This x100. It's ridiculous how we have stuck with a totally broken system for so long. We badly needed a deep lying positionally disciplined midfielder to play behind Fernandinho and Yaya. Firstly it would allow Yaya to not try and play box to box, secondly a technically capable deeper player would also stop Yaya from having to drop so deep to pick up the ball, meaning we would actually start our attack with an extra attacker (as Yaya would maintain a more attacking position) and thirdly, Fernandinho can press without leaving a huge gap around him.
But no, he went with a 2.
In terms of what we do wrong, the problem lies with the coach for continuing to keep faith in stars who keep losing.
But we often wax lyrically about playing 2 in the middle. But are we really? Isn't Silva a midfielder? Wasn't he starting in the middle yesterday? So how does that work? Why did Carrick get so much time on the ball in toutnumbered
The commentators banged on about this all first half as we got sliced open constantly. Coz we seemed constantly
outnumbered in the middle, even though we weren't. We both played the same formation. So the argument of more players in an area is mute. We simply have players not playing well defensively.
Funny to note, the easy dicing was abated a bit when lazy Bony showed up and actually challenged the United deep ball Carrier.
In my mind, our most attacking players don't do enough to help overall team defense. I mean on the shit Demi play when he injured Joe, there simply was no one to pass to. They had us covered from pillar to post. That means Martial, Rahford, and the 3rd kid had us squeezed, and their mid 3 were on ours like white on Rice. This is before kickoff.
We on the other hand have this weak press, with players open everywhere. In fact, only our CBs and Dihno Navas and Nando, pressure consistently. Everyone else is always late, and the bigger the name, the later they are in their press.
