Pre-season 24/25: Page 14 - The Arsenal discussion community: One More in the Tolly

Pre-season 24/25

USArsenal

Everyone else's streams die also?

Pepe LeFrits

Sexy Italian sighting

USArsenal

Game has gone a bit stale at the moment

HomeSteak

I only saw this and the Leverkusen game. Has Ramsdale played 1 sec of football this pre-season?

Pepe LeFrits

Badly exposed there

Clrnc

It would be criminal if Nwaneri did not get minutes over Vieira this season.

HomeSteak

Clrnc he won't.

naz first half was decent I would say. Second half was just for fitness, they looked bored to be there. Still only pre-season.

naz

We showed no offensive quality, pretty boring and poor game

DiabyKungFu

Vieira has only ever played right wing this preseason and Nwaneri has only ever played in midfield. I don't think they're even in direct competition with one another in any way.

Main takeaway from this game is that Partey seems back to his best physically, which I did not expect at all.

Claudius

DiabyKungFu if i had to guess, Vieira is suffering from the same issue as guys like ESR. Arteta likes physicality and workrate in the middle. The kids as young as they are, are already giving us that. Vieira is still very lightweight. I am surprised to see how frail he still looks 2 years after touching down. He won't be allowed to play 8 if he can't press and run like Odegaard and Havertz

Don Pacifico

Thought Zinchenko looked decent today...

Claudius

Don Pacifico he's been good this whole pre-season. He seems much more switched on. Has played a role in good attacking moves and got a good goal versus Leverkusen. A focused Zinchenko is a great asset for the team. We need 15-16 high quality guys to see us through the gauntlet to January. He has to be one of them.

Mirth

HomeSteak Timber and Tomyisu are still injured...

Arteta says Timber's fine - was doing individual work this week and had no reaction so will train with the squad now

Tomiyasu out for a few more weeks 🙁

Sicario2 - Tier 1

What is the point of Tomi? Sell him

Claudius

Sicario2 - Tier 1 who is buying him? This is like when folks were saying we should shift Tierney for 25m pounds. Other clubs aren't stupid. They know he's a permacrock. Remember he's also on 100,000 pounds a week - so you are already down to a very narrow group of buyers.

HomeSteak

Sicario2 - Tier 1 we just gave him a new deal and bigger wages. Lol. But yes, He needs to go

Claudius

My hot take. Left back depth chart will be

Calafiori
Zinchenko
MLS
Timber and Tomi

I think the last two will more likely spell the other 3 positions MLS is already training to be the inverted fullback, leveraging his DM experience.

TambourineMan

We will have the meanest defense in the league again and by some margin this season, it'll be creating chances from open play against low blocks that will be our biggest hurdle/blocker to success.

Coombs

TambourineMan low blocks

*mid blocks. We'll pummel low blocks, add the set piece goals and it'll be enough.

banduan

Indeed. The set piece goals take care of low blocks. We're now a bit more direct in pre-season too. The mid blocks offer a dangerous out which is where we get caught. Teams that love the transition will give us a rough time still. Have seen nothing in pre-season to counter that.

Claudius

banduan which is normal for a possession team. You saw the issues that City had with United on Saturday on the counter. The key is to not give up lots of those chances, but if you do give up the ball and you have 8 men up, you’re in trouble.

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