Whew, what a pain in my arse, just finally found a way to watch the game live. It normally never takes me this long. Must be the holidays.
Anyhow, could someone please clarify, am I seeing this right, we are playing a starting XI without an actual holding midfielder?
At least it is abundantly clear what effect the manager has on a side. AVB was too fearful and defensive, but Tim is clearly a total amateur. I'm not convinced he's going to learn from it either.
Why do ALL other top teams with 2 man midfields have a defensive + box to box/CAM combination, while we think we can come up with some new and exciting formula and do away with the defensive player?!?!
Chriches and Chadli have been shocking. I hate playing with no defensive minded central midfielder too. Having 2 'ball players' in Eriksen and Holtby hasn't really offered anything more in a chance creating sense at all and because of that it's just like we may as well give the back 4 a bit a protection in the shape of Capoue.
Sigurdsson has been OK I think but Lamela has to come on for Chadli IMO.
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