I'm sure the above title is shocking to some people, but the title is no fiction, someone actually said so. Here's it verbatim —
"The irony is Spurs have become like Arsenal in the late Wenger era. Trying to walk the ball into the net...
Meanwhile Arsenal are playing like prime Chelsea under Mourinho, sucking the life out of football games."
Ok you probably got it, it was a Spurs fan who said so. Aiit let's ignore that and assume he is a neutral.
Firstly it's interesting that not so long ago people said to Arsenal:
You people are beautiful to watch with the ball on our feet, but without the ball you are weak; in 50-50 balls you are weak; there's a soft underbelly about you, you guys can't win anything with that.
Now Arteta has changed the narrative. Please nobody should complain.🙂
My Take
Well I do not think he is right about that take on Arsenal, it's more like a false allegation to me. Even if we say he's referring to just that match yesterday, I still fault him.
Now Arteta was a midfielder, if there's one thing he knows, it is how to defend.
Infact you can hardly score an Arteta Arsenal, if he wanted to stay true to how he started in Arsenal. That style was more like the Mourinho method, very difficult to score against, but doesn't score much.
That earlier style was a 3-man defence which he used to win the FA cup. He would have finished 1st or 2nd in the title race the next season and beyond, but he opted for a change and a gradual movement into a new style that has this inverted full-back theme.
Nope Arsenal yesterday didn't play like a prime Mourinho team. They are just great at defending, right from the front. The organisation is so impressive that it even confounds Pep at times.
Look, against Brighton last month, I was confident Arsenal will defend the lead even after Rice was sent off. A lazy Gabriel Magalhães tackle spoilt everything, such that the match ended in a draw.
snap shot from my TV on the Tottenham match
It's a new Arsenal, people have to come to terms with it. The old ethos of an attacking possession-based football is still very much in place. Infact the system still encourages dribbling by wide players where it so applies.
THIS IS ARSENAL
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Playing beautiful without Winning the league all this year, playing like Jose Mourinho and winning the league is better
Ok the league and trophies at whatever cost is your take.🙂
Thanks man for dropping by.
You only have to quote 2 sentences from me and Curie will pick you up on their curation trail. You’re welcome
Shame the rest of it is bollocks.
Even your boy Theo agrees with me
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckg2r51z2r5o
THIS IS MOURINHO!
Ah, I don't mind quoting your sentences for Curie's sake. I even need the secret to getting the attention of others like Curie.🙂
As you can imagine, I stand on my ground for it is fair enough. Nobody denies the fact that in this last match the organisation(or defensive nous) of this Arsenal came to the fore. You just read that, that same organisation came to the fore against Brighton. It came to the fore against Manchester City last season. You've also read up there, that it is an integral part of how an Arteta team plays, whether it comes to the fore or not.
To be clear, a prime Mourinho Chelsea defended with a different system to Arsenal's, which included a brute physicality that isn't shy to foul the opponent. And then, whenever they gain possession, they attack in a different fashion to Arsenal's.
Saying my guys played like prime Mou at Chelsea is a loose description of happenings. I'd rather say they played like a Guardiola team, without the ball.
Thanks for adding some flavour to this page.
What you’d ‘rather say’ and the reality of the situation though are 2 different things. It seems like you take it as an insult to be described as playing like a prime Mourinho team. Perhaps that is unfair because of course they won stuff…
No it ain't unfair, that you win trophies doesn't automatically mean your style must be admired by all. That would be belittling humans to look like goats or something, who don't have independent minds.
For me, if there's a proper semblance in style to Mourinho's, I have to admit it whether I like the style or not sir. I dislike sentiments.
It's just that I'm sorry, this isn't the case here. Prime Chelsea Mou, no; Pep's restrictive style without the ball,yes. I see a clear difference in both styles pls.
Thanks for the discourse.