OB1
Well-Known Member
I don't disagree at all. I'm sure Pep will work on crossing and more of a goal threat from other players. But I think he'll also realise we don't have the same players as Bayern.
Aguero is decent in the air, but he's no Lewondowski.
Muller is also good in the air and Vidal has an excellent record of goals from midfield.
I'm not saying we can't or shouldn't work on crossing, and the second ball is certainly something to work on.
It will be much harder in the Prem. Defenders are more physical and many teams are reliant on their defensive discipline. Germany all teams will try and play. Arguably technically better teams but all but a few PL sides are stuffed with international players.
We will no doubt be work img on crosses but against parked buses like Saturday, for my money it will only yield 2 or 3 clear cut chances. Saturday we scored from a cross and Iheanacho had a very good chance too.
I'm not for oncbsecond suggesting you're like this but many fans expect us to score from every attack, complete every cross. It will never be possible.
As you say, if we improve, that can only help, especially the second ball.
But I doubt against the better bus parked sides we'd create much more than we did Saturday. Especially at 0-0.
I personally think we were very unlucky Saturday and we were arguably as good as we've been all season.
Frustrations will creep in after games like Saturday.
Some fans like you and I will chat about the good and the bad of the game. Sadly, as we've seen, some fans will just look to moan and criticise.
Honestly some of the people sat round me shout and scream the most ludicrous bollocks I've ever heard.
Everton may prove to be one of the best defence's we face this season but, without expecting perfection, we could have created more chances. On several occasions, we made the wrong decision and some of those were opportunities to play simple balls out wide and then put in a cross. We also failed to execute the final ball sufficiently well at other times. That's not me saying we did a bad job but we have to be looking to do even better.
I don't want to labour the crossing angle but I am not convinced it will be harder to profit from crosses in the Premier League; however, I don't watch enough German football to be sure. I do know that Pep was quite dismissive of talk of the Premier League being something special in terms of difficulty. He was talking, IIRC, about intensity but his comments, and I am speculating here, suggested to me that he thinks we / our media try to create myths about the Premier League. His view seemed to be that the biggest difficulty compared to other major leagues is the number of games to be played.
I am pleased to say that the people that sit in my immediate vicinity me are a sensible bunch of time served Blues.