Our high line is or was a part of our pressing and counter pressing system, it was to allow us to press sides high and win the ball high through forced and unforced errors, smother them throughout the 90 minutes so they can never play out easy and create the sort of chances all too easily we've been letting almost every side do all season
We're nowhere near a good press and counter press this season, nowhere near it, I can barely remember a situation or goal we've scored from our press and counter pressing allowing us to nick the ball high through a forced or unforced error in any of our games, whereas the team we're chasing in the league have absolutely excelled at it
I don't honestly see the point in our line being as high as it is anymore, as our poor excuse of a press and counter press isn't seeing us get any benefit from it, it's just an unnecessary risk that without a exceptional press and counter press has the incredible potential to be our undoing, Alisson, Virgil and Matip aren't going to bale us out every time we gift the opposition the kind of gilt edged chance we've given up far too many of this season
Drop the line a little or sort the press out for me, it's not been good enough since February 2020
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