Ambitious and quality targets aside there have been some other very positive developments. The movement of all the deadweight that was hampering the side is a huge change. By getting rid of the likes of Djourou,Squillaci,Arshavin,Bendtner etc Arsenal have freed up the wage bill and space in the squad as well for some new competent signings. The clear out of the youth squad has also been a monumental change in my view. In my 8 years as an Arsenal fan this is the first time I have seen such a mass exodus of
That said, there is, in my opinion, still a need for Arsenal to balance its attacking diversity between using the side’s primary attacking approach and using alternate attacking approaches. If balance in Arsenal’s attacking diversity is not considered by the team and the side diverts too often from its primary attacking approach, I foresee players failing to understand their role in the team's attacking build up play, which increases the likelihood of Arsenal’s build up play breaking down. However, if the team become too focused on one single attacking approach and does not vary that approach often enough, then the side is faced with the aforementioned one dimensional attacking conundrum. That said, I thought the team at the back end of the
