will travel north to face a very in-form Manchester United. While some may use this time to rest and rejuvenate, others will aim to impress while on international assignment.
Given this, it’s likely that Arsenal’s decision-makers will utilize this opportunity to address their technical bench issues. Jonas Eidevall, Arsenal Women’s manager, resigned last week following a terrible run of results in which his team won only one of four WSL games.
After the break, our Arsenal Women may have a new head coach leading them against Manchester United and subsequent fixtures. The identity of that coach is still a mystery, but most Gooners hope he / she is someone who can activate their attack.
Observing the first half against West Ham, it is evident that the manager, whoever he or she may be, needs to devise a strategy to score goals. The Arsenal Women do everything well, but it’s disappointing that they prefer to pass along the edge of the box rather than try to score.
If we could only get inside the opposition’s box and shoot more, we might have a greater chance of punishing opponents; Rosa Kafaji’s goal in Sunday’s 2-0 win over West Ham was a sign of what can happen when we get in there and take a shot.
A debut goal to remember 🤩 pic.twitter.com/pXSCy6A18T
— Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) October 21, 2024
Furthermore, giving Kafaji extra game time could be a strategy to gain an advantage. She appeared pretty threatening throughout her time on the pitch. Therefore, our new women’s boss will need to find a way to make the Arsenal women’s attack click.
What do you think Gooners? What do you think is missing at the moment?
Michelle M
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Playing a 4-4-2 will give you two strikers.
Stina made her usual run, Rosa peeled off into the box like a 9. We have the midfield to supply 2 runners
Michelle, i reckon what we need is to play 4-3-3 and identify the players for each weak area in our team so as to turn it into a strong one …. eg
1 strengthen the midfield, imho we need a big strong centre half … and actually we have one, waiting, Katie Reid, she s absolutely the best player, potentially, in the WSL .but we need her to have more minutes, not just 5 minutes at the end… play Laia on the right, Katie in the middle and Lia on the left
2 establish Stina as regular and starting centre forward, in training practice the combination with her in the centre and Caitlin crossing from the left, or Emily from the right…Practice also Stina heading high balls down to each side, laying off Mariona on her left and Beth on her right
in summary, we have the squad, we just need them to knit comfortably together, as a team, play to their strengths and play in a position to enhance their natural game
the names i put in my comment are examples only, we have such a large talented squad, we have the benefit of substitutions, Renee knows their skills and can follow their fitness and levels of incentive, she will work out the best system and in case we happen to come 2nd or 3rd in the WSL, let s sere them play as a team and ENJOY their football, everyone needs that, and i think one brilliant player in particular (i won t name her) … i m writing in lower case letters from now on, so as not to be taken for an angry supporter, i m a grateful supporter putting forward my thoughts , for what they are worth, lol