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This is spot on, couldn't have put it better myself. Watching the Amazon documentary, all I see the focus on half time is cutting out mistakes, defensive pressure, concentration, don't concede etc etc. This is all important stuff but our real issue is we have no clear idea how to attack and create chances. Yes I know in the doc they most likely edited some of that stuff out but judging by our performances even games we won the plan either isn't working or doesn't really exist.
It seems that if one of the front 3 don't create a moment of magic we won't really trouble any half decent team. Jose doesn't like to take risks in midfield, preferring safe options over creative ones, but this is really the source of our problems and has been since under Poch. To think we started the CL final with Winks and Sissoko as our double pivot says it all. Good guys I'm sure, but bench players at best for any team looking to get somewhere.
Thanks mate glad you agree. And you’re spot on as well.
Im starting to think Jose is a good defensive coach and a reasonable motivator but he’s been successful before because at every club he’s had a creative CM and attacking players who can win games themselves without too much tactical advice other than a general shape and deadly attacking in transitions and counter attacks.
Porto: tons of creative and top class attacking talents
Chelsea 1: Lampard, Duff, Robben, Drogba all verging on it were world class and of course he had makelele and a top class back 4 : Cech, P.Fereria, Terry, CArvalliho, Del Horono/A.Cole
Inter : Eto’o, Sneijder, Milito, Pandev and a hell of a back 4 : Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu
Madrid: World class players back to front
Chelsea 2: Courtious, Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Azpi and then attacking talents of : cesc, hazard, Oscar, Willian and Costa
so to be if you compare us now to all of those teams is abundantly clear our defence isn’t good enough to keep us solid enough and we don’t have enough quality going forwards.
Lloris - fine
DOHerty - fine
Toby - fineish but starting to lose it
Dier - NEEDS UPGRADING OR HAS TO IMPROVE MASSIVELY OR PLAY SANCHEZ
Davies - NEEDS UPGRADING
PEH - fine
Ndombele / lo celso - fine but need them fit
Lucas - MASSIVELY NEEDS UPGRADING
Dele - needs to find his form but having a creative CM and a better RM would really help. Or play lo celso as a n.o 10
Son - fine
Kane - fine
so we are not too far off the quality we need and funnily enough if we sign regullion & bale then our first XI is basically at the level Jose needs it. Then a CB would be a bonus and of course we need another striker but without this level of quality we will look toothless at times playing joseball.