Amidst the poor Arsenal performances we have seen recently, there has been some suggestions that Arsenal need a change in formation and/or system. Now I am no tactical genius but I struggle to see why Arsene Wenger (while he knows far more than me) carries on using the same formation he has used and that has failed us for the best part of 4 years (since we were agonisingly close to the title, only for the whole Clichy-Birmingham mess up).
Cazorla aside, I really don’t know who our current system benefits. I know Cazorla is our best player but Wenger first switched to this system to get the best out of Cesc, while Cazorla is brilliant, he is no Cesc Fabregas. First of all is the suggestion that has been mentioned a lot in the last couple of years – playing 2 strikers.
Podolski seems like the the kind of player who would rather be making darting runs beyond and dropping off a no.9 as oppose to getting to the byline and crossing the ball, as he does in our current 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 formati...
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November 17, 2012
