Teja
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What exactly is our plan in attack? Right now I just see our players putting in some hopeful crosses towards one guy in the box and hoping something would happen (a poor clearance, a defensive error, a high turnovers from the press etc.). The City style cutback after cutback after a run from the half space is notably absent in our play. We're more Liverpool without Mane / Salah than City in terms of attacking play right now.
xG stats back it up so far. Despite the wins in the league, we've created fewer xG than teams like Newcastle, Leeds, Brentford and Brighton. (9th in the xG table).
Sancho and Antony manage to get a few 1v1s a game against the opposition fullback but we don't really overload the box so they just cut in and play it back into the middle. It's unclear that they'll have any options if they chose to go outside and try to put a cross in. Again no runners from the midfield half space so Sancho looks pretty ineffective.
I'm just really surprised because the blueprint is so clear with the rest of the team. How did Ajax typically create chances?
xG stats back it up so far. Despite the wins in the league, we've created fewer xG than teams like Newcastle, Leeds, Brentford and Brighton. (9th in the xG table).
Sancho and Antony manage to get a few 1v1s a game against the opposition fullback but we don't really overload the box so they just cut in and play it back into the middle. It's unclear that they'll have any options if they chose to go outside and try to put a cross in. Again no runners from the midfield half space so Sancho looks pretty ineffective.
I'm just really surprised because the blueprint is so clear with the rest of the team. How did Ajax typically create chances?