As we have played this season and for balance like City have achieved, it would work far far better for us were Jurgen to employ a more attack minded LCM with Robbo sitting back a little as Walker does for City, especially as Robbo's crossing, sorry, putting the ball into a good area blindly, has gone to absolute shit
Oh, the other things City do very well at times that we used to, but again was more a feature of our incredible run of performances and results when Fabinho was out in 19-20 is their players not involved in the attack directly pick up excellent positions in which they are in a brilliant counter press position should their attack break down while also being in a brilliant position to quickly get ahead of that opposition player should the attack develop in a way their involvement could provide a goal or assist
They have literally copied everything, a lot of the best bits of it we failed to evolve (yes evolution is pretty key to not keeping playing the same, while leaving some aspects the same mostly) and ditched in the 19-20 season simply by bringing Fabinho back into the side and not on merit I might add, yet quite a few here prattle on about how we couldn't continue to play the same.
We have failed to evolve what needed to be evolved that would have left as equally as tight and dominant in midfield and defence but more creative in attack and we or rather Jurgen and the coaching staff, failed to even recognise there had been considerable evolution in Fab's absence in 19-20 to a way of playing we couldn't play with him at No6, as demonstrated v Atletico and for the remainder of that season following his reinclusion and then Hendo getting injured - So yeah, my comments that people took their eye well and truly off the ball stand
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