I don’t bother my arse posting straight after the game anymore simply because I can’t be arsed trawling thru all the sh*te some of our glory hunter’s try to impress us with…..like Nunez akin to Andy Carroll?….what’s the point of Harvey Elliot …Ffs ??
Dunno if I’m alone here but I thought we were decent last night considering that was the first time we used that formation, and i for one was impressed, ok at times one or two got in each other’s way but in the main it worked, we had cohesion, we pressed as a team, we hunted the ball down each time we lost it, and we have Nunez finding himself in good positions to impact the score, thought he was trying too hard last night but with fine tuning in this system he will deliver, the other real pleasure was we had TAA, the real TAA back to what he does best….WHY ?….because Hendo & Matip covered his ass properly when he charged forward, in his mind he doesn’t have to worry about Having to get back defensively, and that frees him up to deliver accuracy and create chances aplenty,
So what do you do if your Rangers, your up against a side a few levels better, with all the bells & whistles of Champions League experience, do you come out and attack attack attack and hope you get lucky, OR, do you set your team up to make it as difficult as possible, GVB did exactly that, he knew if we we’re at our best it could end up being a damage limitation excercise, we will see a different animal at Ibrox next week, we seen glimpses that they can get in behind, so we’ll need to be cautious ,
Before anyone says…Ah but…it was only Rangers…you can only play what’s in front of you, and to be fair to them i thought they coped admirably, yes on another night, Nunez, Jota, Mo & Diaz will be more clinical but the gulf in both class & quality was evident, we keep harping on about the financial difference between us and City, but have a look at the difference between us and Rangers, pot kettle and black and all that, some head wobbling is required amongst some of us, and perhaps some consideration too !!
The big Question is…does Jürgen stick with this formation V Arse or go back to the 4-3-3, and that ladies and gentle persons is exactly what Arteta will be asking himself, does he set up his team to counter 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 ?? I want us to carry on with the new system, why else buy someone like Nunez if your not gonna change anything, so like I said above we’ll need some fine tuning with time spent on it at the AxA,
We have some belter games coming up, Arse…Rangers…City important games we need to be maximising our points tally, so I think we’ll see both systems used depending on our fitness and opposition, but we’ll just have to wait and see, we are transitioning so we’ll need to be extra patient.
BRING ON THE ARSE !!
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