Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
Again I’m really far from convinced. I’m sure there is some stylistic change in the game, that happens a lot. How relevant that is to us this season…just don’t see it.

Liverpool lost Van Dijk to injury in the Merseyside derby in 2020 they went from being league champions to only securing 4th on the last day of the season. Not saying we would have won the title if Saliba stayed fit but I think it clearly torpedoed any chance of us winning the thing

A football team can absolutely be affected by the loss of even one player if that player is key to how they play.

I’m not denying we need to change our style and be more direct, but it makes not a bit of difference to where we are currently. We lost at home to West Ham because we don’t have goalscorers in the team, it really isn’t anymore complicated than that.

Quick Transition play works well when you’re playing a side that will come out and attack you, but it’s naive to assume teams didn’t think to employ that against City last session. No they just had a beast of a player in Rodri who was able to neutralise the threat on the brief occasions the opponent did get the ball
You are still measuring everything with the Pep mindset. There's ALWAYS space on a pitch, always. Watch any game, the space is right there if you have the players that can exploit it. And I'm not talking intricate triangles that pull opponents out of position, I'm talking actual space, open grass. You'll see it 50 times in a game. But very few want to exploit it or can exploit it. We have the technical and pacey players that could put endless pressure on stubborn defences. I know you don't agree but if technical ability and pace are not the key attributes we have in this squad then what the hell do we have?