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Posted November 01, 2013 01:49 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:02

I'd go with the same side brumbys, but suspect we might see wilshere on the right and ozil through the middle. Although I guess that's a bit of a moot point considering how often the three behind Giroud swap around throughout the game. Without a true winger to stretch the defence we tend to use swapping around to mix up the marking combinations and keep the opposition guessing. 

It's especially effective because of Ozil's ability to move wide and stretch defences with his off-the-ball movement - I think there was a piece on Zonal Marking about it a while back. 


Also possible that wilshere could play deeper with Ramsey on a flank - he was excellent there against Norwich.


Another possible deviation from that could be Rosicky - he sometimes gets the nod in these big games because of his experience and defensive work-rate, although playing a full game midweek probably rules that out. What price on poldi making a surprise return? He's back in training and played well against liverpool last season...


Arseblog's piece from overnight was excellent, worth a read;

https://arseblog.com/2013/10/early-mugsmasher-thoughts-and-general-guff/

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Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 06:02

I'd go with the same side brumbys, but suspect we might see wilshere on the right and ozil through the middle. Although I guess that's a bit of a moot point considering how often the three behind Giroud swap around throughout the game. Without a true winger to stretch the defence we tend to use swapping around to mix up the marking combinations and keep the opposition guessing. 

It's especially effective because of Ozil's ability to move wide and stretch defences with his off-the-ball movement - I think there was a piece on Zonal Marking about it a while back. 


Also possible that wilshere could play deeper with Ramsey on a flank - he was excellent there against Norwich.


Another possible deviation from that could be Rosicky - he sometimes gets the nod in these big games because of his experience and defensive work-rate, although playing a full game midweek probably rules that out. What price on poldi making a surprise return? He's back in training and played well against liverpool last season...


Arseblog's piece from overnight was excellent, worth a read;

http://arseblog.com/2013/10/early-mugsmasher-thoughts-and-general-guff/