Fully agree.Teams are so far back due to the way we play, not because of how good they think we are.
Why do you think Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle don’t have the same issue?
We need to change our style, have the courage to not pen teams in, let them have the ball, press and look for the counter where we can create a numerical advantage for our world class forwards.
But Pep hasn’t the balls for it, or the nous.
He knows one way and that’s to control and suffocate teams. I don’t subscribe to the idea that Pep’s way is finished, I just believe that we don’t have the players for it, nor are there many players in the Pep mould we can buy.
What he should be doing is changing the way we play.
We played a little deeper, and more expansively in our good run recently, just to ruin it in the last two games with more of the same old shite.
And if your main penalty taker doesn’t want to take it then sub him off ffs.Dribble in the box.....win a penalty.....and the most important part..... fucking score it!
And who would that be, Kushanov looked bloody quick to me but has dropped off the face of the earth, Haaland is much better than hanging round the six yeard box, he’d be great as a counter attacker ball over the top as was shown yesterday had the keeper not knocked it out the way. We do t have anyone who can put a decent cross on his head at the back post, he’d be better around the penalty spot for a pull back or at least running onto it. I still don’t think he was a Pep signing he was a CFG signing, Pep has always like small mobile players something Haaland is clearly not, his first season everyone was taken by surprise even Pep at how many he’s scored and yes I know he’s still scoring but are defences terrified of him, I don’t think so.
And if your main penalty taker doesn’t want to take it then sub him off ffs.
And give him some service instead of keep checking backLet the best striker on the planet take a penalty
Then take the kick off and hold the ball in our half and don’t advance anyone past the halfway line, this anti football is a fucking joke it’s now becoming risk averse for most teams, if the other team then come into our half ping the ball over the top.We can't play counter attack when the team plan is to defend deep against us. Very rarely do we have that space to play over the top or in behind.
Hence, why we switch from right to left to try and drag someone out of position.
Khusanov solves the recovery pace problem but to beat a bus, you also have to score and that means creative supply from the final third of midfield.
I know… he’s only scored 30 this season and that’s without much service….we need to play him in much earlier, be it by early cro, ideally from the byline or early longer ballsQuestions have to start being asked about him. He's 6'-5", gets knocked off the ball.pretty easily, the majority of the time is beaten in the air and rarely creates anything for himself. He's been rumbled and the goals are drying up. He'd score shit loads in Spain and league's he has space to run into but playing for us he's rarely going to get that. He can't seem to improve in the areas I've mentioned. Controversial but it needs highlighting.
We can't play counter attack when the team plan is to defend deep against us. Very rarely do we have that space to play over the top or in behind.
Hence, why we switch from right to left to try and drag someone out of position.
Khusanov solves the recovery pace problem but to beat a bus, you also have to score and that means creative supply from the final third of midfield.
Yep, me and many other blues I know were disappointed at our failure to score more goals that night against Inter.I don't think Pep doesn't know how to do this, it's just very very hard and you need amazing players who are all well drilled and highly motivated.
Even our treble winning team only won 1-0 Vs Inter.