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- May 26, 2004
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You could say it's the players, but it's just 'a sign of madness' for me if we keep playing this way. When we played on the back foot under Poch we looked bad. Under Nuno we looked bad. Under Jose we looked bad. Under Conte we look bad.
The players do not fit the system and nor does it look like they either enjoy or thrive under it.
To me, Levy is trying to move the club forward in that regard. It might be crazy that he's hiring managers on the contrary, but he's out there buying exciting players but the managers he employs just won't play them, as they're some kind of terrible 'club signing'.
For a manager known for developing players, he might have done well with Ashley Young, but so far he's not done too well with Bissouma, Gil, Doherty, Spence, Richarlison, Lo Celso, Ndombele or Rodon and has visibly negatively affected the performances of the rest of the team.
Dier is making constant mistakes, Davies is making constant mistakes, Romero is getting a yellow card every match. Not because they're making mistakes on the halfway line, but usually within 10 metres of their own goal. Anyone who has played in defence will know what a clusterfuck it is if you play the whole game in your own box. It's great to see it from a bird's eye view, but when you're in there it's usually frigging chaos! And for 3 players playing that way for 3 years Dier, Davies and Romero aren't doing too bad!
If you play higher up the pitch you have fewer players to keep an eye on as a defender, mainly marking your man and watching his runs. If you're higher up the pitch your fellow defenders also have more time to cover you, work with and co-ordinate with you and in turn the midfield. If you play too deep, it gives the opposition more time to create chaos, make darting runs between you or wrong foot you in a tight area.
Arsenal excel at creating chaos in the middle and looking for chances amid the tactical chaos. You play deep against a team that excels and practices week on week at exploiting that chaos then that's when we fall apart, as we did against Arsenal. Stellini saw this against City and put a Dier right in the middle to cover that 'chaotic' zone and it worked.
It's why Conte is being tactically outmuscled every single game and relying on Kane magic, he might as well hand the team sheet and tactics to Moyes tonight for the West Ham game. They'll know exactly how we're going to turn up and they'll be planning to counter it, naturally. We'll be preparing as from tomorrow to sit deep and 'suffer together'.
The players do not fit the system and nor does it look like they either enjoy or thrive under it.
To me, Levy is trying to move the club forward in that regard. It might be crazy that he's hiring managers on the contrary, but he's out there buying exciting players but the managers he employs just won't play them, as they're some kind of terrible 'club signing'.
For a manager known for developing players, he might have done well with Ashley Young, but so far he's not done too well with Bissouma, Gil, Doherty, Spence, Richarlison, Lo Celso, Ndombele or Rodon and has visibly negatively affected the performances of the rest of the team.
Dier is making constant mistakes, Davies is making constant mistakes, Romero is getting a yellow card every match. Not because they're making mistakes on the halfway line, but usually within 10 metres of their own goal. Anyone who has played in defence will know what a clusterfuck it is if you play the whole game in your own box. It's great to see it from a bird's eye view, but when you're in there it's usually frigging chaos! And for 3 players playing that way for 3 years Dier, Davies and Romero aren't doing too bad!
If you play higher up the pitch you have fewer players to keep an eye on as a defender, mainly marking your man and watching his runs. If you're higher up the pitch your fellow defenders also have more time to cover you, work with and co-ordinate with you and in turn the midfield. If you play too deep, it gives the opposition more time to create chaos, make darting runs between you or wrong foot you in a tight area.
Arsenal excel at creating chaos in the middle and looking for chances amid the tactical chaos. You play deep against a team that excels and practices week on week at exploiting that chaos then that's when we fall apart, as we did against Arsenal. Stellini saw this against City and put a Dier right in the middle to cover that 'chaotic' zone and it worked.
It's why Conte is being tactically outmuscled every single game and relying on Kane magic, he might as well hand the team sheet and tactics to Moyes tonight for the West Ham game. They'll know exactly how we're going to turn up and they'll be planning to counter it, naturally. We'll be preparing as from tomorrow to sit deep and 'suffer together'.
