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The ‘3 Ps’ – Part 3 (Possession)

Maintain control of the ball and you can also ‘pass teams to death’ - keep them chasing until they tire and be ready to capitalise later on in games. This is the attacking element of possession. We’ve seen this quite a lot in recent years with Wenger keen for his teams to be ultra-fit so as to take advantage in the dying moments. Something that often gets overlooked in teams who aim to monopolise possession is the amount of running they do off-the-ball simply to find pockets of space to give their teammates more passing options and thus create a higher chance of

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Arteta vs Mata – Why It Made Sense To Get Juan After The Other

This is why, at the time of Arteta’s signing many fans (myself included) were still looking at Mata and wondering what might have been. Arteta is quality player, but he’s not regarded as the potential world beater that Mata is – evidenced, perhaps, by the inclusion of one and not the other in the national team. Young Juan is a tricky, skilful little game changer you could consider building a team around and though our own Spaniard possesses some of that ability himself, his expertise has really shined through this season when keeping it simple. Also Arteta is a lot older than Mata, with a lot less room

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Back to Business, Bare Bones in the Full Back Department and Mr. Diaby Returns

Jenkinson has been ruled out of the Norwich game this weekend with a stress fracture in his back and according to Wenger he is out for 2 - 3 weeks. Jenkinson has been in fine form and in our last 2 matches and has been able to form a very solid combination with Theo on the right wing. Against West Brom, going forward he was very impressive and put into the box a number of good crosses and had we had Chamakh on that day we should have won with a bigger margin. Defensively he was

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