wonder if we signed someone like Saka, would we in the current set up ask him to hold up the ball, turn back, pass it back, recycle the ball, rarely beat defenders, get into the box, get a shot off knowing he has decent stats both for scoring and assisting, much better than any our current wingers, would we use his strengths or would we ask him to revert to type and be like Grealish just on the right side?
because I am getting sick of what our attacking play now is, which is slow, ponderous build up, too many passes for the sake of it, out to wing, back to inverted fullback, some extra passes between high up CBs then 9 out of 10 times just give it to KDB who is coming out one the wider half space and puts in a cross where only Haaland is between 2/3 defenders.
even seeing some good crossing chances by wingers given up as they are "forced" to play it back to KDB to let him do the cross. which makes sense as he has an eye for setting up goals, albeit had quite a lot of blind passes/crosses this game, but its very very limited with these set of players just to make the whole attack end with a KDB cross no mater what.
or maybe if Foden finds tiny space to get a shot off than thats the only alternative.
this seems to be brutally limited to previous seasons.
wingers getting a shot visibly more rare and rare. I think they are asked not even bother with it just recycle until KDB can find some space for the cross.
for a Pep team its rather "meh" attacking football at the moment.
look at some of goals scored in the treble season, the movement, the runs, fucking hell, nowadays this looks so far away. seen one where ball is out at Grealish he is looking for cross options and Foden makes a run, Haaland at the long side and Mahrez from another wing making a deep run and Grealish finds him and Mahrez finishes well with a goal. oh and Alvarez is also in the box taking the vision of 1-2 CB's as well.
these days same situation: Grealish on the left with the ball, no one in th box only Haaland, Bernardo somewhere far away from action on other side, Foden front of the box maybe hoping some long shot action, Grealish turns back passes back to Gvardiol, who passes to Gundo, he passes to Dias, back to Gundo, Out to grealish, he turns back to Gvardiol, KDB moves a bit to left gets the ball and crosses in but again only Haaland inside the box, defender clears it.
because I am getting sick of what our attacking play now is, which is slow, ponderous build up, too many passes for the sake of it, out to wing, back to inverted fullback, some extra passes between high up CBs then 9 out of 10 times just give it to KDB who is coming out one the wider half space and puts in a cross where only Haaland is between 2/3 defenders.
even seeing some good crossing chances by wingers given up as they are "forced" to play it back to KDB to let him do the cross. which makes sense as he has an eye for setting up goals, albeit had quite a lot of blind passes/crosses this game, but its very very limited with these set of players just to make the whole attack end with a KDB cross no mater what.
or maybe if Foden finds tiny space to get a shot off than thats the only alternative.
this seems to be brutally limited to previous seasons.
wingers getting a shot visibly more rare and rare. I think they are asked not even bother with it just recycle until KDB can find some space for the cross.
for a Pep team its rather "meh" attacking football at the moment.
look at some of goals scored in the treble season, the movement, the runs, fucking hell, nowadays this looks so far away. seen one where ball is out at Grealish he is looking for cross options and Foden makes a run, Haaland at the long side and Mahrez from another wing making a deep run and Grealish finds him and Mahrez finishes well with a goal. oh and Alvarez is also in the box taking the vision of 1-2 CB's as well.
these days same situation: Grealish on the left with the ball, no one in th box only Haaland, Bernardo somewhere far away from action on other side, Foden front of the box maybe hoping some long shot action, Grealish turns back passes back to Gvardiol, who passes to Gundo, he passes to Dias, back to Gundo, Out to grealish, he turns back to Gvardiol, KDB moves a bit to left gets the ball and crosses in but again only Haaland inside the box, defender clears it.