That adds up. Defensively we’ve been very good but I feel like Arteta is demaning an extremely safe game in possession this season, which means a boring attack. Hopefully this is a temporary measure because until now we’ve been on a steady trajectory for the last 3 years when it comes to play attacking, exciting football - but Arteta knows how to organize a defence when he needs to and for some reason it’s coming down on our offense much more than last year.
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That adds up. Defensively we’ve been very good but I feel like Arteta is demaning an extremely safe game in possession this season, which means a boring attack. Hopefully this is a temporary measure because until now we’ve been on a steady trajectory for the last 3 years when it comes to play attacking, exciting football - but Arteta knows how to organize a defence when he needs to and for some reason it’s coming down on our offense much more than last year.