Arsenal's struggles have seen them hit a 16-year low, with a fourth successive defeat in all competitions suffered at Brighton on Sunday. Who do you think should take the blame for Arsenal's failure? Coach? Players? Or Board?
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Experts of last DAILY TOPIC: If a team only had 10 players, which position would you sacrifice and why?
It will depend on few circumstances like how important match it is, how good is the opponent team and which player is not available for the match(the 11th one).
But, in general, the most probable places foregone would be CAM and Striker...of which CAM will be most preferred.. As being foregoing CAM, it will not affect team's performance much and this formation will be a more balancing one... In case ST being left out, midfielders will join the attack can compensate for missing Striker...
I would play a 3-4-1-1 formation in which my wingbacks would give me much needed width and 3cbs would help me protect my goal with 1dm in front of them along with a cm, in front of them would be my no.10 in a free role who can roam around the final third to create chances for my striker.
If I were to choose 10 men for a football team then I would go up with the 3-3-2 formation.
2 strikers are more than enough for a particular game. The defence should be made as strong as possible keeping in mind that the team has only 2 players in the extreme attacking position we should not concede more GOALS for than it becomes more difficult to score GOALS.
And also if we are in a one goal lead we can focus or full attention on the defensive part and when the opposition did not get GOALS needed they will put more attention in the forward leaving the back empty
That moment will be the best moment score GOALS.
JUNAID_sXl
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Every time you think Arsene Wenger has reached his lowest point, this Arsenal team find a way to plumb new depths. No leadership, no heart and no character. Their latest surrender was an embarrassment, a betrayal of Arsenal’s traditions and Wenger’s legacy. One half of the team have lost all confidence, the other half looked as if they did not care and Wenger appears to have lost his ability to change the mood from their worst run in 16 years. Not since October 2002 have Arsenal lost four games in a row and looking at this performance it is difficult to know where the next win will come from. Arsenal are falling apart, Wenger’s departure cannot come soon enough and yet the body language of some of the players absolutely stinks as they do not seem ready to fight for their beleaguered manager let alone the shirt. Mesut Ozil walked through the first half, Henrik Mkhitaryan lacked any sort of courage and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looked lost and bewildered as if he cannot believe the mess he has got himself into. Arsenal’s away supporters chanted: “We want Wenger Out” during the first half with their team 2-0 down. There was no banner, no plane flying overhead, just a concerted effort from fans who have had enough. I TRULY believe that the fans have supported ARSENAL enough but it's the manger who is unable to motivate their players for the matches
Riaakmory
31
the problem is that we pretend that the current arsenal crisis is only a recent phenomenon when in reality its been more than 10 years in the making. Instead of blaming anybody lets look at the roots of the problem.More than 10 years ago Stan Kronke, with the active support of Arsene Wenger decided that profit maximisation was more important than success on the football field. They developed a strategy that was based on making qualification for the champions league the main objective of every campaign. If, in qualifying for the champions league was supplemented by occasionally winning the FA cup, that was a bonus...but qualifying for the Champions league was the key objective because that brought in the money and therefore the profit. This strategy was underpinned by chronic underinvestment in quality players. This strategy would see over a year period the destruction of the arsenal ethos of class...steel and backbone...as epitomised by the invincibles. in its place emerged an arsenal team that played fabulous football at times but which collapsed whenever they were put under pressure. who of us can still remember the absolute fear didier drogba produced in philliphe senderos whenever arsenal played chelsea? but...the problem for arsene wenger is that the support of stan kronke was entirely dependent on him delivering the coveted champions league place...now that even that has disappated wenger will soon realise that he is no longer invincible...now that he can no longer deliver the profit for kronke he will rapidly become dispensable.
Abdelfattah47
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Should the Coach be held responsible for team's performance? Well, the coach is required to lead the team and develop strategies to make the team successful. However, the coach can only do so much off the field. The players have the responsibility of going on to the field playing well, and communicating with their team mates. Some fans find it appropriate to blame the players, but I guess both parties should share the blame here. A coach can create a perfect game plan and strategy for the team, but if the players ain't motivated, communicating, or happy, then they won't win matches. A team can have motivated star players, but If they're aren't being well prepared and led by a good coach, then they're not going to win matches either. Guess this is what's happening currently at Arsenal.
MarcoMarin7777
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In as much as all of them shares the blame in one way or the other for pulling Arsenal to the ground, Wenger should be made the scape goat for vehemently hanging onto the management of the club and refusing to quit. His philosophy and tactics are outdated and the players now lacks motivation in his methods to push for at least top four. Gone are the days when he rained supreme in the EPL with his famous "Invisibles" but fails to quit when the ovation is still high. A host number of players have left the club due to lack of ambitions to lift the EPL. Van Persie, Fabrigas, Nasri, Sagna, Sanchez etc all left because of one thing, no visible ambition. Now I feel sorry for players like Ozil who just renewed his contract to remain in Arsenal, he is in for a long bumpy ride to redemption.
ritam
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its both wenger and the board,, first of all the board is not serious about the fact that the team is sinking,,they dont give a damn if arsenal finish 5th or 6th,,they just want to spend as less as they can and thats why they are not gonna sack wenger,,wenger dont have the big budget to go for the best players,also his capability as a manager is going down minute after minute,, even whatever squad wenger has he lost his faith on himself,,he know very well that the board dont care if arsenal finish 6th or lower,,so he just playing it cool to get a couple of million pounds at this age,,because beside football he know nothing,he can do nothing.. i will not be surprised if i see wenger in next season at arsenal
ALGERIANLEGEND234
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All of them they are not defending properly so yeah.And Wenger should take the blame because who is creating the tactics and not signing players and not encouraging them?Wenger of course.This team has lost all of their confidence and cannot do anything.Milan is probably going to win the game against them if they do not figure this issue out.They are going to have to face multiple challenges.Wenger Out.I am not an Arsenal fan but they need reinforcements to play alongside the strikers and midfielders and especially the center backs.Arsenal need new players right now and sack Wenger