Completely agree with you as far as during the transition / acclimatisation process is concerned, and this is exactly what we're seeing this season.
But I understand the plan to be that after a season or so the players get accustomed to these roles and are much more effective at it. This...
At the moment Gio is levels above Deki in the number 10 role. Such a shame there's not a year's option left on his contract to give us more time to see if he can shake off the injury bug. I'd love him to stay but would be shocked if he does.
That's another fine quote and that's an impressive graph? Web-map? Interesting to see counters improved as that was Plan A under Conte. And I wonder how physicality is measured? Yellow cards awarded to centre backs, perhaps? But we certainly need to get more physical at corners, that's for sure.
I agree he was in his early games, but I see him developing this area of his game every time he plays. He's running back more, taking up better positions, even winning the ball back a couple of times quite high up the pitch. Nowhere near Deki levels yet, but hopeful he'll keep working on it...
For sure, but I think the best plan may be to play him central against teams who don't low block us and coming off the bench against classic low blocks. Some particular teams, maybe on the wing, or depending on who else is available. I see him starting most games somewhere, but combining the...
I wonder how far away we still are from the time when Son becomes our super sub who comes on at either LW or ST depending on the opposition and state of the game and scores a hat trick every week against tiring legs a la Leicester.
It's a very complicated puzzle, isn't it, and I'm glad Ange is the man whose job it is to solve it.
First of all, what to do with Son? I agree he's not brilliant out on the wing, and he's not brilliant at striker against teams who play a low block, so let's hope he's on fire in our tough run...
Personally I was dumbfounded at the time for the first time under Ange. His other strange subs I've been able to rationalise with 'coming back from injury', 'about to make a second change that will explain this one' etc. but it was screaming out for Gio at that time and even if Deki is going to...
Great post and agree with 99% of it, nice one!
But Bentancur not being as good as expected? What were you expecting this season coming back from such a big injury? He did amazingly to come back so early, to play so well against Villa before he got Cashed and is now finding his feet again...
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