Arsenal - 4-4-1-1?

[ZLF 335]

Ruddy

Naughton Barnett Martin Tierney

Crofts Fox Johnson Pilkington

              Wes

             Morison

Holt & Bennett to the bench...

 

[ZLF 335]

v attaching bench with Jackson Holt Bennett Surman & wilbraham along with Rudd and the surprise of Drury on the bench ahead of De Laet.

[J.Warman 0]

i think the formation will be more like a 4-3-2-1 :)

[ZLF 335]

Did think that after I clicked post!   3 grafters deep,  pilkington & wes just forward but making 5 in midfield when Ar$e have the ball with the aim of supporting Morison quickly when we go forward.    Like that formation a lot :-)

 

COYY  

[Herman 11,136]

Unless Pilks is playing a more forward role?!

4-3-1-2.

[ZLF 335]

I do feels its about 5 in the middle - hard to think Pilkington is preferred to Holt as a main striker?

 

But I am liking the selection - recognises that Holt starting is not a points winner for us while he off the bench is,  and that Bennetts form has dipped from a bright start (I think a goal would do wonders for his confidence) and puts bodies in the middle to restrcit space for arsenals passing.

 

Walcott v Tierney will be a key battle.

 

 

[Herman 11,136]

You''re probably right Zipper,it looks the most sensible option.

I agree with Bennett being sub.He hasn''t set the world alight yet.His pace coming off the bench could be quite useful though.

[Legend Iwan 30]

Here''s the team I predicted yesterday.

[quote user="Legend Iwan"]I would probably try a 4-4-1-1 Ruddy Naughton Martin Barnet Tierney Pilkington Fox Johnson Crofts Hoolahan Morison Try and get in-between their defence and midfield in addition to attacking Santos. Drop Hoolahan a little deeper than the second striker role so he and Fox can link up. Similar to how we played a few games in League One with Lappin playing defensive left side. [/quote]

Reckon it could work. If it went into a 5 man midfield I think there would be too much space between Morison and midfield and Arsenal could probably deal with any knock-downs.

[ZLF 335]

Gulp - not sounding good!

[Herman 11,136]

Ruddy''s kicking is a bit skewith!

[ZLF 335]

Get in there Morison!

[Herman 11,136]

[Y] Morison.

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

Delighted to see Crofts in midfield along with Johnson.  It''s the midfield I wanted to see against Arsenal and the one which I thought would see us in better stead as we couldn''t afford to be too open against them and hopefully we''d be tighter at the back than we have been in recent games.

 

Right on cue Morison! 1-0

[Legend Iwan 30]

Great work by Morison and Martin earlier. How he kept that out I don''t know. Just need to keep our heads for ten minutes and wait out the storm of Arsenal attacks.

[Herman 11,136]

Barnett?!

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

Ah codswallop

[ZLF 335]

Good first half and having survived an early onslaught have finished deservedly level.

COYY!

 

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

[quote user="ZippersLeftFoot"]

Good first half and having survived an early onslaught have finished deservedly level.

COYY!

 

[/quote]

 

Yes, we finished strongly and were the better side after Arsenal scored. 

 

Still on track for my prediction of 2-1

[Mister Chops 7]

Cracking game so far, though we''re lucky Walcott tends to have no end product.

[Herman 11,136]

Thank God for Martin today.Saved us a few times[Y]

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

Fox off and Bennet on, not surprised at that change, but surprised it happened so quickly.

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

We seem to be doing a bit of ball watching second half, just standing back and letting them run with the ball.

[Herman 11,136]

Shit defending!!![:@]

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

That''s annoying, Martin''s been great, but that''s just stupid, suicidal.

 

What the eff is he trying to do dribbling through the whole Arsenal team? He tried it just before that as well.

 

We are just making too many silly mistakes

[splutcho 196]

Sometimes it''s like we want to concede. Russ has been great but I have no idea what was in his head there.

[Shyster 0]

[quote user="Herman "]Shit defending!!![:@][/quote]

Again! [:@]

[Herman 11,136]

All that bloody hard work he''s done as well.Given me the right hump!!

[norfolkbroadslim 225]

[quote user="splutcho"]Sometimes it''s like we want to concede. Russ has been great but I have no idea what was in his head there.[/quote]

 

I agree, but where were the other players (midfielders particularly) coming towards him and wanting the ball, creating space?

[Canarino 0]

Why can you only hear Arsenal singing up on the TV coverage?

[Legend Iwan 30]

I can''t. Up until the last couple of minutes it has pretty much been City. Arsenal piping up a couple of times - funnily enough just after they score.