Steven Dodds
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Not seen that many Arsenal story's that have lasted and since i'm an Arsenal fan and am looking for a story that I can really get into I thought I could give one a go and see if it does any better than my other ones.
Wenger Sacked
Arsene Wenger has managed his last game for the Gunners after being sacked for reasons we do not know. Arsene was loved by many here at Arsenal and will still be loved by many now that he is not at the club. Arsene showed a passion for the club and has showed the world a new beautiful way to play the beautiful game. He will be missed by many Arsenal fans and on the tip of all of their mouths is why? why has he been sacked. As the whole world knows far too well Arsenal are without a trophy for 5 years, the last trophy they picked up was a FA Cup in 2005, where they beat Manchester United in penalties. We believe this is the reason the Frenchman has been sacked. For not winning any trophys for 5 years is bad, but when you are talking about Arsenal it is horrible to be a supporter of a team of this callibar and not be able to celebrate a trophy. Don't get me wrong they have came close with the Champions League Final loss to Barcelona and the Carling Cup loss to Chelsea. Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has said Arsenal need to win a trophy and Arsene hasn't done that in 5 whole years, we need one now. Peter Hill=Wood has talked to Wenger since he sacked him and both of them seemed to have came to an agreement that it was the right decision to sack him and it look like both of them have moved on. Arsene has already said he wants to get straight back into management, But who will be his succeeder at The Emirates?
Sky Bet Odds: Next Arsenal Manager
Pat Rice - 1/2
Jose Mourinho - 1/3
Pep Guardiola - 1/3
Martin O'Neil - 1/5
Chris Hughton - 1/7
Nigel Winterburn - 1/10
Sven Goran Eriksson - 1/25
Paul Lambert - 1/50
The obvious favorite is Pat Rice as he knows this Arsenal team inside out being Wenger's Assistant since he took over and also being the caretaker manager before he took over, so he has got experience and knows how to make this team fluid like Wenger did. Next we have Pep Guardiola and "The Special One" Jose Mourinho, both very strong contenders for the job but wether they want it is another question. Jose Mourinho hasn't won anything with Madrid and why would Pep Guardiola want the job when he has a Barcelona said who play better football than Arsenal?, maybe he fancies a move to England, you never know. Then we have the outsiders, O'Neil and Hughton, both have had past experience in the Premier League but are both jobless and of course you knew he was going to be their, former Arsenal player Nigel Winterburn, he has had not managerial experience, but with him being an Arsenal legend you can;t rule him out of the picture. Then we have the heavy outsiders in Sven and Lambert. Sven has just tooken over Leicester but everyone knows what he is like and could quit them at any time if he is offered a better job. Finally we have Paul Lambert who has just got Norwich promoted after winning the nPower League One, you can't rule him out either.
Wenger Sacked
Arsene Wenger has managed his last game for the Gunners after being sacked for reasons we do not know. Arsene was loved by many here at Arsenal and will still be loved by many now that he is not at the club. Arsene showed a passion for the club and has showed the world a new beautiful way to play the beautiful game. He will be missed by many Arsenal fans and on the tip of all of their mouths is why? why has he been sacked. As the whole world knows far too well Arsenal are without a trophy for 5 years, the last trophy they picked up was a FA Cup in 2005, where they beat Manchester United in penalties. We believe this is the reason the Frenchman has been sacked. For not winning any trophys for 5 years is bad, but when you are talking about Arsenal it is horrible to be a supporter of a team of this callibar and not be able to celebrate a trophy. Don't get me wrong they have came close with the Champions League Final loss to Barcelona and the Carling Cup loss to Chelsea. Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has said Arsenal need to win a trophy and Arsene hasn't done that in 5 whole years, we need one now. Peter Hill=Wood has talked to Wenger since he sacked him and both of them seemed to have came to an agreement that it was the right decision to sack him and it look like both of them have moved on. Arsene has already said he wants to get straight back into management, But who will be his succeeder at The Emirates?
Sky Bet Odds: Next Arsenal Manager
Pat Rice - 1/2
Jose Mourinho - 1/3
Pep Guardiola - 1/3
Martin O'Neil - 1/5
Chris Hughton - 1/7
Nigel Winterburn - 1/10
Sven Goran Eriksson - 1/25
Paul Lambert - 1/50
The obvious favorite is Pat Rice as he knows this Arsenal team inside out being Wenger's Assistant since he took over and also being the caretaker manager before he took over, so he has got experience and knows how to make this team fluid like Wenger did. Next we have Pep Guardiola and "The Special One" Jose Mourinho, both very strong contenders for the job but wether they want it is another question. Jose Mourinho hasn't won anything with Madrid and why would Pep Guardiola want the job when he has a Barcelona said who play better football than Arsenal?, maybe he fancies a move to England, you never know. Then we have the outsiders, O'Neil and Hughton, both have had past experience in the Premier League but are both jobless and of course you knew he was going to be their, former Arsenal player Nigel Winterburn, he has had not managerial experience, but with him being an Arsenal legend you can;t rule him out of the picture. Then we have the heavy outsiders in Sven and Lambert. Sven has just tooken over Leicester but everyone knows what he is like and could quit them at any time if he is offered a better job. Finally we have Paul Lambert who has just got Norwich promoted after winning the nPower League One, you can't rule him out either.
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Guardiola, Mourinho and Lambart: I'm Out
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho and Norwich City manager Paul Lambart have all ruled themselves out of the running for the Arsenal vacancy. We were surprised that Paul Lambart has ruled himself out of the running as it is a very prestigious job to be in, but he believes if he continues with Norwich he can make them reach the heights of Arsenal Football Club. Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho do not come to us as a surprise as both have got very good jobs at the moment and they both believe that their clubs are better than Arsenal which is the reason Jose Mourinho ruled himself out but Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports News that he has ruled himself out because Barcelona play better football than Arsenal and he told them that they proved that last year in the Champions League Quarter Finals.
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Arsenal hire unknown Dodds as manager
Today Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood has announced the clubs new manager in Steven Dodds, a 25 Year Old Scotsman who has never has any managerial experience at Professional level. He has had some managerial experience at the Amateur and Semi-Pro level but thats about it. This decision has shocked many people and none more than Pat Rice, who was fully expecting to get this job. Pat Rice will no doubt be in shock but most Arsenal fans will be in shock with this decision. A Sky Sports News poll was set-up and the results were a massive 69.5% of people would have loved Pat Rice to have tooken over at the club, 10.5% would have liked to have seen Chris Hughton as manager, 8% would have loved to have seen Martin O'Neil, 6% would have liked to have seen big Sven as manager and 6% would have liked it to be someone different. Who that other person was we will never know but it has been announced that manager Steven Dodds is the chairman's man to take Arsenal Football Club to success. He has been given a contract that will keep him at the club until 2012 on a £47,500 p/w.
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Tactics + Pre Season
I have worked really hard on creating a tactic for Arsenal I've tried to get them passing and creating space for each other and have come up with 2 formations to do so the first one is:
A simple 4-2-2-2. This will be the main one throughout the season, I will be playing this one from the start of every match. It will show our talents with clear cut chances and not with possession, like Wenger's Arsenal. I want to try and bring a new way of football to Arsenal that wins trophys and at the same time be entertaining for the fans to watch. With this formation I hope to see Clichy and Sagna bomb down the wings and provide more width to the team. Also bombing down the wings I would like to see the 2 Attacking Midfielders whoever they may be. I will be playing a Target Man upfront who will get most of the goals this season. My 2 central Midfielders will be the main part opf this formation being successful. The Left Center Midfielder will be my Playmaker in Fabregas. He is the captain and the best player in my squad and I want him to run all the games whover our opponents may be. The other Center Midfielder will be the player that sits in front of the defence, I will be using Song this season but I may buy some cover incase of injury. All I want to see from Song in this role is too intercept passes and make a short pass to feet whenever possible and try to retain possession.
The other tactic I will be using is:
A 4-3-3 with a Center Defensive Midfielder, you could say a Barcelona-ess formation. I will look for my team to keep in possession and see out crucial games with this tactic. The only time I will be using this tactic if I am winning and the other team is pressing really hard, I will switch to this formation to keep hold of possession and slow the game down a little bit. It will be more or less the same starting line up except I will bring in another Center Midfielder instead of playing 2 strikers. With this formation I will look for my Full Backs to stay back and cover the center backs and I will also look for my Wingers to do a fair bit of tracking back aswell. The two Center Midfielders will be the Playmakers of the team, playing through balls to the Striker upfront who will be a Target Man. I will be using a sitting Midfielder who will just lay in front of the two Center Backs and intercept passes and play a shirt simple pass to retain possession.
Pre Season Results
Arsenal 8-0 Arsenal Reserves
Yeovil 1-1 Arsenal
Ross County 1-2 Arsenal
Norwich 1-2 Arsenal
Anderlecht 0-2 Arsenal
Southampton 0-5 Arsenal
Inter Milan 2-3 Arsenal
Review
I thought this Pre Season went as well as it could have. With 6 Wins coming from a possible 7, and also beating the European Champions with both team poutting out a full squad. The player I was most impressed with was Robin Van Persie scoring 10 goals in total over the Pre Season and 5 of those came against our Reserves. Bendtner also got 5 goals, 2 of them coming against our reserves. I think Arsenal fans can look forward to the new season ahead and look forward to a very bright future with me at the helm.
Tactics
I have worked really hard on creating a tactic for Arsenal I've tried to get them passing and creating space for each other and have come up with 2 formations to do so the first one is:
A simple 4-2-2-2. This will be the main one throughout the season, I will be playing this one from the start of every match. It will show our talents with clear cut chances and not with possession, like Wenger's Arsenal. I want to try and bring a new way of football to Arsenal that wins trophys and at the same time be entertaining for the fans to watch. With this formation I hope to see Clichy and Sagna bomb down the wings and provide more width to the team. Also bombing down the wings I would like to see the 2 Attacking Midfielders whoever they may be. I will be playing a Target Man upfront who will get most of the goals this season. My 2 central Midfielders will be the main part opf this formation being successful. The Left Center Midfielder will be my Playmaker in Fabregas. He is the captain and the best player in my squad and I want him to run all the games whover our opponents may be. The other Center Midfielder will be the player that sits in front of the defence, I will be using Song this season but I may buy some cover incase of injury. All I want to see from Song in this role is too intercept passes and make a short pass to feet whenever possible and try to retain possession.
The other tactic I will be using is:
A 4-3-3 with a Center Defensive Midfielder, you could say a Barcelona-ess formation. I will look for my team to keep in possession and see out crucial games with this tactic. The only time I will be using this tactic if I am winning and the other team is pressing really hard, I will switch to this formation to keep hold of possession and slow the game down a little bit. It will be more or less the same starting line up except I will bring in another Center Midfielder instead of playing 2 strikers. With this formation I will look for my Full Backs to stay back and cover the center backs and I will also look for my Wingers to do a fair bit of tracking back aswell. The two Center Midfielders will be the Playmakers of the team, playing through balls to the Striker upfront who will be a Target Man. I will be using a sitting Midfielder who will just lay in front of the two Center Backs and intercept passes and play a shirt simple pass to retain possession.
Pre Season Results
Arsenal 8-0 Arsenal Reserves
Yeovil 1-1 Arsenal
Ross County 1-2 Arsenal
Norwich 1-2 Arsenal
Anderlecht 0-2 Arsenal
Southampton 0-5 Arsenal
Inter Milan 2-3 Arsenal
Review
I thought this Pre Season went as well as it could have. With 6 Wins coming from a possible 7, and also beating the European Champions with both team poutting out a full squad. The player I was most impressed with was Robin Van Persie scoring 10 goals in total over the Pre Season and 5 of those came against our Reserves. Bendtner also got 5 goals, 2 of them coming against our reserves. I think Arsenal fans can look forward to the new season ahead and look forward to a very bright future with me at the helm.
