UpWithRivers
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Brighton dropped their playmaking keeper and bought a nobody from Sunderland. They sold their best midfield and it still worked. There is a reason why they can just buy random players and they all seem to just fit in. There is a reason why when they sell them they don't seem so good. There is also a reason why our players more than anyone gets dispossessed or misplaces a pass. Even Onana does it. Even Casemiro. Everyone. De Gea and Maguire are not ideal but they would be fine or at the very least loads better than they look in our team. But we will have to agree to disagree.With Maguire and De Gea in Brighton's build-up, De Zerbi would have already been back in Serie A, managing midtable clubs. It's one thing to discuss where he's gone wrong, and it's another to treat him like the devil incarnate. Why doesn't the build-up function well against the poorer sides that don't commit many players to their press? A 3-1 or a 2-3 shape, plus the keeper, should be more than enough against sides that just use 2–3 players to cause us problems. Just how many players should we get behind the ball, 6-7- everybody? Why can't we move the ball upward with pace and purpose when it's clear that we have the numerical advantage in our third?
The second part - Why doesn't our build-up function well against poorer sides. It does. Especially at home and especially with Eriksen last season. Thats why our Home form was so good last season and our away form so sht. Thats why we can look so good for 20 mins then we are fkd. How many times do we say how come after half time we are fkd. Its not us. Its the opposition. They sit back. See what we have. Then press us. When they don't we are fine