- Aug 25, 2011
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You're right, you can see some things working but when you've got a RB who makes stupid decisions defensively, CMs who are not adjusted covering the defence and no focal point in attack it leads to very inconsistent performances.Most (not all) of the players have are good enough IMO, the problem is the players we don't have. If we'd had a capable DM, pacey fullbacks capable of defending pacey attackers, or a second-choice striker then today would have been a fundamentally different match. We've got quality players but the squad as a whole is lacking in key areas.
Same thing happened when Poch came in and we had Paulinho, Stambouli and Capoue as our midfield options, Fazio and Chiriches adopting to a high press, Naughton and a struggling Walker as RB options, Soldado and Adebayor (useless and lazy) strikers.
We won't lool like a team until Jose has had serious time to imprint his style and bring in the missing components.