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raumdeuter:
Arsenal can be very dangerous when they have nothing to lose like today. They have nothing to lose. Even if Barcelona beats them by 2-0 they would find a way to spin it into some form of moral victory

bigkesh:
M pleased.... Its not like you won't beat them silly in spain

Ibeme:
Im excited by Conte rumours and excited by rumours that he's asked for Naingolann for the midfield.

No more ninny football.

I hope the rumours of bringing in Walter Sabatini as TD are true also, so we can finally get rid of that ninny-stocking, Brazilian-loving, building teams with no leaders/communicators, incompetent poossy called Emenalo.

bigkesh:
Arsenal were cool and comfortable until Wenger showed us why he went 10 years without a trophy.....
They were containing them well,why did he choose to attack and leave spaces at the back....

Messi,Neymar and esp Suarez found in difficult in the first 45mins because there was no space at all...And Wenger had to just give them that.....


Pressing barca is a very difficult task,when they get the ball from the back the two CBs split very wide almost as wing backs with busquet and iniesta dropping deep to orchestrate the play..........
The wing backs are high up their half while MSN goes narrow
If you press them they play it to the wings and back to the center and to the other wing, by then the space is open to penetrate.........

They did it time and time and time again and Wenger was just looking.....

You can't press them with 4-5-1,you will have to do it man to man and even at that a dribble of a poor marking from just a player will open a really big space....

The best way to do it is 3-4-3 like guardiola did for 45mins at nou camp,that way you mark everyone



The best way with very little risk is 8-1-1,block anything

Spy360:
I buy your 3-4-3 idea, but that is not the only way to beat Barcelona. Other methods like the one Wenger applied are equally effective.

He had two speedy wingers in Sanchez and Ox, to play quick counters and keep Barca's overlapping fullbacks in check. That way they lack the necessary width to breakdown the defence.

Also it gives you a room to attack because you want to win too. You have to score.

Again as a team which can also keep the ball the 4-5-1 was perfect. Any team that can hold the ball in midfield for 30secs can do Barca serious harm.

That said, it was obvious that the team created clear scoring chances but their finishing was very poor, infact a disgrace. This summarises Arsenal this season- create tonnes of chances but very poor finishing.

Having said so, it does not mean that any team can then beat Barca. They have so much quality that whatever tactics you come up with, you can ONLY PRAY.

Spy360:
I buy your 3-4-3 idea, but that is not the only way to beat Barcelona. Other methods like the one Wenger applied are equally effective.

He had two speedy wingers in Sanchez and Ox, to play quick counters and keep Barca's overlapping fullbacks in check. That way they lack the necessary width to breakdown the defence.

Also it gives you a room to attack because you want to win too. You have to score.

Again as a team which can also keep the ball the 4-5-1 was perfect. Any team that can hold the ball in midfield for 30secs can do Barca serious harm.

That said, it was obvious that the team created clear scoring chances but their finishing was very poor, infact a disgrace. This summarises Arsenal this season- create tonnes of chances but very poor finishing.

Having said so, it does not mean that any team can then beat Barca. They have so much quality that whatever tactics you come up with, you can ONLY PRAY.

Spy360:
I buy your 3-4-3 idea, but that is not the only way to beat Barcelona. Other methods like the one Wenger applied are equally effective.

He had two speedy wingers in Sanchez and Ox, to play quick counters and keep Barca's overlapping fullbacks in check. That way they lack the necessary width to breakdown the defence.

Also it gives you a room to attack because you want to win too. You have to score.

Again as a team which can also keep the ball the 4-5-1 was perfect. Any team that can hold the ball in midfield for 30secs can do Barca serious harm.

That said, it was obvious that the team created clear scoring chances but their finishing was very poor, infact a disgrace. This summarises Arsenal this season- create tonnes of chances but very poor finishing.

Having said so, it does not mean that any team can then beat Barca. They have so much quality that whatever tactics you come up with, you can ONLY PRAY.

lordfalcao:
throw away Giroud, give welbeck more time... wenger should go and look for a traditional 9

Bimffo:
Chelsea are hopeful of finalising a deal to make Antonio Conte their next manager and will give the Italian GBP130 million to spend.

Source: Airtel message (244)

raumdeuter:
Maybe na another Vidal Conte wan buy

hensben:
I like conte's tactical football(what Italian coaches are good at) but his formation(3-5-2) is my worries. That formation can only work in Seria A due to their general slow pace with the ball unlike in epl.

elrony:
He should take over and play 3-5-2 and watch Chelsea van Gaaled....

raumdeuter:
Maybe na another Vidal Conte wan buy

hensben:
I like conte's tactical football(what Italian coaches are good at) but his formation(3-5-2) is my worries. That formation can only work in Seria A due to their general slow pace with the ball unlike in epl.

Griffon:
A formation would work in any league if only executed well. Would you claim that European football was slow paced when LvG won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 using the 3-4-3 formation? Or that the 2014 WC was slow paced when he LVG finished 3rd with Netherlands using the 3-man defence line?

It wasn't about the league or competition, it was about the tools at LvG's disposal and how effective they responded to instructions.

Van Gaal may not have helped himself at times during his early days at manyoo, but it was a tough gig. And if you want a measure of how tough it was, you need to take a closer look at the mediocrity that resides in that manyoo's team.

Conte can come along with his 3-5-2 if he cares. It's a formation that places a lot of emphasis on space; maximising your own and restricting that of your opponent, and I believe with the acquisition of a weed-smoking defensive midfielder we can do just fine in it.

Ibime:
Conte is not playing 3-5-2 with Italy. No need speculating. A manager will pick any formation that best suits his players.

lordfalcao:
if conte play 433 do we have the kind of midfielders wey go execute am perfectly

Ibime:
We don't have midfielders that can execute anything perfectly.

Ibime:
We don't have midfielders that can execute anything perfectly.

Ibime:
We don't have midfielders that can execute anything perfectly.

JigsawKillah:
4 from ESP
3 from ENG
2 from GER



I'm not implying anything