Fan boys and haters? What are you talking about. We didn't show any control or dominance under AVB, control and dominance is working the opposition keeper and scoring goals throughout the match.
Rather than a lessening of control and dominance what we havr seen is an instruction to move the ball forward aggressively and early, relinquishing dominance of sideways unthreatening passing for more chances and goals scored, but maybe in the process leaving ourselves more exposed at the back.
The Liverpool defeat at home plus quite a few poor early performances were when Poch was still sussing things out, loads of players were in the team He later dropped.
Most games and victories in the Prem are hard work, Its rare a team even such as Chelsea dominates from minute one to minute 90 not conceeding territory or chances.
AVB's biggest tactical flaw is valuing territory and possession above all else, even the ability to create chances and goals. It ignores a fundamental element of the British game in particular in that the best chances are often created on the break where you draw the other team out, let them have the ball then hit them hard and early when their attack breaks down.
By squeezing so high up the pitch and hogging possession to such an extent we merely forced the opposition to crowd their penalty box making it impossible to create, while leaving ourselves exposed to the quick ball over the top to pace. Time and again.
You point to games we created numerous chances in we didn't get near the performances against Arsenal, Chelsea etc this season under AVB once he had assembled his own squad in his second season.
