Source:Arsenal.com
Does Wenger mean Henry cannot play in team?And this contributes to Arsenal poor performance,even if Henry is in the game?
But I think we can compare with Rodrigo Palacio,if he sign a deal with Gunners.Why?I personally think the purpose of this deal is to directly replace Henry as Arsenal’s skipper.But if he didn’t come to Arsenal,it is all-talk only.
There’s another interesting article at Arsenal.com
I would like to quote some of Wenger’s comment here.
“A number of issues affected the way we played in our first year at the stadium. The pitch is bigger so we needed to show more patience. We were used to getting from one end of the pitch to the other very quickly at Highbury so we had to adapt. In previous years we scored a lot of counter-attacking, direct goals, but at Emirates teams have more time to regroup behind the ball. Because of that we scored a lot of different types of goals last season.
“Another lesson we had to learn was to use the width of the pitch more effectively and get more crosses into the box. You could see that we were getting there last season. We became more dangerous with our crosses and more patient in our build-up. We became more efficient in closing our opponents down too. I felt we allowed them too much space early in the season but that has changed.
I agree with his view about the new stadium’s size compared to Highbury.Highbury is a quite a small place anyway and the difference between new ground(Emirates) and Highbury is very big,therefore affecting Arsenal’s way of playing.But someone can argue we can play reasonably well in Old Trafford or Bernabeu where their place is not small if compared with Emirates.Anyway,if he wants to prove that Arsenal had changed,Arsenal must do better in next season.Arsenal had embarrassed by smaller teams like West Ham etc. last season.
“The negative history which afflicted some teams at Highbury did not exist last season. Instead, visiting teams were motivated to win their first game at Emirates Stadium and were not dragged down by bad memories at the ground. An element of that will have gone in the new season but, most importantly, we have found an efficient way of playing and can rely on our own strengths.
It’s normal when you change to something new to us.I remembered when my father changed car from a car with manual transmission to auto transmission,my father still likes to shift gears even though he did not have to in the beginning.But of course as you become more familiar with it,you possess more confidence and skills.
“Indeed, I think there are two things that summed up last season. First, if you make a table of the results against the other teams in the top four, then we are top. Then if you make a table against the teams in the top half, Manchester United have 43 points, we have 40, so do Chelsea, and Liverpool have 33.“That shows that we lost the championship against teams in the bottom half of the table. So that is where we will have to be much more efficient this season. We have to be consistent in our mental preparation, in our ruthlessness as well.
The keyword in EPL is “consistency”.In EPL,the club have to be always winning,getting the full three points and prevent others to get their three points(with a win against your opponent).
“There are plenty of positives to take from last season. The mental strengths of my team are clear: we were behind in more games than anyone else but kept coming back. We lost only one game when we were leading – and that was against Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final.
“We scored 21 goals in the final 15 minutes of league games. The next highest was 15 or 16 so we are by far the most efficient team in the last 15 minutes. All of that tells you that we have a mixture of mental strengths, of potential, but that there is also a naivety, and sometimes we have not been ruthless enough when we could have killed games off. It is these two ingredients which have to be improved.
I didn’t like that.It’s better to get a ‘headstart’ rather than ‘jumpstart’.I mean we should not always chasing from behind.You wouldn’t like to chase time,or racing with time.And this explains why Arsenal drew many games this season.Usually Arsenal were conceded a goal,and then playing hard,conduct many attacks and finally scored an equalizer.Is it good like that?I think it’s better to play hard score goals first and then maintain your play.
DO NOT PLAY FOR DEFENSE AFTER YOU HAVE SCORED A GOAL.I have seen a lot of team .If you watched Asian Cup recently try to recall the game between China and Iran(or Iraq,I don’t sure about that) where China were two goals ahead and Iran/Iraq scored a goal before half-time break.
In second-half,China instead of maintaining their play,they pack all their players for defense and finally,Iran scored the equalizer.Result:China 2-2 Iran.
I hope Arsenal will fare better next season,especially at home.The fans do not like to spend money to watch their favorite team lose or draw.
Technorati tag: Emirates, Arsenal, Eduado, Henry, new home, EPL, home game
Uncategorized arsenal, fans, gunners
