Squad Management

[SDGooner]

@Gunnerpr

we have been studied and blueprints are there for every team now.

For me I’d be looking to change these starting positions.
Martinelli, Havertz, Partey, Odegaard

We played our strongest midfield three for most of the season and we went backwards in control, chance creation, field tilt, giving up chances straight through the heart of midfield consistently. Playing Rice Partey Odegaard I just think we’re gonna have more of the same.

Imagine Zubimendi Rice Wirtz not only is it completely elite but every team will have to figure out how to nullify it.

I don’t think we have been found out. Like you say yourself later in your post. It’s the current crop of players that don’t fit the style of play.

We’re dependent on Rice, Havertz, Martinelli and Trossard for the left midfield/(false) striker position. None of these guys possess the technical level to play the short passing game required too break teams down.

[Darkseid]

What style of play is it supposed to be?

Because these problems can exist even with better players

The way they are coached is a problem in itself

[Midfield_Maestro]

@RockyMaivia

That article is insane. Sell Kiwior and Trossard. Release BOTH Partey and Jorginho.

How much work would we have to do in the transfer window? One of the biggest problems was our laughable bench we had the pain of seeing in approximately 70% of our games.

Football Manager fans crack me up. Have no grasp on the reality of squad management lol

[Wivenswold]

It’s not all Football Manager players, just the stupid ones.

Do all people who use sweeping generalisations have no grasp on the reality of the nuances of how the human brain works?

[Starboy]

Squad management also involves maximising income and getting some dollar back for players.

I.e Kiwior (rotate the backup) and Leo (replace with younger).

Can’t just keep everyone til they’re 32 and then replace.

[SDGooner]

What do you mean? You don’t think players who can actually play in the short passing (unlike Rice or Havertz) or have positional awareness (unlike Martinelli) or who can combine from the false 9 position, like Jesus in his first season, won’t improve us?

[Darkseid]

Nah, that’s not what I mean

What I’m saying is despite the fact we need personnel upgrades the very system itself needs to change because I can see issues persisting even with better players

Current personnel doesn’t mean you have to play such slow, repetitive and at times ponderous football, Arteta hasn’t been able to conjure solutions for a team which is very much made in his image up until this point

[YJYUX]

There have been clear iterations of style of play during Arteta’s short reign to be fair.

Season 1 = give it to the fullback and swing in crosses at will

Season 2 = horse-shoe of death, pass, pass, pass

Season 3 = better pool of players, clearer, more incisive passing, if a little too gung-ho but enjoyable to watch

Season 4 = similar to the above but with more patience and focus on pressing/work rate

Season 5 = controlled, slower, more defensive and reliant on strengths of big individuals in the team

Arteta is never going to be that coach like Ange or Flick who exposed themselves at one end and rely on the front winning it for them. Nor will he be a spam it to the best player guy like Klopp/Slot/Ten Hag.

I think we will be reverting back to a system to that of season 4 with the arrivals of some players we have e been linked with.

[Starboy]

And also with the players we have returning to fitness and form.

I really am convinced that we haven’t purposely played slower this season, it’s been a product of the poor form of Odegaard mostly and the injuries around that.

[oompa]

Yeah, this and Jesus being out, he used to make shit happen all the time, both on and off the ball which made football more entertaining to watch. Kai filled in and did alright in terms of the numbers, but the style still changed a bit, he isn’t at his best at #9 imo, though I’m happy he did an alright job when we needed someone to step up.

[GC-Maniac]

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