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Before Jose we had 1.16 points per match
After he came we have 1.63 points per match - which would give us 5th
Stop it with your facts.............we don't need that in here........
I think Mourinho will always have that "boring football" statement follow him wherever he goes. This is because he likes to ensure that defence comes first & if you don't concede then you can't lose. He is building our squad from a relative start as our entire defence that made us so good are either gone or getting to the age where they cannot maintain the levels they once had.
Add that to the fact we have also lost the midfielder than held everything together. Why are there still people thinking we should be as good as we were under the first 18months of Pochs reign when:
- Lloris is ageing.
- Walker is gone.
- Rose is gone.
- Vertonghen will be gone.
- Toby is not the same player he once was.
- Dembele is gone.
That is a pretty significant drop in quality to what we currently have. Sanchez & Dier could become a very good pairing but Davies & Aurier are not of the same quality & we do not have a midfielder that can do what Dembele did. (don't get me wrong, I like Davies but he isn't as good as full flow Rose was).
Add to the above that we have lost our most creative spark in Eriksen & are trying to introduce a number of good young players into the side in Lo Celso, Ndombele, Gedson, Stevie & Sess. It will take time which is not what people want to hear but it's the truth.