He needs to be central and picking it up in areas where he can drive with it. Right now it's easy (and no other option sadly) for him to get it on the wing then run backwards.
Imagine he picked it up centrally then ran backwards? It wouldn't happen because it's a completely different, and more dangerous, area of the pitch which he would be effective from.
The issue is, we play a 4-3-3 and he won't be trusted to play in the middle 3 by Pep so we won't see him there. The only other option is for him to occupy a central area and have an overlapping full back behind him (not Cancelo who cuts into the same central areas) to keep that width.
I've been a massive fan of his and ardent backer but I'm not completely sure what he was bought for given the way we play and the personnel we have. I hope to fuck it wasn't a buy to solidify this new (let's face it, dull) possession-based-not-actually-going-anywhere football we've adopted since October.
Imagine he picked it up centrally then ran backwards? It wouldn't happen because it's a completely different, and more dangerous, area of the pitch which he would be effective from.
The issue is, we play a 4-3-3 and he won't be trusted to play in the middle 3 by Pep so we won't see him there. The only other option is for him to occupy a central area and have an overlapping full back behind him (not Cancelo who cuts into the same central areas) to keep that width.
I've been a massive fan of his and ardent backer but I'm not completely sure what he was bought for given the way we play and the personnel we have. I hope to fuck it wasn't a buy to solidify this new (let's face it, dull) possession-based-not-actually-going-anywhere football we've adopted since October.