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#422402 The New Invincibles - Arsenal 4-2-3-1 Tactic
WarrenBB
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22 Feb 2018 20:59:17
Looks interesting, will give it a go for my Arsenal game. Do you use any specific opposition instructions with this?

UPDATE:

First off, thanks for creating and sharing your tactic, always good to try new ideas & get insights from follow managers. Here's how the first few games of my new season have gone using this tactic;

- The first game was Charity Shield vs Chelski. Went 2-0 up in first half and all was looking rosy. Lost 2-3. Was devastated by their swift counter attacks
- Retried same game, same setup. Won 3-1 (goals from wide positions & Ozil, but striker played poorly)
- First league game was West Ham away, puffed to a 2-1 victory (goals from right wing & center mid, striker played poorly)
- Next up was Huddersfield at home - lost 2-3. Was wide open to every one of their counters (striker again had a poor game)
- Switched to a 5-3-1-2 formation & replayed the Huddersfield game, this time winning 5-1 with both Giroud & Lacazette running rampant getting 2 goals each (with the French national team coach watching on too!)

So, a bit of a mixed bag to date. The two main issues are that it's too exposed to counter attacks (as mentioned in other replies) and both Giroud & Lacazette under-perform in this set up. Anyone have any thoughts or tweaks on how to improve either issue?

FURTHER UPDATE!

Despite the success with 5-3-1-2 I really wanted the team to play 4-2-3-1, not least because I spent big in the summer for wide players. So for the next few games I reverted to the invicibles tactic & saw significant improvement! I put this down to the players now starting to become more familiar & comfortable with the tactic

Newcastle (A) : Won 3-2. 2-0 down at H-T and not pleased. Gave the team a rollicking and they turned it around superbly
L Moscow (A) : Won 5-2. Convincing win, 2 goals conceded were opposition forward clear through the middle
Brighton (H) : 0-0. A minor blip
Sunderland (H) : Won 5-2. Easy victory with 2nd string
Man Utd (H) : Won 4-1. Dominated from start to finish. 3-0 up inside 15 mins.

All told things are now going much better and I'm very impressed with this tactic. An interesting note is that it seems to suit Giroud significantly more the Lacazette (but this could also be due to Lacazette still finding his feet in the squad)