Ali Dia
Full Member
I said it before Ronaldo came in and I stand by it. With Greenwood, Rashford and Pogba you still majorly need your Fred’s, Dan James, Cavani and even the very limited McT to tip the balance back over towards aggressive and hardworking to do the hard yards for those non pressing/aggressive creatives. I was laughed at for defending James and Fred in particular.
Any 4/5 out of Sancho Pogba Ronaldo Greenwood Bruno Rashford is an absolute disaster. It doesn’t matter who is left behind or beside them. Could be Kante and Saul. They are still going to get swamped and passed through. They will be pressed so they can’t dictate. Out of all our regular forwards this season only Bruno presses and spoils in a genuine way. If half of your team is useless at defending, tracking, pressing and spoiling then you are going to be far too easy to play against. Add in Shaw as another attack minded player who gets caught out on the regular. Is it not clear yet why we are getting dicked about the place?
You guys really need to get out of FM thinking and think about the actual real life balance of the team. Pressing and hurrying the opposition into mistakes matters. Chasing lost causes matters. playing percentage ball across the goalmouth is effective if there’s anyone there to finish. Running the channels, aggressively disrupting the oppositions shape. All these things are gone now with the positions Ronaldo takes up.
We have an isolated elite finisher and header. Only Bruno and Pogba provide and we don’t cross well into dangerous areas. Can’t you guys see the balance has been broken to accommodate one player?
Is James a better player than Ronaldo? Feck no but Cavani - James has better defensive/pressing balance than Greenwood - Ronaldo. Is Fred a better player than Pogba? Of course not but Fred - Bruno has a better defensive balance than Pogba- Bruno. There has to be a trade off, for each low work rate attacker there has to be a worker/presser/spoiler close by. Ideally they’d all do it. Not only is Liverpool’s attack much better than ours but they all work twice as hard too. Their midfield is a compact unit. Their forwards are a compact unit. Who has a “free role” in that team? Not even Salah. We have Pogba Bruno Ronaldo Greenwood Sancho and Rashford playing it as they see it and it’s far from good enough. From the manager and the players.
Any 4/5 out of Sancho Pogba Ronaldo Greenwood Bruno Rashford is an absolute disaster. It doesn’t matter who is left behind or beside them. Could be Kante and Saul. They are still going to get swamped and passed through. They will be pressed so they can’t dictate. Out of all our regular forwards this season only Bruno presses and spoils in a genuine way. If half of your team is useless at defending, tracking, pressing and spoiling then you are going to be far too easy to play against. Add in Shaw as another attack minded player who gets caught out on the regular. Is it not clear yet why we are getting dicked about the place?
You guys really need to get out of FM thinking and think about the actual real life balance of the team. Pressing and hurrying the opposition into mistakes matters. Chasing lost causes matters. playing percentage ball across the goalmouth is effective if there’s anyone there to finish. Running the channels, aggressively disrupting the oppositions shape. All these things are gone now with the positions Ronaldo takes up.
We have an isolated elite finisher and header. Only Bruno and Pogba provide and we don’t cross well into dangerous areas. Can’t you guys see the balance has been broken to accommodate one player?
Is James a better player than Ronaldo? Feck no but Cavani - James has better defensive/pressing balance than Greenwood - Ronaldo. Is Fred a better player than Pogba? Of course not but Fred - Bruno has a better defensive balance than Pogba- Bruno. There has to be a trade off, for each low work rate attacker there has to be a worker/presser/spoiler close by. Ideally they’d all do it. Not only is Liverpool’s attack much better than ours but they all work twice as hard too. Their midfield is a compact unit. Their forwards are a compact unit. Who has a “free role” in that team? Not even Salah. We have Pogba Bruno Ronaldo Greenwood Sancho and Rashford playing it as they see it and it’s far from good enough. From the manager and the players.
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