Maybe we do, maybe that’s why these two lads have been brought in, but the major problem is the midfield. I’ve always maintained that all football games are won and lost in midfield.
A team’s attack is only as good as its midfield can create attacking situations for it. Teams can’t attack if its midfield loses the ball or struggles to win the ball back.
A team’s defence is only as good as its midfield protects it to be; either by keeping the ball so defenders don’t have to defend, winning the ball back so defenders aren’t the only ones defending or recovering positionally to help out defenders so, again, they aren’t the only ones defending.
Looking at training vid yesterday did anyone think it looked very awkward. The 2 who I saw Khusanov and Marmoosh didn`t speak or even acknowledge one another and the rest of the squad didn`t seem to acknowledge the either.