Declan Rice just EXPLAINED Artetaball.

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I asked Stuart for permission to put some of the article here and he was very kind to say yes, so thanks Stuart! x.com/stujames75/status/1785398227656708474?s=46

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Class. So many wouldn't bother to do this. *Cough* Romano.

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@@peterlukats937 Completely agreed, and the fact that permission was asked and proof provided to us is massively going to go underrated as well. Great stuff Alex!

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The egg fried rice joke was brilliant 😂

[@callumbrown969]

It’s really refreshing to hear someone be honest about the fact we are all trying to analyse highly detailed aspects and principles that quite frankly, we aren’t privy to the relevant knowledge to be able to speak well on. The fact you understand that is probably why your own understanding is so good. Ultimately much of the details likely weren’t even known by the select elite coaches some 15 years ago. They only learned these things through observation and a passion for the sport, the very same things that drive people like you and us to analyse and learn. Really good video 👍

[@aminerkin9844]

Data science bro. just like chess, computers can predict 23 moves in advance where they may even decide to sacrifice their queen to win at the end, so things like raya losing the ball should not be looked at that harshly, because they probably already took that into account expecting 3-4 goals per season from those mistakes, but him always attempting the pass may lead us to not lose the ball probably 6th player down the pass line, which if he did not, would lead us to concede 10-11 goals per season. If you don't think football is moneyball, you are naive. I mean, who knew who white or gabriel were before we bought them? Why did they buy havertz of all people for 65mil? Obviously, these decisions don't make sense at all by naked eye. I suspect arteta is the only person behind all this.

[@aokaparagit]

​@@aminerkin9844Arteta's mind is really deep man

[@tdtm82]

All this yet it's so early into his career and it's flabbergasting what he is doing. Yet morons are doubting him. We have improved so much. How we play football is an utter joy. Being an Arsenal fan now has filled me with pride and passion and confidence. That was missing for a whille. Vamos Arteta! Great stuff again fella. Would be great to have a beer with ya.

[@DiffKnock]

One day!! Thank you mate 🍺

[@crash17289]

Underrated comment. How do you explain this to people who think we're upset about "bottling it" last season? I couldn't care less. MA has really brought this club back to where it needs to be and that's what we gunners fans are most proud of. Trust the process and the results will follow.

[@tdtm82]

@@crash17289 I've been a fan long enough to notice the contingent of glory-supporters at other clubs. People have inflated egos and aspirations. I was arguing with someone recently who thought Arteta and Reya should be out and started relenlessly attacking both. I told him how are we going to get a better manager than Arteta who is available and for our budget? You won't. He's perfect. We've got one of the youngest managers in the best league-in-the-world and he's crushing it. We are two signings off from City and City only win because of favouritism and depth. I'm looking at our youth structure and what we are seeing there is simply another level. In a few years we will have the nuclear of an amazing squad and that is when a lot of players will be geting to their peak. It is an amazing time to be an Arsenal fan. FFP for City coming soon will be the icing-on-the-cake.

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@@crash17289you can’t, there’s a reason why most people are average or below, they don’t have the patience to learn or analyse.

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Err... the real idiots are the people who say crap like this ^

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If you did a coaching licence it would be interesting to understand what is involved in that and do a kind of vlog of it

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And James B. 💯💯 To All

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James and Rohan getting there too :)

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[@MNM14]

This just hugged my brain. Been looking for good football content like this for a while. It's amazing how many people don't actually listen to these managers.Arteta for example is secretive but gives glimpses and sometimes those glimpses are mind games. For example, he was asked if he spoke to Alonso about Bayern. Instead of saying yes or no, he just said I won't tell you. And you know Bayern were watching it. The old school back an forth between Wenger and Mourinho has evolved and I think sometimes we miss it. Tuchel doing similar things with Gnabry and Madrid.

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@@abdullahibnmiah2986 He meant the intro of the video.

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After seeing Sancho tonight in the ucl and thinking back to his time at United, you wonder what Rashford would look like outside of that toxic environment - scary thought really considering he’s probably been held back his whole career

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As a silent viewer since 15k, I really wanna say your development as a KZbinr is so admirable and motivating. Seeing your growth has assured me that proper analytical content has a place on YT. I can already see a year from now at 150k an interview with Rice, that’s gonna be epic. The complexity of the questions you’re gonna ask excited me already. Keep it up my brother, COYG!

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Good stuff! Enjoyed this once. Didn't get to read the whole article but I'll go back and look at it now. Just goes to show you how important it is to have truly smart players at AFC.

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For anyone who wants more content from this channel, look up the podcast he runs, its reactions to games and longer form content

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Very kind

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What wonderful; video. I played rugby for many years and had the opportunity to meet and talk to some professional players through the years. The way they talked about the game was just different. My view on ALL sports started to change and I became much, much less of an armchair critic. Football is a huge global sport. The game at its very highest levels, and Mikel is taking us to its highest levels, is a different beast. Isn't it insane that we now have an articulate, passionate, and great player like Declan Rice and there is absolutely zero debate about whether he should be Arsenal captain in the future, because we have an EQUALLY articulate, passionate and great player such as Martin O doing that job superbly already. What a team we suddenly have.

[@DayOneCricket]

Great Vid Alex - makes you really realise how much we really know about the 'elite' level in anything whether it sport or business unless you really live it

[@mukhincoach]

I’d love to see more in game details in a future videos from you! Thank you for your work!

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Just found your channel, really high level stuff man! Gonna be able to yap to my friends so easily now, thanks.

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True true true! Good vid!

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Fantastic! If every Arsenal fan took the time to watch this, we would surely appreciate Arteta and his team even more 🙏

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Good analysis as always 👍

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Brilliant analysis yet again. Never stop, Alex!

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Always smashing that like button. Well done mate

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Quality upload mate.

[@zapawarrior]

in my mind, arteta's dislike of cross field passes is linked to his concern about transitions against a team like chelsea, or indeed west ham. if that pass goes wrong when you are high up the pitch with an overload in that area, then you are going to be very exposed on the break as the opposition will likely have an overload with most of your players on one side. one of the things i really like about arteta, which is in major contrast to arsene, is his obsession with the defensive side of the game. the rice article was a great read - gives an insight also into the kind of player arteta likes - they have to be really intelligent to take in all that information and be able to apply it in a live game at high speed.

[@KhaliqueThomas]

This is why we have the guys rice, Jorginho, Odegaard, Partey damn Havertz in the middle. Those guys are all pieces of the player Arteta was. Remember Wenger saying that Arteta is a very cerebral player, one that is constantly analyzing the state of a match and how he can influence it.

[@sijankhan7796]

Havertz’ cross field pass to Saka against Spurs is an example of scenarios where a cross field pass creates a lot of expected threat, but when a team is able to settle down to a low block, a cross field pass doesn’t create a lot of expected threat. Wingers have to receive usually at rest rather than on the run, so the pass allows too much time for the defense to settle back down. Thus it’s actually better for wingers to receive the ball behind the line through a through ball rather than in the air.

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Nice explanation mate. Good job 👍

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Solid and insightful as always Alex. Cheers!

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Arteta will just love this video. Well done mate.

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Hope he sees it and schools me

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Wow!! This is incredibly kind. Thank you so, so much. Your support makes doing this so much easier. Hope I continue to earn it. Thank you 🙏

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Well done bro

[@lnrdo]

Interesting point about Rice's detailed memory for individual moments of play in past games. I wonder if many elite-level athletes have this sort of recall through some combination of practice & natural ability. This reminded me of the time when Lebron James was at a post-game press conference and accurately described in detail every turnover he made during the game

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Finding this channel has been incredible for me.

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Intelligent, humorous, the perfect analysis; I'd never much considered how Rice'd stopped his diagonals but I definitely knew what a threat they were for West Ham. Great video!

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Great content

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Thank you mate

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We are set up in a way that any failed diagonal will put us in big trouble, because as you pointed out, our 6 is directly behind the 8 on the strong side, so our weak side will be an inverted full back against a fast winger usually.

[@xX3prince3Xx]

Another reason to limit the use of switches is psychological. When the opposition become aware that you aren’t playing the typical switch it can become more effective when you do because it’s unexpected. However in that case it requires the player who does play the switch to be cognizant of a few things (i.e. overload to isolate concept, rest defense, and positional superiority)

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Alex you make me question my undying loyalty to the Arsenal Vision team. Thats the highest form of praise I can bestow on an Arsenal content creator I think

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They are both good Arsenal football content channels/podcasts

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@@taffydimples well said. But who’s my REAL favourite? 😂

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Now THAT is a compliment

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I mean, you put Alex, George, and Rohan into Arsenal Vision that's your Rice-Havertz-Timber transfer window IMO

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Quality

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Great insight. I’ve always thought those - however I do have a question that remains: Presumably ex-footballers/pundits would’ve been coached with this tactical rigour, yet they don’t seem to bring that to the TV analysis? They do discuss tactics to a degree of what viewers can see through the broadcast, but not with the details which you’ve described in the video. Why?

[@DiffKnock]

Thank you so much! Yeah I agree. I think it’s a number of things. Partly they’re making a TV show and need simple narrative, partly lack of knowledge, partly lack of time, partly lack of communication skills… ease… lots of stuff… never assume malice when incompetence fits and all that….

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Have you tried to set up a 1 on 1 with arteta, to get some insight of his football tactics thought

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Arsenal need to give the under 12 team ❤😂! You really get all the concept of modern days football. I really love your analysis. Keep up the good work

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Laughed a little more than I should at 9:20

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Rice shouldn't have said anything keep it all in house..

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Ur r the best ❤❤❤❤ 9:49

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Arsenal is just too good 🔥

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Is there a Man Utd equivalent of your channel? Imagine someone breaking down the delicate nuances of TenHagball 😮 😮 😮

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There’s plenty of YT channels that discuss terrible cave diving, nuclear power, or other such incidents but nobody has gone near Ten-Haag-ball. makes u fink innit

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I have a lot to say... The Different Devil?

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This is truly superb content. Miles better to watch than the dross on mainstream media these days (cough cough Rio Ferdinand cough cough)

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[@phongnguyen827]

the takeaway at 9:23 really caught me off guard

[@xX3prince3Xx]

Simplest reason to do a 5v2 instead of a 4v2 is to simulate being set in a 3-2 shape when playing against a front 2 press. It simulates more than this but that’s just a base level reason.

[@GeorgeBurrell]

2:28 is absolute gold 😂

[@Alexandre1453]

Watching these tecnical analysis as a Brazilian is interesting because the "6" for us is a FB. The CDM for us is the 5

[@aminerkin9844]

I think raya prevents a lot of things happening can be explained in a way, where teams may not decide to cross into 6 yard box because he is the best at catching cross or may be aware of his long balls into martinelli, which makes them play a certain way against us which leads us to win. For examoke, arteta may know that we are gonna concede 3-4 stupid goals from raya passes per season, but having him always attempt the pass may lead to fourth player down the pass line have more space to not lose the ball, which would have led to us conceding 7-8 goals per season as opposed to 3 or 4. So he picks and choose where he wants to lose the ball assuming that we are always gonna lose the ball at some point. Also, arteta is not god, there is probably some ai simulation going on by data scientist somewhere, if not by a team. What we can say for sure is that since raya started playing for us, despite him not looking brilliant in the eyes at all, we have done better than when ramsdale was playing, in fact better than the whole league defensively and offensively. it could be correlation, but his timing of arrival and us performing better are in sync, so is havertz. Arsenal is definetly playing some sort of moneyball, because if we're being honest none of our players individually stars, nor they were outstanding and flashy before their arrival. Nobody knew who the hell ben white or gabriel was even for example. I still don't know what arteta saw in havertz. lol I don't think arteta is that genius either by himself. I think we need to thank statdna or something.

[@harveyphilip6175]

Definitely! I think he has planned this structure around where he thinks they'll loose the ball, maybe the analytics team tracked the area of the field that they loose out on possession the most to narrow it down. A team is most vulnerable when they've just retrieved the ball and maybe he wants the team to capitalize on that when they loose the ball.

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Chris Woods really has blood on his hands…. I don’t get how you can miss such good chances

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That takeaway joke had me in stitches 😂😂😂😂

[@NakulKrishna]

Arteta’s obsession with rest defence is what prevents many teams from even getting a shot at us. That’s what made the Bayern defeat so painful and damning, we need transitional players like Sane and Gnabry who can single-handedly push the team forward when we’ve been pushed back for considerable portions of the game(a la Mancity) and some more pace in mf and defence to deal with transitional teams.

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after watching the bournemouth game i genuinely can't wait for timbers return

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I feel sorry for other football fans. Because if you were just a football content creator for all football you would be absolutely huge. The quality is off the rails!!

[@hervem.]

Rice gave us a glimpse at how brilliant Arteta is. Now I'm thinking he share too much 😂

[@russbrown5270]

When it comes to tactics in football there is no best or right way to play, the best coaches are the ones who understand what the opposition is going to do. Its a bit like playing Texas holdem poker , you can play tight or loose but the best way to make money is to be the one playing tight if everyone else is loose or loose if everyone else is tight. All the top teams are now starting to play the Pep way with inverted wingers and a high 6 because it works and can be seen to statistically but as more and more teams play this way things like the old fashioned long ball down the middle will become more and more effective, in fact that seems to be already happening a bit in games this last month or so. The really big change in tactics over the last few years has been the need for all keepers to be a sweeper this has dramatically changed the line that defences can now play but players are becoming more and more aware of catching out keepers when they turn over possession.

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