Nothing wrong with the squad. There isn't a team with more skill, more heart and more desire in world football and our manager is a genius. But they aren't machines. We play a lot of games at a high level and so there will be times when the lads are tired or it simply doesn't happen. In contrast, the Rags are a petulant, lackadaisical team who every so often decide they want it and turn it on, and FA Cup final days was one of those days. We cannot win them all.
That said, we are not invulnerable and there are things we could be better at - for me, they are set pieces; not being wasteful in possession (ie passing it around too much instead of taking a chance), and getting Haaland involved (still not quite there). Too many teams do us on the counter attack, from the Rags to Real to bottom of the table sides, so we need a plan for defending against those, and it would be nice us to see us counter attack ourselves at times too. We need a back up for Rodri so we don't run the man into the ground, and we need that Ortega deal to happen as he is the best back up going. Only player who isn't out on loan who you could argue doesn't bring a great deal - he hasn't had the chance - is Sergio Gomez, but every side needs squad players and our squad is overall compact and well oiled.
