Arteta's 'Positional Play' & Why YOU Should Care

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It's also not just in attacking that positional play is important, it's having both qualitative and quantitative superiority in defending. It's being able to adapt in relations to their position. Take note how comfortable White is as a RB. Saliba might be needed to cover the space vacated by White. It's then imperative that White is comfortable to cover Saliba's position as soon as he can so that he maintains the number superiority in defence.

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grt channel. in coming days ull have lacs of subs just keep being honest in ur opinions and if i may suggest try making videos about ex arsenal players or legends and their story at the club. also u can make videos about important events in arsenals long history. even the best fan tvs dont talk about it. i think as a great narrator that u are u can be well suited for a video like that. also rn u only make arsenal related videos but u can also open horizons where u make videos about other clubs as well like rory jennings or laurence mckenna who are other youtubers who i like in this category. just like arteta i am keeping an eye on u as well . u have a promise in ur content. all the best bro.

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This just shows how visionary and genius arteta is. Its not easy to implement the tactics in real time and getting the right personnel that adapts it

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Tactically and technically he’s been a top coach man management was the only question but he’s starting to figure that out

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@@jdnd2023 man management is one of his strong point tho

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@@UNFAZED1526 as a player yes that’s why he was a captain but it’s a bit different for a manager to connect with the players in that way but I’d say he’s nailed it there now

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Great video mate! This is a complicated topic, but the summary remains the same, you need to invest belief to get the rewards! Hoping more fans can see the project and Arteta gets enough time to properly implement this playstyle and philosophy!

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I love this breakdown but only how its gonna work is if the players commit to learning the spaces both offensively and defensively n it looks like we're on the right path

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This comment is about Ben White... I think 1. everyone including myself is jumping on the Saliba bandwagon. 2. He doesn't look like you're average Cb like VVD Or Sol Campbell, Tony Adams ect. Unfortunately, there's a stigmas for Cb and even other parts of the team. I think prolly cuz they relate to players like Viera and other older Arsenal Legends who were very tall and had a tough physicality. Never gets bullied. I noticed very well when we were linked to this unknown player in Ligue 1 who was a 6ft 4 CDM (Onana or some1). Fans really wanted this player.

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[@adkan1995]

can it be said that barca's tiki taka from 2009 be the precursor to this system? if I remember correctly one of the reasons why they are able to pass so fluidly is because they have a system that each player on the ball should have at least 2 players they could pass to freely, so there is alot of intelligent off the ball movement there

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Yeah there's different principles there but holding onto the ball is the link

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Noted

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Regardless of how you rotate the ball, you need the players with ability to execute it. The quality of the player still matters the most.