https://www.suburbangooners.com/2024/02/08/the-arsenal-defensive-chicken-or-egg-situation/ The talk in Block 5... Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.suburbangooners.com/2024/02/08/the-arsenal-defensive-chicken-or-egg-situation/#comment-27701 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:31:31 +0000 https://www.suburbangooners.com/?p=17818#comment-27701 Just lacking strength upfront.

]]> https://www.suburbangooners.com/2024/02/08/the-arsenal-defensive-chicken-or-egg-situation/#comment-27700 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:08:29 +0000 https://www.suburbangooners.com/?p=17818#comment-27700 Saka looks like he has lost a little bit of acceleration and the fact that he is the most fouled player in the league where the opposition is unpunished tells me that Refs are too forgiving to the fouls committed on Saka especially the first half of games where there is a 95% no card show to Saka’s offending fouling opposition. So it is not just the doubling up, but also the refs turning a blind eye. Against the low block, Arsenal are crying out for a strong center forward that can hold up the ball and back into defenders to create space in a low block situation for Saka, Odeguaard or Martinelli to run into those spaces created by the center forward. This is the best way to beat a low block, you either pass the ball a super speed or you muscle your way through with the right type of players that can do that.

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