The SECRET To Arsenal’s INSANE Goal Scoring Form

[@adamgeigerjr6995]

It's not just a testament to Arteta's excellent coaching (to be able to elevate guys like Kiwior) but his overall transfer approach in general. A lot of our signings have been flexible players who can move in & out of different positions on the pitch. This lets us to adapt to injuries & opposition tactics obviously much easier as well. Just big strides forward yet again for the Arsenal.

[@sundersquare]

odegaard dropping deep is to help with vertical progression as Rice isn't as good as Partey at breaking the lines

[@vishweshswaminadhan4337]

He will improve and he has got a high ceiling.

[@zavhussey2760]

@@vishweshswaminadhan4337i really do hoe so, but it’s a skill you can’t really coach you either have it or don’t also partey is a master of disguise and body positioning

[@timtim8644]

Partey done it thanks to Xhaka also

[@Abe2u]

Party had Xhaka, and Xhaka was our best passer from deep.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

It's definitely taking place of Zinchenko in overload

[@L_Trappo]

No matter how good our midfield is rn I still miss xhaka 🔴⚪️

[@nosymf]

And I miss Henry 😂 we have to move on tho

[@siyabongapatrick2257]

I don't anymore

[@L_Trappo]

@@siyabongapatrick2257 I hear u but the funny is that xhaka would probs still start over any of our left 8s

[@yonh5350]

loving the real game examples used to assist the analysis, great job Dave! COYG!

[@StatmanDave]

Cheers lad

[@supergooner1362]

And I also think Arsenal’s unsung heroe this season is David Martin Raya who clams crosses comfortably while you see 2-3 Arsenal player making runs receiving long balls as counter attacks

[@StatmanDave]

Bang on. Massive upgrade.

[@eddiebottom37]

​@StatmanDave a lot of Arsenal fans disagree. Raya is 100% and upgrade. You can't play these new formations without Raya.

[@VukaniMde]

Yup. Basically adds an extra attacking dimension in a way we couldn't with Rambo (much as I love him). Raya is undoubtedly an improvement to our game. Some just can't or simply don't wanna see it

[@mhgooner9546]

Gabriel got caught out as the left sided CB? When? I swear people just say shit without even knowing if it's true.

[@JMalikZ]

Last season and the season before. Many times.

[@vague57]

Maybe it was more Zinny getting caught out & Gabriel being overstretched.

[@nicolascastillo7065]

If you invert white gabriel is in the center but if you invierte ziny saliba is in the center, now if you inver both you have both of them in a more center position, this happen more by nature of the space that they have

[@abhinavkumarsingh_0365]

​@@JMalikZ What games did you watch lol?

[@04foreverinvincible69]

@@JMalikZno more like Gabriel having to cover zinny’s ass … gabi is never out of position sometimes he gets fucked because he try’s to help

[@danielb.6476]

It's NOT been a 4-2-3-1 for over 18 months now. Besides, Arsenal is a fluid team and should not be boxed into these more traditional static formations. Arteta himself has said his teams can have as many as 43 different configurations during a single game.

[@slyarsenal]

Statman talking out of his arse

[@123kaired]

Now imagine when we get timber instead of kiwior. Even more tactical changes

[@davidfisaac]

The keyword "overall"

[@danielb.6476]

@@davidfisaac using “the keyword overall” still doesn’t make it right.

[@AyaGumede]

Stfu bro, Arsenal starting 11 starts in that position. Stop nitpicking bull shit to try to look smart

[@vitaminc2161]

this is almost like FM tactics tutorial. great video!

[@abhinavkumarsingh_0365]

Saliba's best position is CCB and Gabriel's is LCB We are forced to play with the current formation because of the injuries

[@virtunus7950]

When teams are counter attacking against Arsenal 3 defenders they often start from the flanks. That is why it is best to have Gabriel as CCB because he is the slowest but the strongest of the 3 (Saliba, Gabriel and Kiwior)

[@abhinavkumarsingh_0365]

@@virtunus7950 Gabriel is not slow lol and Kiwior/Zinchencko are poor at 1v1 defending so having them at LCB instead of Gabriel or Tomi is a risk against tricky wingers

[@xaviermalcolm8481]

@@abhinavkumarsingh_0365 Lmao Kiwior is definitely not poor 1v1. In fact he is one of our best 1v1 defenders. He's hardly lost a single 1v1 duel since he was brought back into the team, even bailed out Saliba on a number of occasions. It's literally the reason Arteta would always bring him in for Zinchenko when we were defending a lead.

[@AyaGumede]

Talking out your arse😂😂😂

[@TheLittleMegalodon]

​@@abhinavkumarsingh_0365saliba was poor in 1vs1? Hahaha what a joke! Bro pretended he knew about Arsenal ☠️🗿

[@rukas1599]

Great video bro

[@Matt-mb3ss]

I actually think odegaard dropping deep is only really done because teams aren’t allowing him to get on the ball in that fun zone between Saka and whoever’s playing at 9, we saw this being the case again West Ham but due to arteta being adaptive he actually shifted some of Ben whites instructions to create an overload on that side in order to get Odegaard onto the ball, if you rewatch the game you will see exactly what I mean, we almost just said fuck it and sent Ben white forward leaving us fairly susceptible to a counter attack down that side but fortunately for us West Ham really didn’t have the quality down that flank to make any use of it. I also think West Ham really just weren’t expecting/ had no answer for this change which allowed us to be so dominant and their head basically went for a 15 minute period at the end of first half

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Do you think Ghostagaard will ever win a trophy?

[@alegbekehinde8753]

Excellent analysis. Please stop exposing my team

[@simbafam7430]

Underrated channel, everything makes a lot of sense now knowledge is power! Amazing video!!

[@StatmanDave]

Cheers

[@jcameronferguson]

Kiwior is a really interesting player because he has physical gifts that you wouldn't assume a guy playing LCB in Serie A for Spezia would possess. When they did his evaluation at London Colney, he apparently broke the standing squad record for sprint speed over whatever interval they use to measure. So you have a player who has recovery pace in excess of Gabriel Martinelli, and who has been given some license to roam as an inverted LB, and though he doesn't provide technical security with the ball at his feet like Zinchenko, there's a no-nonsense defender in him that you see clearly once he's moved the ball upfield. He can be more exploratory than your typical slow defender, yet stronger in the tackle than your typical all-speed dribbling fullback. It will be interesting to see if he can hold off challenges from Zinchenko, Timber, and Tomiyasu as those three get back to match fitness!

[@virtunus7950]

Really good points but don’t forget Kiwior is left footed while Timber is right footed. I would not be surprised if Timber is competing with places with Ben White in the near future

[@jcameronferguson]

@@virtunus7950 I agree about Timber! I only mentioned him with the others because he played LB in preseason and was impressive there. Benjamin White has barely put a foot wrong in two years, and is our designated shithouser/goalie hugger for set pieces, so it will take some effort to dislodge him.

[@kevinrogers326]

Brilliant analysis and explanations.

[@GabrielVieira-el1uq]

I love that you use a football manager terminology makes so much easier for me understand the player roles

[@andos29]

Great work Dave. Good analysis

[@robbieg3014]

Great analysis that was simple to follow (good communication skills). Have you considered why its difficult for the opponents to attack Arsenals' goal (Newcastle first half). The speed of the three centre-halves, sweeper keepers etc.

[@slyarsenal]

It's called a "choking press" which pins opposition teams to their own half and forcing errors to win the ball back. We don't allow teams the time to think where they want to pass the ball. Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Havertz are all over opposition defenders trying to play from the back and if the ball gets pass them then Rice, Saliba, Gabriel, White push up all over midfielders and forwards.

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Have you considered why Arsenal haven't won anything in 4 years after spending 700m quid? Clearly not...

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@slyarsenal It's called a "choking press", something that you like to do to young boys Convict after you've groomed them.

[@markpotter544]

When inverting a wingback arsenal actually play the same way as they did last year (ppl forget that there were some big scorelines then too), the only difference is that the change of personnel necessitates some changes to the roles, odegaard drops back bc havetz just not good at it, and bc odegaard has ben white behind defensively it works, then the interchange between white and odegaard becomes interesting, etc. On the de zerbi 4 2 4, I think the best example is actually the community shield game, it was partey instead of jorginho but the interchanges were very interesting there. Overall, great job explaining the differences and showing how it works 👍👏👏 agree with you that havetz and trossard fit better for the de zerbi system as they are true false 9s, whereas jesus is more of an all-rounder for me

[@blackmagic6]

Fantastic analysis. I'm now realising things that I didn't understand before.

[@gtwiggerwork]

Great video, but you missed a key point at just gone 10:30 into the video, you are correct about havertz making a forward movement inbetween lines and running into channels, but its actually trossard's movement to drop deep, which brought up the 2CB's of West ham, which meant the West ham RB had to come inside to cover Havertz, this is now creating chaos and and overload

[@gtwiggerwork]

ok at 14:30 you mention this lol, i should comment after I watch the whole video

[@Pazzathecat]

Amazing content and not just bcos I'm a Gooner, looking forward to all the extra clips. Will share on X.

[@wilsonchan5147]

very good analysis, well presented

[@ngwanawamobu8990]

Hi Dave, can you also do a vid highlighting what went wrong against Porto, and also show us weaknesses of the mid-block setup that Porto employed against Arsenal.

[@Ajajambo]

Fantastic breakdown! Subscribed

[@fourmthree]

No shade on Kiwior but these systems are only going to be more effective once Tomiyasu and Timber are back fit. The formations aside, I thought the most refreshing aspect of the Newcastle game was the penetration. Line-breaking passes for days. The perfect antidote to the treacle of playing Porto.

[@gabrielmontero5265]

This is for sure one of the best football tactics videos i’ve seen! How do you know so much about tactics?

[@emmanuelonyono4517]

I really like your analysis bro, on due cause Arsenal have many ingredients like having Young CB who are very good on ball.

[@SM-cz5od]

Wow! You are really good at explaining things and easy to understand. Thank you

[@strikevince14]

Excellent video. A lot of research must have gone into this

[@FinsburyPhil]

Nice analysis

[@xtembo3877]

Absolute quality👌🏾

[@ke5943]

excellent work!

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

We were scoring for fun until we met Porto.

[@ayell91]

I love arteta❤

[@mygoalisgold707]

7:24 based on this I wonder… Similar to position-less Basketball (current nba) could it be that in an attempt to gegenpress and overload ball-side, Saliba could attempt a late run while rice drops further into a middle cb and gabriel drops to saliba’s side? genuinely curious. could also make havertz drop a bit when attempting this overload ball side attack

[@ptrim1902]

Excellent one SD! Tops!

[@JP-fc6hq]

Excellent and clear video Dave!

[@abdallmohamedfaraholdlegen8774]

Great video

[@TunmisheOkeDeliverance]

Arteta gets all the credit because the team is doing well. The truth is, the coaching crew i the key to Arsenal's success. Some of those tactivs are from his assistants but he is the face of them all.

[@nickbean693]

Brilliant analysis. Can’t believe it’s taken me this long to find this channel

[@StatmanDave]

WELCOME NICK

[@nickbean693]

@@StatmanDave I’ll be on this a lot I think.

[@WeezyKDS128]

I think this style is good for the premier league but in knockout games/european fixtures it’s a lot harder without that recognised striker

[@AyaGumede]

You seriously need to update your football IQ software lmfao😂😂😂

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Why lol. Porto were very committed and disciplined but sharp quick temp accurate passing with rotation and runs would have had them on back heels. But we had play safe mentality which was counter productive as it led to nerves bad touch and timidity. Nearly came out OK even with that but think we got it wrong.

[@WeezyKDS128]

@@virupakshawalla5734Man City are the best example really. Comparing their league performances before 2022 to their European performances. If you watch their tie vs Bayern Last season it was quite even, Haaland capitalising on mistakes just happened to be the difference. I’m sure Arsenal will beat Porto at home but scoring the perfect goal in each round of a knockout competition will be tough. Remember Aubameyang was who won us our last trophy with individual brilliance

[@AyaGumede]

@WeezyKDS128 You're overthinking it. Players like Haaland are an anomaly because you can't find me 3 other players like him, so using him as an example is stupid. In modern football, having a clear focal point on the pitch is a huge disadvantage because you make the opposition plan an counter easily. Plus the biggest reason Haaland is doing what he's doing is because of another world-class midfielder De Bruyne, Haaland wasn't that good without De Bruyne this season

[@virupakshawalla5734]

@@WeezyKDS128 who needs the perfect goal. Let Havertz bundle it over the line after a deflection and 3 rebounds. But you need to be in box ti get that.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Should have included porto shortcomings?

[@ignacio3092]

This is the best tactical screen I seen. Thanxx. I like the formation with the two dms

[@samokoro8264]

are we truly the best attacking and scoring team in Europe? i dont know the answer, but we failed to score against porto and wouldnt have scored for the whole day. in epl, yes, we are.

[@nirothav1105]

a Utd fan with a Thierry Henry poster. Amazing!

[@StatmanDave]

Love Henry. What a player.

[@vizzini589]

Outstanding analysis. Thanks.

[@StatmanDave]

👍👍👍

[@TheTensilk]

Everyone who is an Arsenal fan needs to say a daily prayer that Timber is ready by April and that Martinelli is back for the City game. If Arsenal can field Timber as the inverted wingback opposite White...🤩🤩😛😛 the rest of the League will have SERIOUS SERIOUS problems. If VDV and Liverpool were confused before, they will be left completely dumbstruck with Timber and White inverting at will.... Tbvh, its quite a scary thought. Timber's technical ability and recovery speed is legit terrifying for most opponents. For defenses it will be akin to trying to defend an ever speeding merry-go-round in the middle of the pitch and their own final third. If, and its very BIG if, Arsenal can manage to sign Ivan Toney or a smaller, faster, deadly ball striker, someone like a Salah, tbvh, they may do an Invincibles part deux next season. I honestly believe, Klopp knows all this and wants no part of that smoke, and decided that he would rather call time out than be forced to face down not only Pep but Pep 2.0 in Arteta. 👑💯

[@kitwanaabraham560]

Brilliant analysis!

[@icon_24506]

Beautiful analysis Brother. 🎉

[@StatmanDave]

👌👌👌

[@bsaragiotto]

Excellent Video!! 👏 👏

[@faizaltaj]

Yes... I too play football manager and very familiar with all these roles...

[@Bluestreakfire]

excellent analysis. Arteta is really showing his tactical prowess.

[@huz6796]

Kiwior has been amazing so far this season

[@StatmanDave]

Massively underrated

[@pattisonvidal3909]

I hope they can pull it off!

[@surmeshdadhwal799]

Very nice video.

[@renardocarty3140]

Can you do a Manchester united summer clear out and potential incoming video

[@StatmanDave]

Definitely will cover this soon

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

This is an ARSENAL video. Mention those Red Devils bastards somewhere else, mate.

[@sotiroulis]

Great work Dave!

[@StatmanDave]

👌👌👌

[@trevorlewatle1886]

Genius

[@Amemji]

Arsenal still need a midfielder, but I think they may have inadvertantly solved there midfield balance issue. Jorginiho (CDM), Rice (CM), Odegaard (CAM).

[@YTA5690]

do a tactics explained video on ange postecoglous tottenham tactics

[@thatguywhodropshots3277]

He only covers big clubs mate

[@StatmanDave]

😂

[@YTA5690]

@@thatguywhodropshots3277then why did he do a video on contes spurs tactics if he “only covers big clubs” then

[@spamthisnuts]

@@thatguywhodropshots3277 if Arsenal dont score from set pieces, they dont score at all. all this analysis is garbage.

[@etaedmond5935]

@@spamthisnutsjokes on you🤣

[@janysmahoney1271]

Considering he a rookie Manager, Artetas slowly become a tactical genius, don't get enough credit considering he's up against 2 celebrated seasoned Managers with a combined Managerial Career of atleast 40yrs. Setpieces improved immensely an Rice taking most of them of late seems t have contributed. Media favourites, Zinny and Jesus being benched of late is no coincidence either

[@Steve-pk9et]

Artetas become a tactical genius, don't get enough credit Name another manager who's won nothing in 4 years after spending 700m quid? Good luck with that because i can't....

[@janysmahoney1271]

u finished chatting u nonsense? Go, collect stamps an stop with the kiddy remarks; ur an adult so act like one

[@janysmahoney1271]

just cos u can't, don't mean there ain't any. Footballing World ain't going by ur memory loss

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@janysmahoney1271 Name another manager who's won nothing in 4 years after spending 700m quid? Good luck with that because i can't either....

[@naluminolinyandi6755]

Really good content 🔥

[@22leggedsasquatch]

Very well analysed

[@jovsta]

Great stuff. Love the video. Keep it up.

[@bonanijula6351]

Thats how u entertain us bravo Statman dave🤗

[@SpiderMan-qs2td]

When Timber gets back who’s better off as the “Inverted Wing Back” him or Ben White? You said Gabriel is better as the center of the 3 center backs. So should we just replace Kiwior with Timber straight up assuming Ben White is better on the ball?

[@yousef_afc9363]

Timber plays where Kiwior is

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@yousef_afc9363 Only for 47 mins though

[@nithinissac8090]

Didn't know Timo Werner was so good at tactical analysis

[@tampabay554]

Nice work

[@paulaloysius417]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Great show

[@iazan]

Great video again, Dave! Sorry if you get this question a lot, but what software do you use to set up the tactics?

[@StatmanDave]

We use aftereffects

[@iazan]

@@StatmanDave Oh, really? I thought you had a special tactics software or something like that. Good to know, thanks a lot!

[@RaymondMark-ms6rr]

You did so well

[@erykado]

Yes it will

[@PowrAl]

What happened to Porto v Arsenal?

[@tommymercer9174]

Thinking about Porto, they kept there shape discipline the whole game. Every set piece they played short. If they play as good, do we win?

[@RishiSharma-sf6eu]

havertz usually stays up further and trossard drops back and progresses the ball when he's playing otherwise havertz is the striker and odegaard plays a little off of him

[@phillipifejika2887]

Great video Indebt analysis

[@bigbadbenny]

Great work as usual! :)

[@getchotsega1621]

Thanks Dave

[@Emrajbari]

It's good analysis - thanks

[@boycheezy]

Learning arsenal football is like learning calculus 2.0 I totally understand nothing 😂😂😂no wonder there play is the most beautiful compared to barcas and man city. I think the reason for this is not having a traditional cf so they need to build up to the goal

[@Maj1794]

Very well explained 👏🏽.. COYG!

[@TreySobers]

How do you pronounce Kiwior so wrong??

[@mkf628]

Ben White's passing is pin point.

[@somtoo24]

Top analysis!!

[@SpiderMan-qs2td]

What is Zinchenko is back, Plan is gets reversed and now Gabriel is the left sided CB even tho you said he isn’t as good as the Central CB

[@rwehumbizajonathan8689]

GENIUS

[@michaelcave6581]

Brilliant analysis :-)

[@masixsole]

Top top analysis bro

[@bornfacekafola3249]

Good analysis

[@Steve-pk9et]

"Insane goal scoring form" is Haaland matching Eddie Nketiahs goal tally for the whole of last season in under 58 minutes last night

[@preciousmichael9506]

Statsman Dave 😂🔥🔥🔥

[@StatmanDave]

👌

[@007feck]

Reporter: “So Arteta, what position is this player in today” Mik: anyone’s guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kakrezakuuu]

And we dont even had pure striker yet. Imagine we sign one of Osimhen, Vlahovic, Toney, Zirkzee or Sesko

[@Best_game59]

Why do you think Arsenal struggled against Porto and Fulham away. What did those teams do to nullify Arsenal?

[@mohammedaminu1147]

Those two teams were extremely physical. Especially Porto

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

@@mohammedaminu1147 Lol, and clearly had better managers

[@arsenaltacticalinsight1972]

Football is simple pass the ball to the nearest player and move. The great Liverpool team under Bill Shankly did it. They played lots of five a side. The Fa now call it small sided games and Pep rondos.

[@StatmanDave]

Football is an extremely complex but simple game. 😂😂

[@jusm10]

Arsenal are looking to purchase a no.9 at the end of the season. How do you think this will affect the team tactically?

[@GrantFerris-ly6cj]

Who told you Arsenal are looking to purchase a no.9 at the end of the season?

[@jusm10]

@@GrantFerris-ly6cj Of course media outlets are always going to exaggerate and twist the truth, but Arsenal have been reported to be monitoring Toney Osihmen Zirkzee Gyokeres + being linked to Vlahovic Watkins Isak Boniface Solanke etc… It really does appear that Arsenal are looking for a potential Partey replacement and no9 and I’m curious how this would effect Arteta’s setup

[@gurjindergaurh5761]

ngl i miss the old style of analysis with the vertical diagrams ect

[@momoreadekoya5694]

Can you do a video on city’s tactics this season?

[@reeceblake1932]

Really really enjoyed this video! Especially because you used terminology from FM and that also helped understand exactly what you was saying. Makes me wanna load up a save on FM and experiment 😂 that said, COYG 🎉

[@StatmanDave]

4-2-4 with Arsenal. Give it a go Reece.