Alisson
Trent Matip Van Dijk Robbo
Keita Henderson Thiago
Salah Gakpo Nunez
It won't happen overnight, it won't magically happen in time to save our season and see us qualify for Europe, we will need to replace our ageing players with the right type of players, something we failed to do as Jurgen made an unholy fuck up of our supposed evolution
Automation takes time to establish or re-establish and games against different types of opposition and different challenges to build up, our best bet of restoring some automation at least and playing more to the strengths of the players we have is to line up players who were part of our automation at its best
Play Mo, Trent, Robbo, Hendo and Nunez to their strengths
Mo needs to be taking his wide left positions being furthest forward, always on the should looking to make his runs in behind again, he's been a shadow of his former self not doing that this season
Nunez needs to be pressing and also looking to make the runs in behind with Robbo backing him up and educating that he doesn't always have to win the header in a battle with the defender if the attempted ball in behind falls that way, he has to learn as Mane did so well to do enough to ensure the defender can't make an effective clearance so Robbo or Thiago can quickly win the second ball
Runs in behind from Mo, Nunez and Robbo supporting Nunez's runs in behind are absolutely key to getting the best from Mo, Trent, Nunez, Robbo and Hendo, giving players who can connect those runs the runs to try and connect, disarming the oppositions press and will to press by making those runs and connecting a few or winning the second balls and then creating and different point and mode of attack from there, these elements were all fundamental to our playing at our best, Jurgen ditched them all
He did this, it is up to Jurgen to eat humble pie, concede his fantasy hasn't worked and never will and play to our players strengths as he used to
I fear it will be the end for Jurgen this season if he continues blaming the players for his fuck ups and burying his head in the sand and blindly pushing on with his attempts to play a tappy crappy style that simply isn't materialising and has never remotely looked like doing so
Trent and Hendo and Matip needs Mo's runs in nehind
YNWA
First Team
Originally Posted by dicko1969
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