The Wenger Game

7 things to learn from the Old Trafford game

1. You can only have one formation in one season. so as we play 4-3-3 in the pre-season, we can only afford to play 4-3-3. Players need time to understand & adapt the tactics, so do not change it in a single season. (Keep the faith even it seems not work with the available players)

2. All substitutions need to be made after 60 minutes. You need to trust your starting eleven. Give them at least 15 more minutes in the 2nd half (Keep the faith even how strange the opponent's tactic is)

3. Whoever we play, ignore their tactics and style. We play our own football and we can surely win & score with it. If they park the bus in front of goal, we would keep our nerve and be patient. If the game finally ends with a dulll draw, that is their problem. (Keep the faith we believe our football style)

4. Key players must be played if they are fit, or so-called fit. (Keep the faith even they seems have a poor game, they can change it sometime later)

5. Trust your players even how crap they seem to be. They need games. Youth players can only improve their games. So do Diaby & Denilson.

6. We need a plan B from the bench. The tactics need to be the same, but at least we can move some players from the flank to the middle or from the bench to the field. Nasri can play both the flank and the middle, but starting him in the middles allows us no plan B.

7. Play the ball in the middle is alright. People saying why not using the width of the pitch. You know, we didn't train crossing!