Saturday 21 November 2009

Sunderland 1 - Arsenal 0: Horrible

No match review, all I'll say is the team never showed personality, Wenger gets a -10 for his tactical knowledge, and Gazidis gets a -10 for his transfer dealings, we sell a striker and don't replace him? Get real, to win a title, be it the FA Cup or the Championship, we need a squad for it, all it took is an injury to one player and we froze up, disgrace.


Almunia 0
Sagna -2: (Don't attack if you don't know how to, and fix your stamina and technique damnit!)
Traore 0
Gallas 0
Vermaelen 0
Song-Billong 0
Fabregas -2: (Where is a captain when the tough times come?)
Ramsey -3: (Don't expect a first team start in a bigger match after this performance)
Nasri 0
Rosicky 0
Eduardo 0

Wenger: -10. Read a book on tactics, your 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1 is commonly seen as a boring 4-5-1 today. Why buy Vela and not play him from the start? You see the crosses aren't working, and you put Walcott and tell him to put more crosses in? You see your 4-5-1 isn't working, and that Sunderland are only have 1 striker, have you heard of using 3 at the back? It is better to lose 2-0 on the break than losing 1-0 without attempting to change. Without changing tactics, we will not win titles, please buy a book on them, I'm getting tired of sticking to one style of play all the time.

2 comments:

DaStuDawg said...

I'm a fan of your work in general, but come on, doesn't this seem a bit reactionary?

I think there were clear flaws in our gameplan, but there's no need to be so hyperbolic.

NewGooner said...

It is clear and preventable deficiencies like this that ensures we won't win the league. Also if we were serious about winning the league, we won't be making the same mistakes we have made for years, not taking the game to 'Northern' teams, not reacting when they get the upper hand, both the players and Wenger.

If the players don't react on the pitch, Wenger has 3 substitutes to change the game, and too often he reacts too late.

Also he never alters his tactics. It is 1 way or nothing, but other teams can change tactics often, why can't we?