Has Vardy done Arsenal a favour?
By Andy Wales -
Jun 16, 2016
I’ll admit, when I was first told of Arsenal’s bid for Jamie Vardy, I
laughed out loud, presuming it to be another one of those ludicrous fantasy
transfer stories that populate the tabloid press. You know the ones: “Lionel
Messi could sign for Manchester United” or “Liverpool ready to bid for
Robert Lewandowski”. That was how ludicrous I envisaged a link between
Arsenal and Jamie Vardy, it just didn’t seem right.
Imagine my surprise when it transpired that Arsene Wenger actually had
decided a move for Vardy was the right move, especially for the €38m (￡
29.4m) release fee that Claudio Ranieri admitted to an Italian newspaper was
“all true”.
Just the paying ￡30m for a 29 year old in itself is such an un-Wenger like
move, though is perhaps a sign of intent from the Arsenal manager. I’m sure
Arsenal fans will be encouraged and enthused that Wenger is appears to be
relaxing his principles of buying younger players to develop. Although Mesut
Özil and Alexis Sanchez were established players when they were signed for a
considerable amount of money, but they were also yet to reach their peak. The
signing of Petr Cech last summer was the only real exception to the rule and
that was a unique opportunity that Wenger rightly took advantage of.
For all his effectiveness in the Leicester attack, I’m not fully convinced
by Vardy. His movement, technique and first touch are not great or suited to
Arsenal. That, I feel, is the key element here; Vardy was effective in the
particular style that Leicester employed. The end-to-end, fast transition
football is very different to the style Arsenal employ. Leicester thrive on
the break, the counter attack and being more direct than Arsenal, whose
slower, more intricate build up and passing game relies on intelligent
movement against what is normally a deeper block defence than what Leicester
usually come up against.
It’s reminiscent of the Christian Benteke transfer to Liverpool last summer,
an over inflated fee for a Premier League striker who, on paper, had a good
record, but didn’t suit the style of players he was moving to play with.
Similarly, Benteke was used to a more direct, counter attack style that
suited his particular attributes, but at Liverpool, the style was more
possession based passing football, where the creative players look for smart
interplay and intelligent movement. So, whilst many pundits insisted Benteke’
s Premier League goal record meant he would be a success, those who looked a
little deeper could see the clash of styles would not be fruitful for either
party.
Like Benteke, it’s not to say Vardy is a bad player because he’s not; I don
’t think he is top quality, but he is effective in a certain style. It just
so happens that that style is not the one Arsenal play or one that suits
Arsenal’s creative players. If the alternative is for Arsenal to change
their style to accommodate Vardy, then that would negate the influence of
Mesut Özil and Alexis Sanchez. Would Wenger really sacrifice his two star
players in order to utilise Vardy?
Leicester average possession in Premier League 2015/16 = 45%
Leicester average pass completion in Premier League = 70%
Arsenal average possession in Premier League 2015/16 = 57%
Arsenal average pass completion in Premier League = 84%
The above stats emphasise the difference between the approach of Leicester
and Arsenal. Claudio Ranieri has been very smart in his utilisation of the
Leicester team, they do not win by dominating possession, they play the quick
transition counter-attack and take chances. It’s why they have significantly
lower average possession and pass completion than Arsenal. Leicester are set
up to draw teams in, Arsenal are not and have a squad ingrained in and suited
to playing a possession based game. There are few opponents that allow
Arsenal the opportunity to play a more counter attacking game. Some Arsenal
fans may point to playing Manchester United this past season and employing
this tactic, but Louis Van Gaal’s approach invited such a tactic and those
opportunities for Arsenal are few and far between.
To try and alter playing style for a largely unproven striker who turns 30
years of age midway through next season would be a very risky tactic. To
continue the same style, but sign a striker not suited to it is also risky,
as seen with Benteke at Liverpool. So, if reports of Vardy ready to turn the
move down and remain at Leicester are true, Arsenal may have just unwittingly
dodged a bullet.
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萊斯特城雙子星之一瓦爾迪真的適合阿森納嗎
作者:Andy Wales
Jun 16,2016
我承認，我剛開始得知阿森納有意瓦爾迪時，我笑出了聲。我認為這只是在小報上發佈的
可笑的轉會之一罷了。這就像一些可笑的報導：”梅西轉會曼聯”或者”利物浦要買萊萬
多夫斯基“，把阿森納和瓦爾迪聯繫在一起是一件多麼可笑的事，這看起來應該不會是一
樁正確的轉會。
你能想像我在知道溫格確定瓦爾迪是一筆不錯的轉會的時候我是多麼的驚訝，要花3800萬
歐元（2940萬英鎊）這麼一大筆錢，不久前一則義大利的報紙消息表示：拉涅利確認了阿
森納有意瓦爾迪這件事情。
即使這是溫格他自己的意圖，但花3000萬英鎊買一位已經29歲的球員本身卻不是溫格的作
風。我確信阿森納的球迷們會予以熱情對待這件事，溫格似乎放鬆了自己為了長遠發展而
買年輕球員的原則。即使厄齊爾和桑切斯是花了高額轉會費買來的主力球員，客觀來說他
們已經到達他們的巔峰了。去年夏天切赫轉會來到阿森納也許是一個例外（切赫已經34歲
了），溫格正確利用了這次獨一無二的機會，切赫也沒有辜負溫格的期望
瓦爾迪的確適合萊斯特城的進攻體系，但我不是很看好他去阿森納。他的踢球動作、技術
和停球方面不是特別好，這不適合阿森納。關鍵的要素在於瓦爾迪在萊斯特城的戰術體系
下是很有效的一個支點。總的來說，由守轉攻，防守反擊是不適合阿森納的戰術。萊斯特
城一步步發展，他們的防守反擊比阿森納的戰術更直截了當。阿森納的進攻有一些緩慢和
複雜，傳球進攻依靠於巧妙的移動，防守的更深更細緻。萊斯特城一般是直面防守。
這不禁讓人想起去年夏天轉會到利物浦的本特克，一位身價飛速上升的前鋒，在紙面上，
有著很棒的履歷，但他不適合利物浦。同樣的，本特克踢球更直接，防守反擊是他最擅長
執行的戰術，但是在利物浦以傳控為基礎的戰術下，他並沒有特別好的表現。利物浦場上
有創造力的球員尋找合適的配合機會和隊員靈活跑位保證了傳控戰術的執行。
許多專家堅持認為本特克的英超進球記錄說明他將來會成功的，往更深層面看可以看到戰
術風格的不同導致本特克沒有拿出該有的表現。
瓦爾迪也適合防守反擊的戰術體系，像本特克一樣。這並不是說瓦爾迪不是一個好球員，
因為他是一個非常出色的球員。但我不認為他是最高水準的球員，他在某些戰術風格中很
有水準，比如防守反擊。瓦爾迪的踢球風格並不適合阿森納。如果阿森納為了適應瓦爾迪
而改變自己的戰術風格，那必將會影響厄齊爾和桑切斯的發揮。難道溫格真的會為了使用
瓦爾迪而犧牲厄齊爾和桑切斯的重要發揮？
2015/16賽季英超萊斯特城平均控球率為45%，平均傳球成功率僅僅為70%。
阿森納15/16賽季英超平均控球率為57%，平均傳球成功率為84%。
上面的統計強調了阿森納和萊斯特城之間戰術的不同。拉涅利明智的制定了適合萊斯特城
的戰術，他們不通過控球來獲勝。萊斯特城快速將球過渡，打防守反擊戰術並且抓住進攻
機會。這就是萊斯特城平均控球率和平均傳球成功率低於阿森納的原因。
阿森納擁有穩定的陣容和以傳控為基礎的戰術。很少有對手需要讓阿森納打防守反擊，一
些阿森納球迷可能會指出曼聯這賽季採用了這種戰術，但阿森納能採用這種戰術的機會少
之又少。
阿森納如果為了一個未證明自己且下個賽季中期就30歲的前鋒而改變現在的戰術打法，將
是一個冒險的嘗試。
簽下一名不適合球隊的前鋒是非常冒險的，就如本特克在利物浦。所以，如果關於瓦爾迪
留在萊斯特城的消息是真實的，對於阿森納來說也許少了一份擔憂。
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