A month ago we were dismantling West Brom having just beat Chelsea, now we're playing fucking shit. Don't get how it's happened.
And injuries in very key areas with no quality, like for like to bring in.We went back to 2 CBs while everyone else stuck to what worked.
We went back to 2 CBs while everyone else stuck to what worked.
And injuries in very key areas with no quality, like for like to bring in.
We went back to 2 CBs while everyone else stuck to what worked.
This offense regressed this season, as compared to last year.
A stretch of 10 games earlier in the season where we scored nothing but penalties, which knocked us out of CL and put us 6th in PL. Worked hard to get back up to 2nd. Now we are going thru another barren stretch of goals to put the team in danger of getting knocked out of Europa league and top 4 in the league.
Offensively, this team is incredibly slow without wingbacks contributing. It's becoming really tiresome to watch centerbacks and midfielders forever recycling the ball within own half.
What has changed since last season? I guess two things: Wanyama as DMF and not having Lamela available. Nothing can be done about Lamela, but I wish Poch put Dier in MF in place of Wanyama in some games ( like against Gent) when we are expected to dominate. Wanyama is a monster defensively but he also slows down the game along with Dembele. Having both seems redundant against an opponent who are mainly expected to retreat and play quick counter.
in that he was so disappointed as we all were with Wimmers performance, and the naivety of CCV, that he just doesn't have another centre back he can trust to revert to the 3 at the back which really suits us.
I think it's pretty clear he needs to get back to the 3-5-2/3-4-3, although that is quite difficult when you don't have the options of the bench to continue it when others are injured.
This summer Poch really needs to find 2 or 3 players who have the skill set to play in this system, which will allow rotation without the dip in performance.
If Kane has a knock and Rose and Verts return, he really should try Janssen in this formation. I'm not his biggest fan and I doubt he will make it but we may see something different when we are at our best.
The trouble is, as soon as you criticise Poch for a second on here, his fan girls start coming out of the wood work ironically screaming #PochOut! at you, because you can't possible criticise a football manager without wanting them fired these days.
The guy has obvious flaws, he's definitely not the finished article, we are lucky to have him, don't get me wrong, but he's far from perfect. And the last few results are highlighting that.
I see. So, one sub-par performance with a second string squad (who barely played together) decides it. While at it, let's just forget what he did entire season previously.lol you clearly didn't see how poorly Dier played in DMF against Villa in the FA Cup.