Arsene Whinging -4- Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal: Indepth tactical analysis

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 Arsenal head to Villa Park

So far then we’ve

1. Identified the weaknesses of Arsenal along with examples.
2. Signed some players to cover those weaknesses
3. Devised some tactical systems to ‘mix it up’ but keep in the Arsenal spirit and philosophy of playing attractive football. I’m not exaggerating when I say that my teams on Football Manager are based around one principle: outscoring the opposition. That doesn’t mean having a shoddy defence and leaking goals in the quest forward, it means knowing when to retreat and when to attack.

Arsene Whinging – 3 – Tactical prep. and what to do with Walcott

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 Tactical preperation

So it’s still pre-season, and one of the major innovations of this edition of FM must be dealt with: match preparation. Basically, your team can learn and be drilled in up to 3 formations. This means that in a match you can switch tactically and your team won’t unrealistically be perfect or, alternatively, spazz out like a chicken on meth.

Arsene Whinging (2) – Preseason: Transfers

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Ok, so I arrive at Arsenal (these screenshots were taken 4 games into the season so that I had everything established), with the things in my mind that I identified in the preview.

Transfers and squad strengthening

Firstly, there’s strengthening the squad. I identify several areas we can improve upon: