What a refreshing change watching us yesterday was. From minute 1 the team pressed high, forced errors, played a high tempo and kept the ball on the floor. The fans were unbelievable too, best atmosphere at Goodison in years. Hopefully that continues even when the threat of relegation subsides (fingers crossed)
Yes that high press wont work against teams like yourselves, Chelsea, Liverpool etc as top players can beat the press. However most teams in the league will struggle if you press well as a team.
They have set a bar for effort and work rate now so it must continue. We had Iwobi making sliding challenges for gods sake
Special note to Gordon who is developing into a really special player and Van De Beek. He was outstanding, winning tackles, 50/50's, very composed on the ball and helped us keep the ball well. Was concerned when we got him about his ability to cope with the pace and power of the league as a few Utd managers didnt fancy him and its obviously not due to tecnical quality coming from Ajax, so I was under the impression he was a bit lightweight - not at all.
Not completely safe yet but a few more like that and we will be fine.