If you play 5-4-1 with our players, you have to have a clear strategy to work the ball quickly into the opposition final third.
Let's see if there is a strategy or not.
Just picture the game with Dummett there and you'll most likely get a better view overall.
Dummett is a decent defender and not too slow. A fit Dummett isn't as bad as Lewis was yesterday.
So many teams have managers who instil a clear philosophy of play and approach each game with a forensic plan to ensure they get the most out of their players and nullify what the opposition have to offer.
We have Steve Bruce who plays the most basic of 4-4-2 systems and sends long balls up to a diseased carthorse.
Didn't Arteta want it?
I very much doubt it. He was linked, but I can't remember anything to suggest that he really wanted the job.
I mean, we ended up with Bruce. That's enough evidence to suggest nobody decent will work for Mike Ashley.