i am gun king

Chapter 401 New Planning and Winter Transfer
After the game, regardless of the troubles, I will concentrate on preparing for the next round of the Premier League.

On January 1, the Gunners challenged the "Saints" Southampton away.

At St. Mary's Stadium, the Saints played resolutely, while the Gunners still performed poorly.

In the last game, relying on the attack at the last moment, the Gunners defeated the Magpies by some luck.In this round of the game, the Gunners still don't seem to find the sense of offense.

After Bell's return, Arsenal's offense has become somewhat chaotic.

The team sometimes played according to the old tactics before, and sometimes played according to the new tactics of possession of the ball in the frontcourt.In terms of tactical intentions, there were some differences within the team, and the scene naturally became a little chaotic.

Coupled with the fact that Bell's condition after his return from injury is not good, Arsenal's offense naturally has some problems.

As a result, at St. Mary's Stadium, the Gunners were forced to a 86-1 draw by the Saints until the 1th minute. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Li Yuxin used a corner kick to score and scored a valuable three points for Arsenal.

After the end of this game, the Premier League officially entered the winter transfer period.At the same time, the players also get some rest time.

The 22nd round of the league will be held 11 days later.At that time, Arsenal will usher in a strong Manchester City team at their home court.

This is a focus battle directly related to the championship situation.

If the Gunners want to compete for the championship, they must find a way to win this game and strive to cling to the top-ranked teams.

However, before that, they must use this rest time to think about their offensive strategy.

At the same time, Pogba also officially came to Arsenal to report, signing a 4-year contract with a weekly salary of 5 pounds.
At the same time, in today's football, both Arsenal and Barcelona play football that pursues possession.Full text without advertisements Judging from the scene, the football styles of the two teams are very similar.

actually not.

Barcelona's possession rate is much higher than Arsenal's.

Does this mean that Barcelona's offense is more flashy, or that the team is more attack-oriented?

Not necessarily.

Barcelona's football style is to "replace" defense with ball possession, use ball possession to consume the opponent's physical energy, and control the initiative of the game.

Essentially, they are keeping the ball clean as part of their defensive system.

Therefore, they have a lot of inversions in the backcourt, sometimes even so much that they make the audience drowsy.

When the opponent is impatient because they haven't got the ball for a long time, or they are not concentrating, they either use Harvey's precise through pass, or use Iniesta and Messi's quick assault to quickly open the gap in the opponent's defense line, and then complete the fatal blow.

When in possession, Barcelona's offense is very cumbersome and procrastinated, and the scene is not very good.

However, in the process of passing the goal, they only had a few passes. The offensive rhythm is very fast, and the game will become much more exciting.

Therefore, in a sense, Barcelona is not a total attack in the true sense, but a variant of defensive counterattack.

Or, it could be called a "counter attack with the ball".

Compared with the traditional total attack and total defense, the advantages of Barcelona's ball possession and counterattack are obvious, that is, the offense and defense are more balanced, and the advantages on the scene are also greater.

With the same ball possession style, Arsenal's football style is different from Barcelona's. They use a full attack and full defense style of play.

In the past, when their defense was solid, they could play beautiful football and even go unbeaten for seasons.

However, when their defense was no longer so stable, their results became very unstable due to the team's open style of play.Even, sometimes the opponent will score a big score.

Therefore, it can be said that compared with the traditional Italian defensive counterattack, Total Defense is not a very mature tactical system.

The reason is simple, because its offense and defense are not balanced. While focusing on offense, it sacrifices the quality of defense.

Barcelona's approach is to combine total defense and defensive counterattack to transform it into a counterattack with the ball.

So, what about Arsenal?
In the past few years, Wenger has also been trying to transform the total attack and total defense tactics, so that Arsenal can be more gorgeous in offense and defense at the same time.

It's not that the professor who advocates offense doesn't know how to play back with the ball, but he doesn't want to imitate Barcelona's style of play.

He doesn't think that style of play is really an attacking style of play.

What should real attacking football look like?

That is to go to the frontcourt to control the ball!

As a result, Wenger's team was often beaten into a sieve...

It's that simple after all.

Possessing the ball in the frontcourt inevitably requires a large number of troops to be invested in the offense, and even a local advantage in numbers. There are more offensive players than the opponent's defensive players.

There are more players in the front field, and there must be fewer players in the back field, unless you can send 14 players to a game like some teams...

If there are fewer players in the backcourt and the opponent counterattacks, it will be an open field.

Then, there are often scenes where Arsenal players chase after the opponent's striker, and Arsenal's goalkeeper directly deals with the opponent's striker.

In this way, it is strange that the quality of defense can be good.

Lacking the protection of the defensive system, as a goalkeeper at Arsenal, conceding goals has become a common occurrence.

In many cases, the Gunners' goalkeeper will become a scapegoat for the team's poor record.

It can even be said that after Seaman and Lehman got old, the goalkeeper position of the Gunners became a black hole for the goalkeeper.It is rare to have a goalkeeper who can secure the main force in the position of the Gunners goalkeeper, and at the same time receive unanimous praise.

Does it mean that Wenger's tactical thinking is wrong?

In fact, it may not be necessary, but a tactic like Wenger needs a strong enough world-class goalkeeper to support it.

Between 2000-2008, Edelman has been the general manager of the Arsenal club and is one of the main architects of the construction of the Emirates Stadium.He worked with Wenger for 8 years and can be said to be one of the last people to know about the professor.

Not long ago, when Edelman talked about the shortcomings of Arsenal's management, he mentioned this.

"When I used to sit in the conference room, I used to hear Arsene (Wenger) say 'if you want to win the Premier League, you have to have a world-class goalkeeper'."

"Well, if that's what he believes, has he actually put it into practice? Dern's importance may be underestimated, and having him around will probably ensure that we now have a world-class goalkeeper."

David.Dunn was once the vice chairman of the Gunners. Edelman said this to explain the importance of Dunn to the Gunners.

It is difficult to explain clearly the grievances and grievances of the Gunners management.

But Edelman's words at least illustrate one point, that is, Wenger has wanted a world-class goalkeeper for a long time.

In Wenger's tactical system, the role of a world-class goalkeeper is very, very important.It can even be said to be the core of his frontcourt possession style of play.

In his tactical style of play, the goalkeeper is the defensive core of the entire team. He not only undertakes the task of protecting the goal, but also mobilizes limited defensive players in a timely manner to organize the team's last line of defense.

In the case that the defensive players cannot return to the defensive position, the goalkeeper must also attack in a timely manner and act as a sweeper on the defensive line.

Great range of control, excellent defensive command ability, clear mind, smart judgment and position selection, excellent one-on-one defensive ability, excellent psychological quality...

Not all goalkeepers possess such quality as a goalkeeper.

For this tactical play, Wenger has been studying for many years.The Gunners' tactics over the years are all derived from his ideal formation.

Unfortunately, he never found his ideal goalkeeper.

Until, he signed Buffon in the summer of 11.But in general, Arsenal is playing more pragmatically now, sometimes it is defensive counterattack and sometimes it is possession of the ball in the frontcourt!
Due to the relatively intensive competition, Wenger did not have much time to adjust his tactics, so the team's record was also affected.

Now that the league has entered a truce, Wenger is naturally thinking about some team tactical issues and helping the team unify their tactical thinking.

In fact, there is not much difference between Li Yuxin's style of play and the frontcourt possession style of play.

However, the team still needs to make some minor adjustments in the layout of tactical details, the distribution of ball rights for players in possession, the movement of players in the backcourt, and the offensive routines at the front of the penalty area.

Li Yuxin himself is a very comprehensive player. He can not only score goals by himself, but also has many skills such as making the ball, assisting, passing, and controlling the ball.

Therefore, it is not very difficult for Li Yuxin to lead the new offensive system.

However, it takes a little time.

In this rare league truce, Wenger began to seize the time to practice new tactics.

If the old tactics can maximize Li Yuxin's personal ability, then the new tactics can activate the Gunners' frontcourt offensive ability, and can make both Li Yuxin and Bell feel like ducks in water.

Wenger is confident that as long as the new offensive system is built and the team is running in, Arsenal's performance in the second half of the season will definitely be better than the first half of the season.

Therefore, Professor ********* is all in the drill of the team's new tactics.

As for the winter transfer period, Wenger has no idea.

For the Gunners, if they want a tactic that better fits the team, it is best to introduce a winger who is good at breakthroughs during the winter transfer period, such as Lucas Jr.; and then sign a central defender with fast speed, good positioning and clear mind, such as Thiago.Silva.

Whether it is Lucas Jr. or Thiago.Silva is a dream player.

The so-called dream level means just dreaming, thinking about it, and you can do it.

I really want to buy these two players, but the Gunners really can't afford them.In the summer transfer period, Arsenal have basically overdrawn their transfer fee for two years in order to buy the dream player Ozil...

Arsenal have no idea about the winter transfer period because they currently lack sufficient transfer funds.

However, other teams are not.

In this winter, many teams with sufficient financial resources are ready to make a difference, even a big one.

(End of this chapter)