3 at the back is less defenders than 4 at the back.
The problem has been the wingbacks not being the attacking outlet they were when it was Doc & Jonny.
Get the wingbacks up the pitch and the wide attackers in the box, and be more attacking, then no one will worry about Coady.
I think the point of all the youngsters we're buying is that hopefully 1 or 2 of the current crop will go on to be Prem players.
The others will all at some point be sold for good money to Champ clubs (see successful loans at clubs about to get promoted) making profit.
The more profit from...
This is the thought I've had for a while with both Semedo and Marcal.
They are both fullbacks. Not natural attackers
Doc had natural attacking instincts, and Johnnie is a clever footballer, able to do both.
This is all a smoke screen for this: UEFA
Last but one paragraph:
The final two places will go to the clubs with the highest club coefficient over the last five years that have not qualified for the Champions League group stage but have qualified either for the Champions League qualification...
If we are going to 4 at the back, move Conor to the deep lying midfielder. Let Rueben dictate play a bit more further forward.
He can tackle, read the game, drop back into when defending, still hit the long diagonal passes, without trying to be a box to box player.
I think people saying he hasn't created any goals forget how many of his crosses have been headed onto the bar (Donk) or hit just wide (Neto) or have had brilliant saves from the striker (Jose vs Palace)
He's created chances, we just haven't had Raul to finish them.
One of the biggest differences is that no-one can play the ball over the top to Traore. He always wants it to feet.
Neto can run on to it, but he's the only one the opposition have to cover.
Silva & Jose dont' have much pace.
Feels exactly like Micks last season.
First 3-4 games we won, felt like we'd cracked premiership football.
Just went down and down all the rest of the season.
People kept saying:
"We're still in the top 10"
"We're still mid table"
"We're still x amount of points above the bottom 3"
"We've got...
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