Some of it is luck (or fine margins as they say).
Balance is another key. Veltman and Hinshelwood has been playing as defenders, not some sort of overlapping pseudo-wingers like the wing/full backs played last season, and our defenders being on the "right" side of the opponent just defuses a lot of potentially dangerous situations.
Our days of one minute attacks, where everyone is eventually on the opposing half, are gone. This new team is all about winning the ball, not keeping it. The defenders are allowed to circulate the ball in build up but whenever it reaches a midfielder turned against the opposing goal, the vertical pass will come regardless if the opportunity is perfect or not, rather than like in the past when there's been an eternal fight to find the perfect opening.
Balance is another key. Veltman and Hinshelwood has been playing as defenders, not some sort of overlapping pseudo-wingers like the wing/full backs played last season, and our defenders being on the "right" side of the opponent just defuses a lot of potentially dangerous situations.
Our days of one minute attacks, where everyone is eventually on the opposing half, are gone. This new team is all about winning the ball, not keeping it. The defenders are allowed to circulate the ball in build up but whenever it reaches a midfielder turned against the opposing goal, the vertical pass will come regardless if the opportunity is perfect or not, rather than like in the past when there's been an eternal fight to find the perfect opening.