With all of Arsenal's attacking football and the media worldwide showering them with compiments on their beautiful displays, Arsene Wenger and Pat Rice (assistant manager) were both defenders during their playing days.
2007-10-12 12:13:07 · 5 answers · asked by jdoe 3 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
reminds me of Alanis Morissette
2007-10-12 12:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Glory Hunter - GGGU 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well... cant say anything about that. But what position Wenger played as player? Was he a wing-back? If so, then when he was playing he might get involved in offense.
But I think naturally a coach who was a defender will choose more defensive tactics and his team plays in an organized way. A coach who was a striker or attacking midfielder will choose more offensive tactics and his team plays attacking football, perhaps with lots of improvisation.
2007-10-12 22:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by r083r70v1ch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
offense is the best defence. when your team holds the ball majority of the time, you are stopping them from attacking.
everything is built based on what players the team has. if you have offensive minded players, you shouldn't change them into a defensive minded team.
getting the best out each player is all a coach can do. if your team's wingers and midfielder have speed, why stop them from going do the side and crossing the balls?
most team play heavy defensive because they dont' have creative players and they are not fast enough to recover for counter-attack.
2007-10-12 19:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by Liverpool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how is it ironic? its not like they play 11 attackers, although if they did that would be awesome...could u imagine it...11.0.0 formation aye it is a little ironic...
2007-10-12 19:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by Scottish_Bandit_82 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh really? i did not noe tt....thx for the info......yeah, i guess it is ironic
2007-10-14 00:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by G00NER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋