Simple question as I can’t work out which seems to be the main problem right now between the players or the system that Amorim is hell bent on implementing in his 5-2-3/3-4-3 ?
The thing I’m most annoyed about is that when Ineos were coming in they said that they’d install a ‘best in class’ ‘footballing structure’ that would identify a style and tactical approach and the head coach would coach the squad in said style.
We’ve gone from 4-2-3-1 under Ole to 4-1-4-1 under ETH to 5-2-3/3-4-3 under Amorim and no set style or tactical approach put in place by our supposed footballing structure, even RVN during his brief run played a different style to ETH and Amorim.
I get Amorim hasn’t spent any money to bring in players he’d like but already he’s showing a serious amount of stubbornness in playing certain players in positions that they can’t play or players in different positions each week and refuses to change the tactics even when like today they weren’t working.
Brighton knew we would play 2 men in midfield so outnumbered us playing 3 men in midfield although Baleba could have played on his own and dominate our midfield, we have zero width as the two behind the striker are both 10’s and the wing backs are full backs so offer nothing offensively.
On the flip side though it’s clear that a lot of the players are simply not good enough and when the ones that are passable are off form the difference in quality is so big that subs hurt us more than helping us a lot of the time.
When you look at the core group that are passable to good enough in Maguire, Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui, Mainoo, Ugarte, Fernandes and Diallo you see that’s half of a match day squad yet we’ve spent over half a billion in the last few years on recruitment.
Is it the players that are making us look so bad ? Is it the formation that Amorim is hell bent on installing which in his own words he will “play until the very end” ? I know Amorim said it would get worse before it gets better but it seems to be getting worse every game outside of the game raisers like Liverpool, Arsenal or City and if it continues getting worse you wonder if Amorim will even be properly back in the summer.
The thing I’m most annoyed about is that when Ineos were coming in they said that they’d install a ‘best in class’ ‘footballing structure’ that would identify a style and tactical approach and the head coach would coach the squad in said style.
We’ve gone from 4-2-3-1 under Ole to 4-1-4-1 under ETH to 5-2-3/3-4-3 under Amorim and no set style or tactical approach put in place by our supposed footballing structure, even RVN during his brief run played a different style to ETH and Amorim.
I get Amorim hasn’t spent any money to bring in players he’d like but already he’s showing a serious amount of stubbornness in playing certain players in positions that they can’t play or players in different positions each week and refuses to change the tactics even when like today they weren’t working.
Brighton knew we would play 2 men in midfield so outnumbered us playing 3 men in midfield although Baleba could have played on his own and dominate our midfield, we have zero width as the two behind the striker are both 10’s and the wing backs are full backs so offer nothing offensively.
On the flip side though it’s clear that a lot of the players are simply not good enough and when the ones that are passable are off form the difference in quality is so big that subs hurt us more than helping us a lot of the time.
When you look at the core group that are passable to good enough in Maguire, Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui, Mainoo, Ugarte, Fernandes and Diallo you see that’s half of a match day squad yet we’ve spent over half a billion in the last few years on recruitment.
Is it the players that are making us look so bad ? Is it the formation that Amorim is hell bent on installing which in his own words he will “play until the very end” ? I know Amorim said it would get worse before it gets better but it seems to be getting worse every game outside of the game raisers like Liverpool, Arsenal or City and if it continues getting worse you wonder if Amorim will even be properly back in the summer.
