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Schmeichel Albrighton, Dragovic, Maguire, Chilwell Mahrez, Choudhury, Ndidi, Diabate Barnes Vardy

Would have loved to see a Pereira and Mahrez partnership

I think we need to sign two first choice wingers if Mahrez goes. A LW and RW. Diabate and Albrighton as back up.

With Wengers departure, Arsenal might have a rough transition period like United did which makes breaking into the top 6 do-able next year imo.

Sean Maguire too

But people want Dragovic and he isn’t a leader ? Our defensive issues are deeper than just having a leader at the back who can organise the others.

Welbeck

Schmeichel Amartey, Hughes, Maguire, Chilwell Mahrez, Choudhury, Ndidi, Diabate Barnes Vardy Knight & Thomas on the bench.

how do you find these stats? That’s impressive

Yeah I guess it’s be similar to the Iborra/Ndidi partnership. Choudhury sits back like Iborra does, giving Ndidi the freedom to get around the pitch.

What about a Ndidi and a Choudhury partnership? The defence needs protection and might give our attacking players more freedom.

Pearson, Shakey and Walsh

What is the usual outcome of all that possession though? We are more likely to give the ball away in a dangerous area than create a chance because we don’t play possession with a purpose. It’s all backwards and sideways.

What has him being French got to do with anything. Even with Iborra and Ndidi, Puel’s style of play puts our defence under pressure. Because after a hundred sideways and backwards passes we eventually lose the ball in a dangerous area and the opposition can counter.

The teams shape, working as a unit, how the midfield shields the defence, defending from the front, etc. All of this is non existent under Puel - we’ve seen opposition players get inbetween the lines every week.

We have no defensive structure under Puel. Without any defensive structure to the side there will be individual mistakes.

We only have two players over six foot, defending set pieces against Burnleys giants is going to be a nightmare ffs.

Shame Dewsbury-Hall isn’t on the bench. A lot of our u23s really could have taken the next step this year by going out on loan or being in and around the first team squad. A few of the lads need a chance next season. If we can promote from within we’ll save a load on transfer fees too.

Is it possible our group was rigged last year? We got the easiest possible group..

What happened

Can’t wait for Pearson, Shakey, Walsh, Drinky, Kingy and the rest of the lads to be reunited in the summer. We’re gonna win the league.

Drinkwater is better than Iborra and Silva from what we’ve seen so far. Would love to have him back.

Isn’t he naturally a CB that’s playing RB? Doubt he could solve our problems at RB tbh

We should have improved upon our previous style, not changed it so radically. Look at Atletico Madrid as an example, they are a counter attacking team like we were. But they have added elements like keeping possession to their counter attacking style, not just abandoned it completely. Do we? It looks like we’re going one way and that’s to play possession football. We’re becoming as one dimensional as we ever have been. When have we played counter attacking football under Puel?

This happens quite frequently even with Ndidi in the side. Iborra being the deepest CM is only able to move at a snails pace off the ball, so any opposing midfield with some good movement can get in between the lines very easily. Our defensive structure is non existent and is one of the reasons our defence looks so poor.