Chapter 22: Season of Chaos
The club's problems are not something that Lucky can intervene in. All he needs to do is to ensure his condition as much as possible.
Lucky's performance during this period is remarkable.
He performed well in some games, but just averagely in some games.
The seemingly unstable back is a sense of disharmony in the overall system.
Lucky is a defensive midfielder after all. Although he appears in the position of central midfielder, he also needs to participate in defense.
He can't attack without worries like most central midfielders.
Arsenal's defense also leaves Lucky.
Once Lucky runs to participate in the attack, the entire back line will be quickly exposed to the opponent's offensive players.
For this reason, Lucky has a lot of work to do in every game.
With two consecutive wins, Arsenal came to the seventh place in the league.
Today's Premier League standings:
1, Manchester City, 5-0-0, 15 points.
2, Leicester City, 3-2-0, 11 points.
3, Manchester United, 3-1-1, 10 points.
4, West Ham United, 3-0-2, 9 points.
5, Crystal Palace, 3-0-2, 9 points.
6, Everton, 2-2-1, 8 points.
7, Arsenal, 2-2-1, 8 points.
The season has just begun, and the Premier League as a whole is in a very chaotic situation.
The Premier League BIG6 was in various states at the beginning of the season.
The hot situation predicted before the season did not happen, but various rollovers, continuous rollovers.
First, Arsenal's first game was unfavorable, the championship state was not there, and they suffered various defeats in succession.
Then Pochettino, who was originally optimistic, led Tottenham to start crazy work. No matter what the game was, he played himself out of the top ten.
The situation of Chelsea is the same.
As the champion of the Premier League last season, while retaining the championship lineup, it only gained 4 points in the new season's games, and replaced Arsenal with a record of 1-1-3 and wandered near the relegation zone.
After Liverpool suffered a massacre at the Emirates Stadium, they were unable to recover.
In the fifth round, they were sniped by Manchester United led by Mourinho, and finally failed again.
The points ranking also plummeted.
Although the season has just begun, the major giants seem to be completely out of shape. Except for Guardiola's Manchester City, which won five consecutive victories, the other five teams are in a daze.
This also made the media shout out the topic of "the fall of the giants" again.
And compared with the last speculation, this time it seems to be well-documented.
Even the public relations departments of major clubs cannot refute or protest.
The fall of the giants has made the Pingming team a carnival.
Led by Sterling City, Southampton and Crystal Palace have soared. In the first five rounds of the game, the performance of these three teams can be called a surprise.
Among them, Sterling City is the main one. Ranieri, Mahrez, Vardy and other Sterling City players were once hotly discussed figures in the Premier League today.
Among them is Vardy, who is currently leading the scorer list.
This player who was still screwing in a factory five years ago and playing in a low-level English league four years ago, who would have known that five years later, this guy would actually lead the Premier League scorer list, one of the top five leagues.
This is an incredible thing.
Vardy's story has made him the most dazzling player in the entire Premier League.
He has attracted a lot of attention, and people are also curious about how this young man who once had no ball to play has stepped into the Premier League step by step.
This kind of story is extremely attractive.
Vardy's origin and story + Leicester City's crazy game performance.
After combining these two, the Premier League is almost full of reports related to them.
Even the major giants can't take away any attention from them.
Of course, the giants are not particularly anxious.
After all, for them, this season has just begun.
The characteristics of the giants determine that even if they are behind, they have the confidence and foundation to complete the pursuit of points.
That is the time to test the players' willpower and ability. Many teams that performed well in the first half of the season have become wilted as soon as they enter the second half of the season.
Compared with the first half of the season, the intensive schedule and higher intensity of the second half of the season are the biggest difficulties they need to overcome.
And the giants can not only overcome it well, but also make use of it.
Of course, the media also know this, but at the same time they are also very clear that no one will want to watch it if it is said too clearly.
So why not immerse yourself in the joy of the moment?
So the "fall of the giants" is the focus of people's attention.
The outside world's badmouthing of Arsenal made the players feel very unhappy.
But they have no choice, who told them to play badly.
Who doesn't want to win, who wants to win the game well.
But Arsenal does have a variety of situations at present, which also makes them unable to deal with the game like last season.
At present, Arsenal has gradually gotten rid of the panic of Wenger's illness, but the tactics and championship syndrome have not been completely overcome.
In fact, Chelsea is the biggest victim under this symptom.
Chelsea only changed coaches, without changing players, and retained most of the championship players, but in this case, it is still extremely unstable.
Many players are getting older, and their condition is gradually declining under this blow.
It can be said that Chelsea has been going downhill at present, and it is estimated that it is not far from a major change.
Arsenal has stabilized its condition slightly, and they have also escaped from the embarrassing position of being in the relegation zone.
But even so, the condition is still not particularly full, and the enthusiasm for the game is not enough.
For Arsenal, they still have to find a tactical system that suits them.
"I think it is necessary to appropriately increase Aubameyang's tactical position!"
In the coaching meeting, Laiman said to Patras: "He is a player we bought at a high price. From the performance in the first five rounds, there are goals and assists. It can't be said that he is particularly outstanding, nor can it be said that he is particularly bad, but compared to his worth, his role is too small!"
Laiman: "I have seen Laiman's playing style in Dortmund. His speed makes Dortmund invincible, and his ability to end the game is also very strong, but why did he suddenly fail to adapt to the local conditions when he arrived at Arsenal?"
"Is our midfield not good enough?"
Hearing this, they all shook their heads.
Is Arsenal's midfield weak?
Not at all!
Although Arsenal's midfield has slightly declined from the Champions League champion level and even the top level in Europe after losing Cazorla, it is still a first-class midfield combination.
Wilshere and Lukay's division of labor is also very even, and both can provide enough artillery support in the frontcourt.
Although it is impossible to form a crazy artillery transmission chain like last season.
But no one will think that Arsenal's midfield is weak!
This is true for both offense and defense.
"But our offensive arrow is Suarez!" Colbert raised the key question.
A team can only have one offensive arrow. Too many offensive arrows will only lead to the dispersion of firepower, especially in the case of Arsenal. If it is not good, it will once again enter the dilemma of being unable to launch an attack at the beginning of the season.
"You want Luis to give up the scoring responsibility?" Colbert raised his eyebrows.
Suarez, this is the double golden boot of the Premier League and the Champions League. Such a super shooter, you let him do logistics?
Crazy? !
"No!" Laiman shook his head and said, "I never said to give up Luis. He is still our most valued offensive spearhead, but why don't we add another artillery shell delivery chain?"
"What do you mean?"
Laiman: "Divide the functions of the midfield!"
As soon as the voice fell, Patres said directly: "No!"
Everyone frowned.
"Kai must take control of the entire midfield independently. Even if it wastes a season, we must let Kai get absolute control." Patres said seriously: "We can't give up the future for the current problems!"
Laiman was silent.
He knew what Patres meant.
The biggest task this season was to train Lekai's big core attributes.
But what he didn't expect was that Patres was so determined.
"Even if it means sacrificing the whole season, we have to train?"
Laiman asked.
Patre nodded uncertainly: "Yes! This is something we have planned long ago. We need an absolute big core belonging to Arsenal. Kai is the future of Arsenal!"