Van Persie – We will need more than draws
Source:Arsenal.com
I would like to comment on his quotes;
“If we had those six points…,” he went on before interrupting himself. “But this is if, if, if.
“We are working hard but we know we are not there yet. We are not scoring enough goals and we are not playing well enough. But everyone is staying positive and we are trying to help each other. The basics are there, it’s just up to us to finish it off now.
I would not blame them on Tottenham game yesterday but a 0-0 draw with Hammers at home was just unacceptable
And I would like to know WHEN WE WILL BE “THERE”?Is it when we are against weaker teams like Sunderland and West Brom,who are our next two fixtures teams.
We need to handle;
1.Bus Parking Strategies
2.Physical disadvantage
3.Counter-attack speed
4.Defence against counter-attack
Currently,the worst problem is the bus parking strategies employed by those teams,hoping to share a point with us.This strategies made us can’t score,or struggle to score.Our attack,passes seems heading to a dead end.Perhaps this is cause by absence of Flamini and Fabregas.
Secondly is our physical disadvantage.Our small and skinny players look weak and that could be the reason our players injured much more often than other teams’ players.But this is not a big problem and can be solved if we have a more solid game.
Our counter-attack has been so slow until it’s not called counter-attack anymore and I do think this is related to our second problem which is physical disadvantage.To a striker to play against 2-3 defenders is a tough job and a bigger body and more powerful muscle is always welcome to fight this defenders.But we did not really rely much on counter-attack so,it’s not a big problem anyway.
But our small-sized defenders will have problems handling those aggressive strikers,and that’s the reason why we get conceded sometimes and played like hell just to get a draw against the team which we should had won easily.
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