Saints asked to play like Arsenal (From This is Hampshire)

Saints asked to play like Arsenal

7:00am Friday 29th August 2008

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JAN Poortvliet is using Arsenal as a template for his young side.

The Saints head coach has seen his team play some incredible football very much in the mould of the Gunners over the last two games and is hoping for more of the same when they host Blackpool in a lunchtime kick-off tomorrow.

Poortvliet's biggest concern is that when his side comes up against more physical teams, possibly like Blackpool, they continue to pass the ball and play the game they want to play it - in the same way as Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side always do.

He said: "I think Arsenal are a template because you always have to look at the way you want to do things."

Full story in today's Daily Echo

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