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dynamic of this game in a way this challenge is not very different from playing some of the mid level premier league sides except that the turks have better final third quality and slightly better technical tactical skills once again patience in attack set piece defending and sharp tempo could be the key to winning the game wenger s side don t really need three points from the away leg but a good result here will help them generate some momentum before a tough test at goodison park it ll be interesting to see if the manager goes for some changes to his starting eleven given the personnel he has the entire front six could be different from those that started the league opener for instance wenger could go with flamini rosicky coquelin campbell giroud ox still looks pretty strong however i don t think wholesale changes are needed or advisable two or three changes are sufficient to maintain freshness without sacrificing continuity the arsenal manager has learnt from previous seasons that a strong line up in away games is the better choice more changes can be made at home particularly in a two legged encounter in which the gunners hold the advantage after the first game giroud will most probably start as sanogo has not travelled with the squad monreal will be another forced change both did well as substitutes in the previous game one more change may come in the form of chamberlain starting in place of wilshere or cazorla i d like to see szczesny debuchy chambers koscielny monreal arteta cazorla ramsey chamberlain giroud alexis some might say santi has not been in the best of form and should be left out many fans might prefer to start campbell in the attacking trio ox or rosicky can also be considered for a central midfield role the defence remains the only real area of concern from a depth point of view hopefully we won t see any injuries wenger has many options and there isn t one outstanding choice you can form four or five starting elevens that can do the job and the bench should also hold a couple of quality players in every case in that sense it s more down to the players to perform on the pitch rather than choices of the manager follow goonerdesi p s if you re interested youtube has full match videos of their home game against feyenoord as well as friendlies against chelsea and fenerbahce through this bein sport channel 9 comments previews tagged arsenal f c besiktas football soccer uefa champions league permalink posted by desigunner arsenal 2 1 crystal palace match thoughts and individual analysis august 18 2014 the start to the premier league was always going to be tough for the gunners as indeed it was for many other teams manchester united lost at home despite numerous seemingly strong performances in preseason everton drew tottenham got lucky and the top two from last year had to fight very hard for their wins in that sense and with the knowledge that the gunners are missing key players the result against palace was a welcome one as wenger often says though we must step back from the result and analyze the game without taking it into consideration it wasn t a great game of football from the gunners there s no denying that at the same time no one should turn a blind eye to the mitigating circumstances and the difficulties faced by other teams that are fighting for the same prizes our analysis must therefore differentiate between the problems that were understandable and excusable and those that need to be addressed urgently i d have easily accepted the reasons insufficient preseason key players missing new players still adapting etc for the below par effort had this been a one off performance but look back at last season objectively and you ll recall quite a few game against mid to low level teams where arsenal had to grind out a result playing ugly and winning can be a good thing but only when it s a rare occurrence in an otherwise dominant run last season the gunners had successful periods but they weren t dominant ones and that was the reason i wasn t too excited about the title challenge you could see it crumbling once the big games came around the first blip came in december and then it was all over by the end of march teams that have to consistently fight very hard to beat the smaller clubs will not be able to repeat those performances against the big sides who offer a much more potent attacking threat and are as an extension more secure at the back so while we should acknowledge the issues that affect the team it s very important to also realize there are certain deeper problems that offer genuine cause for concern 1 too slow in the central third i was expecting palace to sit a little deeper with their two lines right on top of each other with a gap of around 5 7 meters for a while thus it surprised me when they seemed to be pressing around the centre line closer observation made things clearer palace were really just sitting back about 10 15 yards inside their own half while maintaining good spacing from a defensive point of view the gunners had the ball around the centre line but instead of moving it around quickly too many players were looking to make something happen all the time their desire and spirit were admirable but their tactical maturity and game intelligence were not when pass and move works as it s supposed to the opponents are constantly chasing the ball and have very little time to catch their breath but sometimes the players in possession don t make the simple pass that s become available due to a teammates movement and instead wait for another opportunity for a better pass further forward this discourages the teammate who s showed for the ball while the others up front are waiting because they have very little space in a congested area the rhythm of the possession game is disrupted and the opponent gets a chance to close the ball down higher up the pitch this explains how the eagles were able to press the ball in the centre they were not very good at it though and committed many fouls they committed 19 fouls in this game and 12 of those came in the central third of the pitch 12 19 fouls in the central third better teams would have a few successful tackles there instead of the fouls and these would lead to very dangerous counter attacking opportunities to an extent arsenal s problem was understandable the two players on the right flank were debutants and the midfield combination with wilshere and ramsey in box to box roles isn t the usual one sanogo hasn t played too many games at the centre of the attack either it s hard to find fluidity under such circumstances most of wenger s teams played their best football when the players get a run of games together and there is some stability while it is completely understandable it s also not good enough to win the major titles anymore injury problems need for rotations fixture congestion and other factors mean that the same line up cannot play bulk of the games it is as a result absolutely imperative that wenger finds a way to develop the tactical level of his players so they can find the fluidity irrespective of the starting eleven and other circumstances they have to rely on their passing and movement to create pockets of space rather than waiting for space to appear in which they can play the killer pass it can be tedious but the degree of precision and efficiency they achieve in this process will have a direct bearing on where they finish the season 2 defensive thought and set piece preparation palace were resolute in defence and worked very hard credit to them for that however it s impossible to say they offered any offensive threat whatsoever despite that the gunners some contrived to make mistake after mistake in gifting them a goal this is another major cause for concern it started with a poor pass from chambers part of it is excused by his youthful exuberance and inexperience we can also appreciate that he was trying to do something positive this though was another case of a player taking unnecessary risk when many simpler options were available it is very important that defensive players centre backs defensive midfielders full backs in defensive positions are constantly aware of the shape of the team at any given moment and work very hard to ensure they don t lose the ball and never in a central area because that completely opens the game up for the opponent once chambers gave the ball away and the counter attack was on the second mistake came from szczesny he s been trying to play the sweeper as was obvious from a couple of preseason games but he clearly doesn t know how to pick the right moments i thought koscielny was in a good position to deal with the ball and the pole could have stayed back without any problems having decided to charge forward szczesny again betrayed his inability to assess danger as he lumped the ball forward into a very dangerous area where there was no teammate to challenge a grateful opponent i don t know whether he was trying to play a pass cum clearance in which case it was poor execution or if simply didn t think about what he was doing the best option for the keeper in such cases is to put the ball out of play this gives everyone a chance to get back into position obviously he d have to adjust his body shape as he arrived at the ball in order to hit it towards the touchline time would not have been a problem had he been clear about it from the moment he sensed danger the errors by chambers and szczesny show a lack of defensive thought that has repeatedly plagued the arsenal defence over the years in one form or another koscielny made a good block although the shot was probably going wide and then a good tackle as the ball went out of play the danger should have been averted but for arsenal s set piece vulnerability there must have been some analysis in the summer that suggested that the gunners didn t need a man on any post maybe there is merit to it which will be proven in the long run this is something we should keep an eye on the main problem in defending that corner seemed to be a poor understanding of roles for instance sanogo was at the near post usually strikers are needed there and do a good job of clearing such balls however when chamakh made a run and took up a position just in front of him the youngster seemed confused koscielny then pointed and presumably said something after which the lanky forward went a couple of steps ahead to mark one of his predecessors that little movement probably meant the ball was able to float over his head and drop perfectly for hangeland the goalscorer s run and arsenal s response to that also showed the problems with the requirements of the system as understood by the players initially it was sanchez marking the giant defender in fairness the chilean was simply marking a zone probably pre assigned in training that the norwegian was occupying at first alexis went with the run of the former fulham man as if by instinct and then confused he let him go glancing back with a worried look to check if his zone had been compromised all this while koscielny was not aware of his counterpart s movement and it was too late by the time he reacted a lot of these things came together for that goal to materialize had arsenal put a man on the back post or if sanogo had held his ground or if sanchez communicated to koscielny the moment hangeland made that run this goal could have been averted or at least made much harder to score with pressure on the header mertesacker s return should help things but i think a lot more work is needed on the training ground 3 too many take ons the gunners attempted 37 take ons and lost most of them alexis was successful with 3 of his 10 attempts ramsey managed 1 out of 6 sanogo had a fifty percent success rate from his four attempts and cazorla did just better with 5 out of 8 although he lost a couple that broke promising moments down this numbers are too high and corroborate the tendency to do too much as discussed earlier when things are not going your way it s better to revert to the basics and keep things simple i d rather they lost possession trying intricate combinations with quick touches or when making more runs in behind or via intercepted through balls rather than lost take on attempts that said we should see some improvement on this front once the players get their sharpness back nevertheless it would be better if they re aware of their sharpness levels and make appropriate choices based on that the positives apart from the result of course there were a few other details that were appreciable the equalizer was well worked and koscielny s header was clever because it was a tough angle i also liked the way the team kept going till the end wenger made good substitutions their concentration levels right at the end were excellent and i also enjoyed the way koscielny and giroud directed their headers purposefully debuchy took up really aggressive positions and that can lead to threatening moments if used well some other positives are covered in individual analysis this section is much smaller than the problem areas discussed above but don t take that to be a ratio of the bad and the good from this game areas of concern need some elaboration and thus that write up is much longer we expect arsenal to win such games which in turn implies the team is really good there is no need to explain the strong points we see every day individual performances szczesny was a spectator for long periods handling was good when the ball did come at him didn t have any saves to make the lack of defensive thought discussed above is a concern could he have done more to organize the defence for the first corner debuchy saw a lot of the ball and used it well i loved his shot on the swivel in injury time and the positions he took up in the box when the ball was on the other flank wasn t really tested in defence i m not sure if his aggressive positioning was just natural or part of the game plan will have to keep an eye on this in other games and see how it changes based on the opposition it s important that the full back doesn t lose sight of his defensive duties or get in the way of his more talented teammates chambers one mistake bad as it was shouldn t take too much away from an otherwise assured outing was confident on the ball got tight to the attackers and made tackles when he had to didn t commit unnecessary fouls and was wise enough to make one when the opponent got away from him we ll have to see how he handles better and faster opponents had these moments of stepping out of the defence with the ball but they seemed hesitant he can do more with the ball but it s only fair that some time and experience is needed koscielny excellent goal great block and tackle good helping hand or head for the winner could probably have done something more to prevent the goal reliable distribution seems like he s picked up where he left off last season gibbs was a 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