Coaching Team Named (Arsenal.com) Assistant Coach: Freddie Ljunberg Assistant Coach: Albert Stuivenberg Assistant Coach: Steve Round Goalkeeping Coach: Inaki Cana Pavon Mikel Arteta has named his core coaching team.— Arsenal (@Arsenal) December 24, 2019
I'm somewhat sure that Sal Bibbo is staying on too but I'm not entirely sure. Rest of the fitness/performance coaching staff is the same.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mi...teta-continually-stopped-arsenal-21159075.amp I like this! Back to the basics, effort, professionalism and doing thing the right way. Seems the players are not use to discipline.
He got outcoached today. Didn't respond to Lampard Jorghino sub that changed the game. Subbed on Pepe 20-30 mins too late, and gave quality minutes to Reiss Nelson and Willock when imo that's not necessary or deserved. It's a learning experience for sure. He is hampered with an injury ravaged squad and a squad which is overrated from a talent and quality perspective. Only Leno and Aubameyang could start on Chelsea squad so for us to even have the lead that deep in the game is impressive. We do look much better committment wise, energy and effort but that will only take you so far.
If I was in a role of power at Arsenal, I'd say to Arteta "coach your philosophy, don't worry about results and tell me which positions you think we need players for" and i'd spend the next 6 months using the smart people at the club to target and evaluate summer transfers.— James Yorke (@jair1970) December 29, 2019
this is why he has an 18-month free pass from me. As long as we aren't in the relegation zone, I don't care about the results.
I mean, you have to care somewhat. I get what you're saying, but the only way to know if we're improving is if we start getting better results on the pitch. It shouldn't take 18 months of "who cares about the results" before we can decide things are working. Arteta hasn't coached a team on his own before, I don't know how you can give him the same amount of time we gave Emery and say "you do you, we don't care about the results". We certainly cared about Emery's results, the good and the bad. What gets Arteta a free pass from you?
The squad needs serious rebuilding and we don't have a marquee talent that we can sell for 100m to expedite the rebuild. Liverpool benefited immensely from selling Suarez and Coutinho. We don't have anybody like that. The real route to rebuilding the squad is for Martenelli to blow up and RM to buy him for 200m in 2022. Otherwise the money just isn't going to be there.
He already had the team understanding stuff like spacing, positioning, and pressing on the pitch. This is stuff we haven't seen from an Arsenal side in four seasons. This squad has good individuals but the talent does not work together as its a mishmash of playing styles and age profiles. Ozil, Lacabloodclat, and Aubabombaclaat are hovering around 30 and their contracts end in 18 months. Those are three high earning players that are our prime time players. I do not anticipate those players being here for when we are a top side again. I can't put too much pressure on him to win with guys that won't be here when we are good. I want to see Arteta impose his philosophy on the players and see what that looks like. We aren't competing with Liverpool right now and shouldn't be expected to. I want us to get there eventually have a template to win big going forward. I can't put too much pressure on him to win right away. The mess this club is in is deep and is not his own doing.
LMAO! When i first heard that i listened to it about 10 times and could not figure it out. It took a lot of googling to discover the backstory to this word play - but i really love it
I guess there's an assumption already (by many) that Arteta's approach is exactly what we need, that he is the answer, his message will resonate with the players and he will not fail in his efforts to re-mold Arsenal into a winner. If you take all of these assumptions and make them fact, then everything you're saying makes a lot of sense. But after 18months of Emery, I'm going to need to see a bit more over the next few months before I lay myself at the feet of Arteta and proclaim him our savior. There's a lot that can happen that would make even the most well intentioned manager less than successful at Arsenal, and some of it is completely out of his control.
On the theme of how much of modern theory young players don't know 1211622374287777792 is not a valid tweet id
This. We should be building a squad and a team to compete in 2022 - we should be waiting out this Liverpool team.
That's just not a very believable quote. I played soccer for only 6 years when I was a teenager, and I knew that then. It's pretty damn intuitive.
Well not necessarily For instance back in the 80s, there was the Brazilian view not to pass the ball to someone else unless they were in a better position. So a slant towards making plays on the ball. But in the passing era, the idea is the ball moves faster than the carrier, so move the ball via passing rather than carrying. A lot would depend on which trainers you came up with
It is wrong to think this is not insightful. With each step of the football ladder you take, it provokes you to relearn stuff, things that are burned to your subconscious. Saka is making a comment about top-level decision-making. You may think its baffling if youve not been there https://t.co/sbUPUo94BX— Arsenal Column (@ArsenalColumn) December 30, 2019
This is exactly what i posted from Pep Confidential Boateng managed to be an elite defender signed by Bayern Munich, without understanding basic concepts of defensive organisation He just believed defenders defended instinctively IIRC this was also a factor with the development of Wayne Rooney. Initially he was a carefree, instinctive attacker - later he became more sophisticated after he learned much more
Ya, it’s pretty shocking. What I found in my stint as a basketball coach is that coaches often come in thinking players know all of the basics. It’s like if a student is in your calculus class you assume he knows basic algebra and arithmetic, but the truth is many students don’t. I think in this case, Saka likely did this instinctively often enough no coach ever thought to tell him and he never really thought about it. It’s part of what I’ve seen totally decline at the club. Technique, simple things like leading the player into the space with a pass, passing to the favored foot to enable one touch, defending positionally, reading the flight of headers, funneling the ball to the most dangerous players, keeping possession to make the opposition tired, etc. These are the fundamentals that we have abandoned steadily through recruitment and/or coaching over the last five years.
I've coached and directed traveling club soccer, and this doesn't surprise me at all. Kids today expect to be dictated how-to play, but as a result they can't think creatively on their own. This results in technically sound players who must be "programmed" to play a certain way. It's very predictable since it markets well for clubs trying to market themselves as more successful than others. The biggest eye opener was when we had some extra indoor turf time available, and we decided to just have an open field night with a couple of our better teams. Our coaching director kicked out a ball and told the kids to decide what to play, and they literally had no clue what to do. They repeatedly asked us to set them up, but our staff refused to see what they would do. The players just expected the game to be all set up for them, which is the fundamental problem. How often do you just see kids kicking a ball or playing pick-up games? It's not just soccer, but most other sports too.
Agree, the fun has been zapped out of sports with micro analysis u even see it on sky now and the kids watch this and expect the same tactical input in their games
I can understand this, when I started playing at my local club the coach was VERY "pass at all costs" because his theory was the ball moved faster than the players. Why would you have someone carry the ball over a longer time, when a quick long pass opens up the defence, or that was the theory anyway. That said, I run at players with the ball. The defenders in that league would shit themselves because they weren't used to it. But it meant some harsh conversations with the coach about why I would run at players and not play ping pong with the ball and my teammates.