Have always thought we‘ve looked most threatening when we had a balance of left-footed and right-footed outfield players on the park. It allows us to use both the the width and length of the pitch, and to play facing forward at pace. Today, however, we only have the left-footed Bernardo on the park, five others all on the bench. That imbalance generally means a slow tempo and leads players to be facing each other across an ever narrowing strip; it also makes the opponent’s defensive task considerably easier..