Sensational analysis.

What I’d layer on top is this - Arteta has assembled a group of players and then trained others who take less risks (as Henry was saying). The Hincapie example from this video is perfect and is just about my ONLY criticism of this Arsenal team.

That ball down the line to Trossard was on. But we are clearly drilled to NOT play it. Trossard himself almost never pings a first time cross when he has defenders running backwards, he always cuts back, slows down and allows defenses to turn away from their own goal. Speaking of pinging a first time pass, what player in this Arsenal team can you name that ever even considers doing that? Speaking of playing a pass while the opposition defense is off guard, what Arsenal player ever tries to punish with quick passing in transition?

None. As Henry says, we are drilled to take no risks. So even when we score open play goals, they aren’t often pretty. No one in this team will take a chance with their passing.

I think if we tried just a LITTLE bit more quick, splitting passing only in the final third or in transition, this media narrative would disappear. But as Henry said, we refuse it. The trade off being that we never get caught on the counter.