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This Lad Could Have Been So Much More
Topic Started: Mar 19 2011, 01:28 AM (326 Views)
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I don't think he could have been much better than he was, but he definitely could have achieved more in his early career. Back when he broke through at Arsenal I genuinely thought he was the deadliest striker around, if put him through on goal he'd outpace the defender take a touch and slide the ball across the keeper, every single time, he was untouchable at one point. He made too many moves really, he should have settled at Arsenal and stayed there for 5 years, I think he'd be up there with Henry in terms of goalscoring if he did.
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He left at fucking 19 mate, he would have continued to improve at Arsenal under Wenger. Thierry added so much to his game and continued to improve, his best season was arguably his 2nd to last where he pretty much carried the entire team. Don't see why Anelka wouldn't have improved loads, when he left Arsenal he was still very raw. All he did was sit last shoulder and wait for Bergkamp and Petit to play those balls over the top and he'd run on to them and finish. Bergkamp even said he took Nico aside once and said don't do anything else just use your pace and make the run behind. Had he stayed at Arsenal his overall play would have improved loads just like pretty much every striker at Arsenal under Wenger has done. His back to goal player, general link play, etc all could have improved loads.

Reminds you just how fucking good Wenger is, Adebayor was a lanky piece of shit LW when we got him, the lad wasn't even walking until he was 7 and Wenger turned him into one of the very best strikers in the world, sold him for 25M, and now he's at the biggest in the world.
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wish we fucking signed him instead of El-Hadj Diouf that summer after we had him on loan
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This topic raises an intersting side topic, one that i was discussing with my friend recently. Remeber the days of an Arsenal player through on goal, outpacing the last defender and slotting it home. Those were the days when we were capable of winning things. Our new style of player rarely sees us having any room to explouit behind opposition backlines, and instead we have to dance around the edge of the box for 90mins waiting for a yard of space to exploit. For all of the 'praise' we get for our style of play, i really do wish we went back to the effiicient yet deadly ways of old.
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You can't make runs in behind like Anelka used to do when the teams defend as deep as they do. We are still very good on the counter attack when the space is there. We've scored some fantastic goals on the break this season.
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Some fantastic goals on the break aren't a replacement for playing a style of football that wins you matches convincingly. Im not going to sit here and pretend i know the ins and outs of the tactical differences between the curent Arsenal playing style and the way we played previously, but teams sit deep against us as a means of countering our playing style, and teams doing this are more successful against us as a consequence. This tells me our current playing style is easier to defend against then before, so maybe having 200% possession every game isnt a good thing. Relinquishing more possession in matches by being more daring may encourage teams to come at us a bit more then they would if they never have the ball. Them coming at us more leaves more room to be exploited and therefore a player like anelka would flourish for us and we may be a bit more of a solid title challenging team again. Theres a reason our current crop of forwards differ so much from the types of forwards we had before. Wengers eye pleasing methods of football could perhaps benefit from less intricacies.
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Mar 19 2011, 06:24 PM
Some fantastic goals on the break aren't a replacement for playing a style of football that wins you matches convincingly. Im not going to sit here and pretend i know the ins and outs of the tactical differences between the curent Arsenal playing style and the way we played previously, but teams sit deep against us as a means of countering our playing style, and teams doing this are more successful against us as a consequence. This tells me our current playing style is easier to defend against then before, so maybe having 200% possession every game isnt a good thing. Relinquishing more possession in matches by being more daring may encourage teams to come at us a bit more then they would if they never have the ball. Them coming at us more leaves more room to be exploited and therefore a player like anelka would flourish for us and we may be a bit more of a solid title challenging team again. Theres a reason our current crop of forwards differ so much from the types of forwards we had before. Wengers eye pleasing methods of football could perhaps benefit from less intricacies.
:thumbsup: Well said. There's no place in football for Arsenal's current style of play.
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LMAO
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Alfie
Mar 19 2011, 06:24 PM
Some fantastic goals on the break aren't a replacement for playing a style of football that wins you matches convincingly. Im not going to sit here and pretend i know the ins and outs of the tactical differences between the curent Arsenal playing style and the way we played previously, but teams sit deep against us as a means of countering our playing style, and teams doing this are more successful against us as a consequence. This tells me our current playing style is easier to defend against then before, so maybe having 200% possession every game isnt a good thing. Relinquishing more possession in matches by being more daring may encourage teams to come at us a bit more then they would if they never have the ball. Them coming at us more leaves more room to be exploited and therefore a player like anelka would flourish for us and we may be a bit more of a solid title challenging team again. Theres a reason our current crop of forwards differ so much from the types of forwards we had before. Wengers eye pleasing methods of football could perhaps benefit from less intricacies.
:greatpost: Wow, this is a brilliant post, captures the reasons why keeping possession isn't the be all and end all of football, unless you're Barcelona you will struggle to break down teams with that style of play.
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When we have our players fit we don't struggle at all.
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Then you dont deserve a mention in who has the best squad strength thread
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Cheers Phil.
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np mert
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You can tell DaG absolutely hated Alfie's post and the 'great posts' that went with it. Totally understand the lad's frustrations.
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.

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