| Sunday, December 3, 2006 |
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Same old Arsenal? |
 Myles may have said it first but it's been on my mind for more than a year, this isn't the same Arsenal!
When scribes and fans speak about Arsenal playing brilliant football they are simply dieting on memories. This team is not playing exciting football. It's just not the same Arsenal.
I expected some fall-out, because the fulcra of Vieira, Pires and Cole are not easily retooled. But I never expected such a radical change in the Club's style. And it's not just the system.
The old Wenger philosophy was predicated on taking the ball swiftly from defence to attack, and the team was so effective that Arsenal earned the reputation as a counter-attacking team. Today fans say the team can't counter-attack because the opposition plays ten men behind the ball. What rubbish!
After all those years of being dominated and embarrassed you want me to believe that teams only discovered a negative methodology after Vieira left? That's just nonsense.
Is it not more sensible to believe that the old Arsenal were able to overcome that strategy with a quicker transition? Am I the only cunt seeing this?
Blimey and sheesh!
This Arsenal team is a much more conservative team than we'd like to admit.
I cannot recall the last time I've seen an Arsenal centre-midfielder take the ball from deep and drive forward. The spontaneity in attack isn't there anymore.
And there are deeper concerns. How many of you saw Henry being clattered time after time by the Liverpool centre-backs?
If Arsenal continues to play Thierry as a bullseye with his back to goal, how long will it be before the centre-backs strike the target and he suffers a serious injury?
It just doesn't make sense to me that we would disarm (to an extent), the most lethal weapon in world football.
And it'll never make sense.
This year should be Henry's peak year and after signing a long-term deal (because the future seemed so bright) I thought we'd showcase him rather than sacrifice him.
So I ask again, am I the only cunt seeing this?
To be fair, the new Arsenal has been moderately successful. Fabregas continues to improve in his free role and his defending, in particular, has improved tremendously. But that only adds to the mystery.
If this whole new Arsenal was contrived to assist Fabregas' development then we need to test his progress by playing the way only Arsenal can. And quickly, before we forget how to...
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