Arsenal - A home grown legacy

Are you taking the France national vacancy?
 
I accepted the French offer to manage the National Team, they are a decent looking outfit and am going to try and get them playing with a similar style to Arsenal. If it doesn't work or ruins my enjoyment of being Arsenal manager I will not hesitate to retire.

Mourinho resigns as manager of Chelsea and is replaced by Antonio Conte.

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES

ARSENAL 3 ARSENAL UNDER 21s 2 Sanchez, Chambers, Campbell

BAYERN 2 ARSENAL 0

ARSENAL 2 ZARAGOZA 1 Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck

VALENCIA 3 ARSENAL 3 Coquelin, Welbeck, Ramsey

ARSENAL 2 SAN LORENZO 0 Welbeck, Bielik

ARSENAL 1 WIGAN 0

A fairly average selection of results, arguably the best two teams we faced were Bayern and Valencia away from home, unfortunately we were unable to pick up a win in either of these matches.

Injuries picked up:

Campbell out for 3-4 weeks with a fractured cheekbone

Gabriel Paulista out with a sports hernia for 4 weeks

We draw Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League Best Placed Playoff

Sell Wellington Silva to Wigan for £1.75M. (He was a reserve player so he does not free up any first team places but the transfer puts our budget up to £10.54M)
 
COMMUNITY SHIELD

View attachment 276136We lose 10-9 on penalties with Per Mertesacker missing the decisive penalty.

Wilshere out for 7-10 days with a gashed leg.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 2761351-0 to the Arsenal, but in all honesty the Toon Army were toothless and fairly poor, we should have won by more.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BEST PLACED PLAYOFF 1st Leg

View attachment 276134Still rotating the squad heavily as I do at the beginning of every season, but it may have cost us here as we lose away from home (again) to a far weaker side.

Sanchez selected in the Olympics Games Dream Team.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 276133An own goal and a late Jesse Lingard goal win us the game.
 
Good update. Poor result at Plzen but it's early days. I predict a riot at home :p

What sort of players are Bielik and Lingard turning out to be?
 
Bielik is looking far better than the player he was the first season but I fear he may not be good enough, struggling to find any future stars at the moment. Lingard looks like a good purchase for the initial outlay, but he is never going to be more than a squad player at a club like Arsenal, he would boss a mid-table team.

I need to post some more results I have and will aim to later today but it is looking like I need to find a new tactic and formation as we are beginning to struggle.
 
waynethickett said:
I need to post some more results I have and will aim to later today but it is looking like I need to find a new tactic and formation as we are beginning to struggle.
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Are you looking for a downloaded one or creating one yourself? May I suggest giving this one a try? It's the one I use and it can be devastating at its best.

Unbeatable (Almost) 5-3-2 Tactic
 
Sanogo out for between 12 days and 2 weeks with a damaged foot.

Vallejo out for 2-3 weeks with groin strain.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BEST PLACED PLAYOFF 2nd Leg

View attachment 276112
It was never in doubt, we qualify for the group stage of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-0 victory meaning we win 4-2 on aggregate.

Capital One Cup Third Round draw sees us play Chelsea at home.

Champions League Group Stage sees us face Hoffenheim, Porto and Rubin.

Walcott unhappy with the lack of first team football.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 276111Well we dropped points at home, we need to find some consistency this season or we are in serious trouble.

Sanogo leaves on a free to Wigan (1 player space available)

We sign Centre Back Riedewald from Ajax for £5.92M (reduces budget to £4.62M)

AUGUST AWARDS

Player of the Month: 1st Costa, 2nd Balotelli, 3rd Berahino
Young Player of the Month: 1st Sterling, 2nd Gaya (Chelsea), 3rd Pasalic (Newcastle)
Manager of the Month: 1st Rodgers, 2nd Conte, 3rd Pochettino
 
Mertesacker out for 3-4 weeks with back strain.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

View attachment 275983A solid first outing in charge of France. 43 shots could have meant more goals but the Lithuanian keeper played a blinder. Menez added the fourth goal late into the second half with a fantastic team move.

Walcott injured on international duty and will be out for 3 weeks with a twisted ankle.

Pogba injured in training.

Ozil out for 7- 10 days with a strained wrist.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

View attachment 275982Koscielny gave away a penalty to gift Poland the lead but it was very short-lived as Sissoko becomes the fifth different scorer in my first two matches and rescues us a point.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 275980Lingard missed a late penalty so again we only win 1-0 despite absolutely dominating from start to finish.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 275979At half time I was happy, my defensive formation had worked and we were leading 3-2, Wilson had scored his first goal and Lingard had recovered from his penalty miss in the last match and scored. Hoffenheim pulled a goal back and I made the decision to go attacking, 3 second half goals in less than 7 minutes made this far more embarrassing then it ever should have been.

Coquelin out for 5-6 weeks with strained knee ligaments.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 275978I've been concerned about the formation for a while, teams seem to be able to cope with us now. Watching the extended highlights we were well in the game and maybe slightly edged it, but it ended up a pretty decisive win by United. Back to the drawing board and a new tactic is being devised.
 
waynethickett said:
I've been concerned about the formation for a while, teams seem to be able to cope with us now. Watching the extended highlights we were well in the game and maybe slightly edged it, but it ended up a pretty decisive win by United. Back to the drawing board and a new tactic is being devised.
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Mike said:
Are you looking for a downloaded one or creating one yourself? May I suggest giving this one a try? It's the one I use and it can be devastating at its best.

Unbeatable (Almost) 5-3-2 Tactic
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Did you see this? Won League One with Barnsley using this tactic with a record of 32-10-4.

United always beat me at their place, very frustrating. Keep up the hard work mate.
 
So I have decided my tactic going forward will change to:

View attachment 275306Obviously the personnel will rotate but I think this will play o the strengths of the current squad.

CAPITAL ONE CUP

View attachment 275305Well, the new formation appears to have paid off as we send Chelsea crashing out of the Capital One Cup at the first hurdle.

The Capital One Cup fourth round draw pits us against Spurs, the easy cup ties continue (cough cough).

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 275304We relinquish some possession with this tactic but we appear more clinical.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 275301Welbeck scores his fourth, fifth and sixth goals in three matches, as we end the month on a high.

SEPTEMBER AWARDS

Player of the Month: 1st Costa, 2nd Di Maria, 3rd Sissoko
Young Player of the Month: 1st Christensen, 2nd Murphy, 3rd Sterling
Manager of the Month: 1st Rodgers, 2nd Garcia, 3rd Mancini
 
I literally checked the thread 5 minutes ago for an update lol

Looks like the change of tactic has worked (touch wood). 10 goals in 3 games in 3 different competitions is always nice. Not dominating possession but who cares when you're getting wins like that!
 
PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 274887Liverpool had won every match so far and only conceded 2 goals in their first 6 matches of the season. So this is a far better performance then it maybe looks.

Wilson injured on international duty and will be missing for 3 weeks with a twisted ankle.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

View attachment 274883A convincing result against a good team.

Gabriel Paulista out for 12 days to 2 weeks with a twisted knee.

Mertesacker has to be sent to the specialist with a knee injury and will miss 2-3 months.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

View attachment 274880Another comfortable win for us and we are top of the league on goal difference.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 274879Face palm. What is wrong with this team, we have won so much in the last two seasons but there is no consistency this one.

The squad are unhappy with how the team are performing this season. Well pull your ****** fingers out then.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 274878A Champions League point away from home is never a bad result but with the current form it isn't the best.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 274877There are times when I hate football manager. What in the name of all that is holy is going on?

Ramsey out for 5-6 days.

CAPITAL ONE CUP FOURTH ROUND

View attachment 274876Well what a performance, 45 shots to 5 and we still only draw. Fortunately after Wilshere missed the first penalty, we managed to still go on and win 5-4.

Wilshere out for 3 weeks.

The Capital One Cup Quarter final draw hands us yet another easy and straightforward tie against Liverpool. Well if we go all the way at least we are going to deserve it.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 274875There is no rhyme or reason, we match Soton in the stats pretty much all the way but we thump them 4-0 with Sanchez scoring the fourth. I had tweaked the formation slightly and we were down to 10 men from the hour mark.

Welbeck out for 2-3 months with a damaged achilles tendon.

Akpom out for 4-5 days with bruised ribs.

OCTOBER AWARDS

Player of the Month: 1st Lukaku, 2nd Insigne (Tottenham), 3rd Balotelli
Young Player of the Month: 1st Woodrow, 2nd Murphy, 3rd McGrandles
Manager of the Month: 1st Mancini, 2nd Conte, 3rd Garcia
 
Performances dropping again by the looks of it, despite a strong win vs. Southampton. Patience is probably the best thing with a change of tactic during the season. It'll pick up, I'm sure of it.
 
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 273234Two goals inside the first 3 minutes and all the excitement of this match was done with. We are looking like we are going to struggle to progress to the knockout stages.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 273233A good away win, Maitland-Niles is beginning to hold his own at the top level.

Sanchez out for between 12 days and 2 weeks after injuring himself on international duty.

Vallejo also out for the same length of time after yet another international duty related injury.

Lacazette and Matuidi withdraw from French squad with injuries.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

View attachment 273232We edge clear at the top of the qualifying group with a comfortable victory.

Oxlade-Chamberlain injured on international duty and will be out with strained knee ligaments for 5-6 weeks.

Ahamada, Kurzawa and Lloris injured and withdraw from the French squad.

FRIENDLY

View attachment 273231We lose our unbeaten run.

Gibbs injured on international duty and will be missing for 2-3 weeks. These injuries are getting daft now.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 273230AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is starting to bug me now.

Crowley out for 2-3 days.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 273229Lingard added the fourth goal in a much needed victory leaving qualification in our hands with a match against Rubin.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 273228Momentum may be with us now. Fingers crossed we may be on the up.

Coquelin out for between 12 days and 2 weeks.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

View attachment 273227We drop out of the Champions League into the Europa League. So annoyed to throw away a 2 - 0 lead.

Wilshere out for 10 days.

NOVEMBER AWARDS

Player of the Month: 1st McKay (Wigan), 2nd Borini, 3rd Al Habsi
Young Player of the Month: 1st McGrandles, 2nd Leiva (Leicester), 3rd Meyer
Manager of the Month: 1st Conte, 2nd Mancini, 3rd Cotterill
 
Mixed bag of results but it sure is picking up.

What's Maitland-Niles' attributes like now? And what position do you play him in?
 
View attachment 272967
They aren't brilliant but he does hold his own now and is improving all the time. I play him as on of three attacking midfielders or as a centre midfielder when needed.
 
PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272966A good victory against a City side flying high.

Fleetwood or Mansfield will face Arsenal in the Third Round of the FA Cup.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272965Theo, Theo, Theo! A good point away to top of the league.

Wilson out for 4-5 days.

Hull sack Steve Bruce.

Wilshere out for 3 weeks with a twisted ankle.

CAPITAL ONE CUP QUARTER FINAL

View attachment 272964A relatively even match in every sense but the one that matters. Disappointing but the Capital One Cup is not the priority for this team.

Walcott out for 3-4 months with a torn calf muscle.

Europa League First Round Knockout sees us face Sporting.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272962A good away win to see us continue our resurgence in the league. Cook is making a good name for himself in the first team.

Hull hire Paul Lambert.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272960And we keep rising, we are in danger of actually salvaging something from this season.

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272959Come on! We beat the North London rivals. Mind the gap!

PREMIER LEAGUE

View attachment 272958An away win and we are starting to score some goals as well, which is very pleasing.

Gibbs out for 9-11 days with thigh strain.

Sanchez out for 4-5 days with a bruised thigh.

Ozil selected in World Team of the Year.

DECEMBER AWARDS

Player of the Month: 1st Aguero, 2nd Ozil, 3rd Schneiderlin (Man United)
Young Player of the Month: 1st Ibe (Villa), 2nd Gnabry (Norwich), 3rd Cook
Manager of the Month: 1st Me, 2nd Garcia, 3rd Conte
 
Fantastic bunch of results, with the exception of Liverpool but as it's not a match of importance it doesn't matter. Well done. The tactic seems to be working now, certainly getting the best out of Walcott, something which I'm struggling with.

I've started playing Maitland-Niles now, too, at AML inside forward. First game, scored a goal and had a match rating of 9.0. Also Giroud out for 8-9 months with damaged cruciate ligaments :mad:
 
And how the ****** **** do you get Fleetwood or Mansfield in the FA Cup - I always get Chelsea/Liverpool/Tottenham/United XD
 
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