Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United - 2/1/16 - Post match reaction from page 26

[Dr Venkman]

 

Tiote was far far more effective yesterday at least but I'll not ignore the fact he's been utter garbage prior. Hope he's back to where he was.

 

It's just his usual 'oh, look, he can tackle a bit' performance away to a big team. After this, he'll be trying to nutmeg people on the edge of our box and shooting from 40 yards out on his left foot first time. It's Tiote

[thorin]

After the first 10-15 we "dominated" as good as any. I would actually claim that we made Arsenal play bad (as compared to lots of others in herre who obv thinks Arsenal just played bad from the getgo - which they obv. didn't in ref. to the opening minutes).

 

Season best imho and I think if we continue down this path where it's somewhat controlled possession countering, then we will be good as long as we take SOME of the chances we receive in every match.

 

Looked like a whole new team out there today... and I'm actually amazed at what I saw. Was it SMC who made this happen?

similar things could be said for the performances vs Liverpool and Spurs but that was followed up with 1 point out of 9 vs Villa, Everton and WBA so no I wouldn't say its because of SMC and more by the players to try and impress any scouts watching.

 

Isolated maybe, as we suddenly showed up in those matches.

 

But when I claim season best I'm looking deeper, like the way players interacted, the possession/controlling of the game, the somewhat calmness to take some time instead of just hoofin n poofin like earlier blasting the ball upwards in the hope of something magical happening.

 

Again, I see claims Arsenal played badly... ok, they ran tracks over us for the first quarter, so they just thought - we can't take our chances, let's just have them play for a lil?

 

Still think we made them look bad, due to the organized pressure and interest to actually win the match and trying to do so.

 

That said, it's obv. there's a lack of vision in the centre of the pitch. We need atleast 1 there whom can see the passes that needs to be made forward instead of to the side or backwards which too often happens unf.

 

Also saw Colo both yellin and pointing fingers. Perez tackling like he was Tiote etc. Lots of glimpses today, which has not been seen in the mentioned Spurs and Pool matches imo.

 

We're still doomed tho., so it's not like it's all red roses and whatnot.

[thorin]

-------------Tiote-------------

--------Siss------Gini---------

Thauvin-----------------Perez

-------------Mitro--------------

 

Could it work?

 

That wount work, Sissoko was not doing any good defending wise today, if so he needs to watch some Vieira videos first. Gini did OK, but I think he and Perez switched places today, putting Perez out wide and Gini in the CF role. But at this time, everything could be worth a gambool, I guess.

 

Perez and Thauvin needs to switch sides in that setup however, as that would mean crosses, if they play like that setup they will only go inside on each side - so that setup there wouldn't necessarily mean any more crosses in the box.

[Darth Crooks]

I do think at least with that midfield it would be harder to just bypass than what we have with colback in there.

[Guest]

The midfield had balance yesterday which made a massive difference. You had one protecting the defence, one to keep the ball and the other to try and make something happen. It's not a coincidence we played better as a result. Upgrade Colback and Tiote to better versions and it's the way forward surely.