song of the saints

Chapter 164 The Gunner Arrives
The UEFA Cup draw has now been settled, leaving David Winston with one of his most pressing concerns.But after this matter was over, the next serious challenge came to David Winston.That is, the next opponent in the Premier League is Arsenal, which is currently ranked fourth in the Premier League standings.Is old Mr. Wenger starting to rank No.4 now, brother, it is really stable.

Speaking of the Arsenal team, in fact, the Arsenal team this season has entered a period of weakness, paving the way and preparing for the subsequent era of no championships and No.4.David Winston believes that this is not the fault of one person, but that the Arsenal club and Arsene Wenger's series of actions at that time made the Arsenal club less powerful, and it always made people feel infinite in the early stage. Daydream, but at the critical moment, it always loses the chain infinitely, and then loses the possibility of winning the championship in vain, and then continues to prepare for the next season's championship, day after day, year after year, until the big one in the previous life Before David Winston came to this world, Arsenal only won the FA Cup.Of course, the reasons for this situation can be divided into two aspects: Arsenal Club and Arsene Wenger.Due to the construction of a new stadium, the Emirates Stadium, the Arsenal Club's financial situation has suddenly tightened.This season is also the last season for Arsenal at Highbury Stadium, and of course it is also the last home game of this season. Thierry Henry left the classic Highbury Kiss at Highbury Stadium. , Also after this season, Thierry Henry suffered a series of injuries in the first year of his new stadium, the Emirates Stadium. Coupled with the departure of Arsenal's key figure Dane and Arsenal's lack of championships for years, Thierry Henry Eli Henry finally moved to the Barcelona team in Spain after persisting for a season, where he finally tasted many champions that he had never met, and of course he has always dreamed of it, the European Champions Cup that he wanted most in his heart .And Mr. Arsene Wenger, because of the club's financial problems and his own series of problems, he always buys some high-quality and cheap players in the transfer market every year. Often these players can play their combat effectiveness in normal games , but when it comes to the European Champions Cup or major cup matches, there is no ability to withstand pressure, and there is no ability to end games like an absolute star.This is what Arsenal has been criticized by football experts for several years.And the most bizarre thing is to buy a captain a year, which seems to have become a glorious tradition of the Arsenal team.Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Francisco Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Miguel Arteta, Thomas Vermaelen.These players are the captains sold by the Arsenal team in the previous life. The captain's armband of Arsenal has almost become an unexplainable curse that hangs over the hearts of all Arsenal players. This captain's armband is like an application for leaving the team. Wearing the Arsenal captain's armband means you can find another club.And more than half of Arsenal's captains have gone to Barcelona, ​​which is also a strange phenomenon.

Okay, let's go back to this game that is about to come to the Premier League.The hard power of the current Arsenal lineup is still much stronger than that of Southampton. David Winston admits this.But even powerful characters have a vulnerable side.Achilles' heel This is the fatal flaw.The fatal flaw of the Arsenal team is also the back, but it is not the heels of the players, but the heels of the entire team. That is the defense line of the Arsenal team.Let's take a look at four of Arsenal's regular starting defenders this season.Lauren, Kolo Touré, Gar Clichy and the tall Swiss centre-back Philippe Sylvain Senderos.It is this Philip Sylvain Senderos who is the Achilles heel of the entire Arsenal team. His performance is always unstable. David Winston in his previous life was very impressed by the performance of this player , Sometimes if you perform well, you can become a world-class central defender, and sometimes if you perform poorly, you can become the worst central defender.David Winston remembers Arsenal playing Chelsea in the Community Shield one year.As a result, in the game, the central defender Philip Sylvain Senderos, who is strong and has amazing bones, was abused by Chelsea's World of Warcraft center Didier Drogba. Didier Drogba, in the end, was counter-educated by Didier Drogba in the game. He couldn't fight his body, couldn't fight his defense, couldn't fight hard, and couldn't fight his speed.A three-none player wanted to defend against the mighty and invincible Didier Drogba, who had dominated the Quartet at the time, it was simply a dream, so the key point of this game, the breakthrough was still the central defender Philip Sylvain. Senderos on the player.Although the Southampton team does not have an exceptionally strong player like Didier Drogba, there are many players with very good skills in the Southampton team. Although they are not popular in stature, they have poor flexibility. For central defenders who turn slowly and are very clumsy, their advantages are also extremely obvious. They can use their flexibility and skills to shake off the blocking and tackling of such central defenders to achieve the goal of making contributions to the team. Chance.

Closer to home, it is still very difficult for David Winston and his Southampton team to win the game. They still need to be more brave than the Arsenal team and have more advantages than the Arsenal team.Of course, David Winston will still not let this game affect his formation. He still uses his basic lineup to face Arsenal's invincible striker lineup.Of course, David Winston still trusts his players very much, and all the Southampton players are in a very good mood, and the atmosphere is also very relaxed and harmonious, which is especially true before the match against the strong enemy Arsenal. important.David Winston was afraid that the players would be nervous before the game against such a strong team and couldn't let go, and couldn't let go of themselves during the game, resulting in the inability to truly display their abilities and levels.Fortunately, David Winston did not see these unexpected, negative situations, which is David Winston's greatest relief.

(End of this chapter)