stevoc
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We do throw caution to the wind though because of how high our front players stay! We've just been extremely poor at executing a lot of what we want to do but the intention is clearly there.
We create openings, overloads and opportunities a whole bunch but are poor are converting those situations into chances due to poor decision making and bad finishing. In spite of that, we've still scored 20 in the last 8. Sure, nothing that great but not exactly 'shit'.
I'll also modify what I said, the squad is a mix of bang average, young (inconsistent) and incompatible players:
Among the players that have started recently, awb is piss poor, eriksen, mcT, 32 year old casimero, Antony and amad are bang average. Rashford cannot play a pressing game and his flank is almost always a vulnerability. Maguire and every other available cb are not proactive defenders by nature and always drop. Mainoo and garnacho and have shown incredible potential but have also had stinkers. Hojlund has lost form.
Add to that, our whole available bench are bang average (and that's being kind), to the point where we can't rotate out our 21 year old striker in his first season in the prem.
Ten hag is sticking to his plan even when we doesn't have the personnel to execute it and you have every right to criticise that and demand his sacking. To me, if the alternative is caving in to how the players prefer to play (lazy low block tactics) again after they've done it over and over again in the last 10 years, I'd rather go through this painful process and see where it leads. I think it'll hold us in good stead long term even if ten hag leaves eventually.
Assuming he has one.
Being Gung ho means pushing everyone forward and going all out attack.
That's not what we do.