Originally Posted by
Nineteenx
A huge part of what has made this side great is how they have responded to adversity and disappointment, their response has always been to become even more focused, resilient, resolute and to work even harder to improve and that's exactly what is required now
Work harder on making sure our press and counter press offer our defence even greater protection than in last seasons run of games in Fabinho's absence
Put a lot more work into organising our defence for set pieces and who is leading it
Far more communication verbal and visual from all our defenders, whoever they are and whatever age, pointing and shouting and continually making each other aware of where the potential danger is in their area, that is something that has dropped off alarmingly in the last season, in the first 18 months Virgil was constantly pointing out players in the other defenders areas, letting them know where the potential threat was and making sure they were switched on, focused and alert to it
Heads on swivel sticks, more 'scanning' from all the lads constantly checking where all the players are, when you look at Robbo, Virgil, Matip, Hendo, Thiago, Mane, Mo, Bobby and Allison they all do it, we need more of it from all our players, even those who do it will miss the odd thing so it's important the others do it a lot more and communicate where players are or need to be too, rather than them always being the players who need to be told
Do all that and we'll do ourselves proud yet again
Our reaction to the Ramos final, getting pipped by UAE FC knowing they'd been handed points on us through plain wrong decisions and too many sides rolling over for them was exemplary and we need the same again now
And here we are again, over the weekend the side most likely to challenge us were gifted an extra 2 points while we were robbed of 2 both by VAR or it not being applied correctly or att all and it not applying the laws of the game. We can't sit around moaning about that or feeling sorry for ourselves,, we need to react in the right way and turn this into a positive thing which sees us land all 3 trophies left available to us
With all our focus, as ever, solely on each next game, getting the win and another vital 3 points or securing our place in the next round
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