We're not on 9 points....
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I look back at the early games last season and we were getting results we didnāt deserve. Winning games we shouldnāt have. The opposite is true this season.
Our play is showing positive signs and we need to stick to the plan.
Our play is showing positive signs and we need to stick to the plan.
I actually think we are showing considerably more promise against the low block than last year. We are getting the ball into dangerous places. Just not finishing. Johnsonās great touch to free himself in the box followed by the rushed shot for example. Or the several times we had great crosses in and the opposite winger and striker neither took up the right spots or simply missed. (Odabert trying w his knee versus a low header!)
So to me, big improvement in how we are playing v the low block. Just need the last piece to click.
Btw, after defending Brennan for a while, I joined the criticism train on him because he was awful in preseason and our first 2 games. Mostly imo because he was playing tentative. But yesterday showed what he can be - a bright and threatening option. Hope it continues.
So to me, big improvement in how we are playing v the low block. Just need the last piece to click.
Btw, after defending Brennan for a while, I joined the criticism train on him because he was awful in preseason and our first 2 games. Mostly imo because he was playing tentative. But yesterday showed what he can be - a bright and threatening option. Hope it continues.
He just needs to be confident and play without fear.
I think what it all boils down to is the improvements we're seeing at the moment are more like Blu-Ray to 4k UHD than VHS to DVD. There are subtle nuances that are perceptible to the more discerning viewer but virtually meaningless to the average punter.
Hate to brake it to you, but only stat that matters is goals scored vs goals conceded.
Calling things like "touches in opposition box" or "possession" as "underlying stat" is absolutely pointless.
We have to improve the pace at which we move the ball and create spaces. That gives more time and room for our attackers which in turn increases the chances conversion rate. Different ways to achieve it, I am just hoping that Ange is looking for most efficient solution for that. Instead of feeling "we already were better team" and "deserved more". Wins have to be killed off, not just waited patiently.
Agree with the op. Results haven't quite been there, but there's been significant improvement in most performance metrics and the results will come if we continue in the vein that we've started the season.
It's like that old cliche of the striker just needing one to go in off their arse, it'll come and we'll be in a good place.
It's like that old cliche of the striker just needing one to go in off their arse, it'll come and we'll be in a good place.
We're not on 9 points....
Not to be *
Yes. We made Newcastle look poor/average. Shame they scored more goals than us!
Still convinced heās going to have a huge season for us.
Yeah. Like I said. I enjoy watching us win. I hate watching us lose.
I enjoyed watching us beat the scum 3-0 with Conte far more than losing the 3-2 *thriller* last season.
People were adamant when Ange came that they didn't care if we lost, they would be happier if it was good football.
I guess if the trend continues, we'll put them to the test.
Most of us knew that was complete bollox. Contes first 7 months were nothing short of sensational, we won game after game in the league, caught the bottle job Gooners to finish 4th and were absolutely dusting teams in the process.
Spanked Villa/Newcastle/Leeds/Everton and Woolwich like they were nothing.
Went to Norwich on the final day needing a result - all the bottle job spurs jokes and jibes. Blew the canaries to pieces, 5-0 and didnāt hear a peep from those faaacks all summer.
Lasted up until about October the following year - it was that 4-3 win over Leeds that seemed to break people and down hill from there. I remember people moaning after we had beaten Palace 4-0 away in early Jan and knew that night it was a matter of time.
Weāre more attacking under Ange but he has not done anything close to that first part season Conte had yet.
Under Jose we were dog shit every single game, even his two big wins at Man U away and Southampton away had a high degree of luck to them and we absolutely didn't control either of the games.
Under Conte I thought we were bloody excellent post-Burnley game all the way to the end of the season (in his first season) but were absolutely shit for the entirety of his 2nd season.
The fans weren't the first to "break".......... Once he'd fully got his claws into the players with his full pre-season we were not remotely the same team.
His first 6 months we were excellent.
We're not really struggling to break down the low block as much as we did last year. We're much better at it, as can be evidenced by our xG across these first 3 games where we played teams that literally camped in their penalty box. Just rewatch the games.
Yep, he will live and die on the cups and Europe for me - look like he gives a fuck about them and tries to win them and I will be happy.
Despite early season meh results, we should be good enough for euro qualification from here
We just need Solanke or Richardson to be prolific - thatās all this side misses
I really hope Ange gets us over the top in the league, but even if he doesn't he will have laid a very strong foundation for whomever follows him.