You would play him as one of the three? In which position and who else comprises the front row?Dele would be part of my attacking front row with license to primarily attack as a priority, just my opinion. Ntuby would stay close to Dele when going forward.
ATM Son and KaneYou would play him as one of the three? In which position and who else comprises the front row?
Who plays on the left? Son is best there I think but Dele would likely take that space. Is it worth moving Son for Dele?ATM Son and Kane
Maybe Dele - Kane - Son. But it doesn’t have to be set in stone.Who plays on the left? Son is best there I think but Dele would likely take that space. Is it worth moving Son for Dele?
More to that I think without having the midfield capable of creating the opportunities in the first place Dele still wouldn't perform as he needs the play to already be happening to add his finishing touch.
The fact you guys are even discussing the possibility of Sissoko offering similar qualities is incredibly damming. Sissoko was dogbrick as a CM and if your name is mentioned in any sort of comparison you've obviously doing something very, very wrong.
For me Dele as a CM is the definition of mediocre, he was when he played there under Poch, he has been mediocre under Mou and likewise will be under Nuno. He simply does not have the game to offer any significant from midfield. There are so many who talk about him in terms of creativity but that's not his game. His game is to finish moves off instinctively in and around the box. Away from that area his passing range is poor, his vision is average, he loves to dally on the ball and slows everything down. He has no idea about tempo or conducting the play and he shouldn't have too but that's what we need from CM.
These discussions have been down to death over the last 4 years but the proof continues to be in the pudding. He is not the creative passing creative dynamo that so many want him to be.
I think we all need to accept that Nuno has a preferred 4-3-3 formation that he is going to stick with. We probably should therefore only debate which players go into each of the 4-3-3 positions. So probably pick a team out of this lot:
----------------------------------------------------------------Lloris/Gollini
Royal/Tanganga/Doherty-------Romero/Sanchez------------------Dier/Rodon------------------Regulion/Davies/Sessegnon
----------Lo Celso/Dele/Skipp/Ndomebele-----Hojbjerg/Skipp/Winks---------Lo Celso/Dele/Skipp/Ndombele
-----Moura/Bergwijn/Lo Celso/Clarke---------------Kane/Son---------------Son/Bergwijn/Dele/Clarke/Sessegnon
On present form, if all were fit I'd probably go with those I've marked in bold. If Kane starts to show that he can actually be bothered to play for us and put in some effort then I'd have him in the middle, Son on the left and Bergwijn on the right.
I think we all need to accept that Nuno has a preferred 4-3-3 formation that he is going to stick with. We probably should therefore only debate which players go into each of the 4-3-3 positions. So probably pick a team out of this lot:
----------------------------------------------------------------Lloris/Gollini
Royal/Tanganga/Doherty-------Romero/Sanchez------------------Dier/Rodon------------------Regulion/Davies/Sessegnon
----------Lo Celso/Dele/Skipp/Ndomebele-----Hojbjerg/Skipp/Winks---------Lo Celso/Dele/Skipp/Ndombele
-----Moura/Bergwijn/Lo Celso/Clarke---------------Kane/Son---------------Son/Bergwijn/Dele/Clarke/Sessegnon
On present form, if all were fit I'd probably go with those I've marked in bold. If Kane starts to show that he can actually be bothered to play for us and put in some effort then I'd have him in the middle, Son on the left and Bergwijn on the right.
We don't really have the squad for much at all at present as we have such little attacking creativity along with a real paucity of goals in the team.I think we have a problem with a 433. We lack 3 actual goal threats in the forward line. There should be a player on the right who provides, thrust, creation, directness and importantly goals. We simply do not have that. It makes the 433 fall apart.
The midfield composition is also highly questionable. I'm not a fan of Dele as a CM, I think he is resolutely mediocre in said position and if playing him and Hojberg together it relies on the 3rd man (Ndom/GLC) creating entirely by themselves. We've been there before when we had Eriksen and left all creativity requirements at his doorstop and neither are a patch on him as a pure AM.
In reflection we don't have the squad suited to 433. We don't even have the attacking 3 let alone the fallback options for if a player is unavailable.
Nuno needs to revaluate how he sets up the team until the time at which he can bring in players suited to his system.
I would play him in the hole.
I think we have a problem with a 433. We lack 3 actual goal threats in the forward line. There should be a player on the right who provides, thrust, creation, directness and importantly goals. We simply do not have that. It makes the 433 fall apart.
The midfield composition is also highly questionable. I'm not a fan of Dele as a CM, I think he is resolutely mediocre in said position and if playing him and Hojberg together it relies on the 3rd man (Ndom/GLC) creating entirely by themselves. We've been there before when we had Eriksen and left all creativity requirements at his doorstop and neither are a patch on him as a pure AM.
In reflection we don't have the squad suited to 433. We don't even have the attacking 3 let alone the fallback options for if a player is unavailable.
Nuno needs to revaluate how he sets up the team until the time at which he can bring in players suited to his system.
He's a senior and knows about arsenal. He's not carrying his weight and even Ndomb was having better impact. Its not that difficult to play wide or box to box and he certainly has the tools for it. He just didn't want to do it. So glad he was hocked at half time. We were mu h better after.
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He was poor.
PEH was mental. WTF was he up to out there?