The key from my perspective is the defensive overload. RDZ likes a deep defensive 8. In effect all of the midfield are compressed meaning that if anyone presses us we have plenty of opportunity to play out. Most teams wont commit 8 to a press, so we always have an opportunity to play out...
I'd love to have seen Nelson's now legendary FA Cup goal at Brentford . Not sure the game itself was that great from what I've heard but the sense of expectation when getting towards the 68th minute would be huge.
2-4 defeat but it was very good to see the youngsters playing out from the back, better to take the risks now and learn. Palace should be disappointed at letting it 2 against 10 men for so long
Potter did many things right and that got us to a comfortable position in the Premier League. He was able to create tactically flexible and intelligent players over a period of time. His challenge at Chelsea is that his team have talent but in a few cases little tactical intelligence. He's...
The media narrative would have you believe that unearthing these gems of players is all down to our excellent scouting.
My view is that what we do well is scout players well, support and develop them well and then coach them well.
I think of Caicedo and Mitoma as obvious examples of scouting...
It would be interesting to know where the bulk of chances we create fall. My sense is that they fall mostly to Tross, March and Lallana. Two of those can't finish.
A striker may not solve anything if we aren't playing in a way that can use one.