Well, its back ladies and gentlemen, the English league didn't even give us the opportunity to catch our breath as we've been treated to some insane stuff already. If this is how the season will pan out then we'll all need seatbelts every weekend cos its going to be the mother o
f roller coasters.
Arsenal started the season with a very entertaining fixture; a very entertaining seven goal thriller vs 2015/2016 fairy tale Foxes. Both teams showed a lot of fight, Leicester were clinical and scored with virtually all their attempts on goal while Arsenal had to fight from a goal down twice and finally claim a dramatic winner at the dying embers of the match.
The performance of The Ox as an inverted LWB was rather impressive on the day in a makeshift defensive lineup. New Signing Sead also had a decent performance on the day, he was caught out on some occasions but generally put in a good shift, hounding Okazaki for most of the match and was very energetic through out the match, he is a beast of man, isn't he? New striker also scored the opening goal of the campaign after 93 seconds and we hope this is the beginning of a prolific Arsenal Career.
With that said, certain things are important to point out;
The Ox deserves to play more: The Ox has done enough to be a first team regular and should continue playing at LWB. His movement up and down the pitch has improved and his dribbling and ability with the ball during attacks is a very important Asset for the team. His link up play with Alexis(He's not leaving, I believe) when he's fit enough will be very useful.
Sead should continue as a CB: The Bosnian Beast man or man beast had a good day despite being part of a defencd that conceded three goals, his positional awareness could be tweaked but overall his input was positive and the emergence of The Ox as LWB means he should continue playing as the LCB when Koscielny returns after Suspension and Mustafi is fit.
Olivier Giroud is not a Super Sub: The big French striker came on and continued from where he stopped last season, scored the winner for us and with all the talk surrounding his future at the club, it is important that we don't lose sight of his worth to the club by labelling him. He's just another Tactical option in the team and his inclusion in the line up is dependent on how the team shapes up, he's contributed a lot from the bench but I suspect he's going to have a lot more starts.
With that, here's our strongest Potential Line up based on the new system
Goalkeeper: Cech
Defence: Mustafi Koscielny Man-Beast
Midfield: Hector Xhaka Rambo The Ox
Attack: Mesut Lacazette Alexis.
Good enough to challenge? What do you think?
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