"Dial Square" is to be my first venture into FM11 stories. Obviously playing with Arsenal isn't the biggest challenge you'll face on the Football Manager series, but it is a little more difficult when you're trying to emulate the real-life tactics used by Arsenal, and Arséne Wenger for the 2010/11 season!
This story will cover my career as Arsenal manager, staying there for as long as possible - or until the blogs come out!
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This story will cover my career as Arsenal manager, staying there for as long as possible - or until the blogs come out!
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Fairly obviously, the key player is the captain. Cesc Fabregas has scored 32 League goals in his career, and managed 15 in just 27 appearances last season. Playing higher up the pitch than two years ago, or even last year, he'll be the playmaker, dropping deep and pushing forward to score and assist in numbers.
Arguably the second best player in the squad, and Arsenal's best striker since Thierry Henry graced us with his presence in North London: Robin Van Persie has a huge role to play if he can stay fit and will look to play the False Nine role his former Dutch counterpart Dennis Bergkamp filled so well for so long.
The squad is a young one and players like Jack Wilshere can find themselves fighting for a first team place at a young age. In Jack's case, at just 18. The tenacious midfielder had a successful loan period at Bolton last season, and will be looking to establish himself in pre-season or he could be joining Owen Coyle and co. again.
The midfield is incredibly important to the way Wenger likes to play football. All of the midfielders are built on the model of the perfect footballer. Passing ability, versatility, and intelligence on the football pitch. Arguably one of the most important roles is the ball-winner which was occupied by Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva so well. Cameroonian Alex Song is a good player, but can't hold the fort on his own and investment may be needed to provide competition.
Lastly, a high defensive line and suspect positioning at times leaves Arsenal incredibly vulnerable at the back. With no top-class keeper at the club, there's plenty of competition, especially from 20 year old Pole Wojciech Szczesny. For the moment though, Fabianski is number (twenty) one and will try and prevent any Arsenal manager spending in the Summer. Mark Schwarzer and Shay Given have been linked.
Arguably the second best player in the squad, and Arsenal's best striker since Thierry Henry graced us with his presence in North London: Robin Van Persie has a huge role to play if he can stay fit and will look to play the False Nine role his former Dutch counterpart Dennis Bergkamp filled so well for so long.
The squad is a young one and players like Jack Wilshere can find themselves fighting for a first team place at a young age. In Jack's case, at just 18. The tenacious midfielder had a successful loan period at Bolton last season, and will be looking to establish himself in pre-season or he could be joining Owen Coyle and co. again.
The midfield is incredibly important to the way Wenger likes to play football. All of the midfielders are built on the model of the perfect footballer. Passing ability, versatility, and intelligence on the football pitch. Arguably one of the most important roles is the ball-winner which was occupied by Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva so well. Cameroonian Alex Song is a good player, but can't hold the fort on his own and investment may be needed to provide competition.
Lastly, a high defensive line and suspect positioning at times leaves Arsenal incredibly vulnerable at the back. With no top-class keeper at the club, there's plenty of competition, especially from 20 year old Pole Wojciech Szczesny. For the moment though, Fabianski is number (twenty) one and will try and prevent any Arsenal manager spending in the Summer. Mark Schwarzer and Shay Given have been linked.
Additional Info:
- Edited database, including attribute changes for Arsenal players (both up and down) and the cancellation of the link between Boreham Wood and Arsenal, which SI still haven't included..
- The Real Arsenal 4-2-3-1 tactic can be found at www.mantralux.com - It is in no way a tactic exploiting the match engine. It has strengths and weaknesses, just as the tactics used by Wenger do and has had a lot of work put into it (by Mantralux and me, who tested them =P)
- I'll be playing the game as realistically as possible - Focusing on youth, looking to control matches with 60%+ and at least 75%+ statistics.
- I've also loaded a large database, with plenty of individual countries and leagues loaded so I should be able to scout for talent all over the world!
- Think that's it, enjoy!
- The Real Arsenal 4-2-3-1 tactic can be found at www.mantralux.com - It is in no way a tactic exploiting the match engine. It has strengths and weaknesses, just as the tactics used by Wenger do and has had a lot of work put into it (by Mantralux and me, who tested them =P)
- I'll be playing the game as realistically as possible - Focusing on youth, looking to control matches with 60%+ and at least 75%+ statistics.
- I've also loaded a large database, with plenty of individual countries and leagues loaded so I should be able to scout for talent all over the world!
- Think that's it, enjoy!
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