They can’t believe their luck. They’ve gone from bit-part players to first names on the team sheet. Not out of quality but because they will tow the line.
Pep is locked in a dick-measuring contest with half the squad, unfortunately for us, it’s with the better half of the squad.
Even IF! he gets rid of all the 'Sad Faces' and brings in 4 new players, we will still be shite! If he doesn't drop this new system.
Because Rodri will never have the pace to play in CDM alone or in a double Pivot, are we to assume Rodri will be leaving this summer? Thats ludicrous.
Haaland will never reach his potential if he's isolated up front because our wingers are on the touchline rather than playing inside wide, is he going to sell Haaland too?
Where does this 442 system come from?
Its comes from Peps burning desire to win the Champions League again, as much as he tries to downplay it he wants it so bad and its become detrimental to the team.
This is the formation he thinks will give us the best chance to win the UCL, more controlled possession, slower build-up to prevent turnovers and counter-attacks, a lethal striker to finish chances. He's using the domestic games to drill this system into the players, he wants it fine-tuned for the latter ucl stages.
Ironically, the deficiencies he's trying to prevent are more evident in this new system. We create less clear cut chances, we're less stable defensively, we suffer more counter-attacks. The players will never buy into it.
He can forget winning the Champions League this season, half the squad have checked out.
