Glorio
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I think Ole's approach is not to give away 3 pointd against the big sides first, with a slight hope that we may actually nick 3 points here and there with our pacy and usually dangerous frontline. I don't necessarily have an issue with that at this point - if we perfect the art of the flat track bully. SAF was usually similar against peak Arsenal mind.
I can sort of understand his approach especially since the few times we've tried to go toe to toe, we've come unstuck. My big issue is that when we do have the ball, we have to have more courage and we don't. When we do have possession, we have to play like an actual competent side, however we play like a league one side with a speed merchant up top, so everything is a long ball. The players' collective minds are caught in a loop where no one wants the ball for more than 2 seconds - just hoof it in the general direction of Rashford and hope.
This is where Ole's in game management can improve a lot (I think!). We don't have to wait till half time to try and sort things out, just yell at them to calm down, take an extra touch, trust the team mates around you, and assess their options properly - Bruno being the chief culprit in these situations. I also believe Bruno should drop into midfield in these games because what invariably happens is that Fred and McTom get outnumbered.
I can sort of understand his approach especially since the few times we've tried to go toe to toe, we've come unstuck. My big issue is that when we do have the ball, we have to have more courage and we don't. When we do have possession, we have to play like an actual competent side, however we play like a league one side with a speed merchant up top, so everything is a long ball. The players' collective minds are caught in a loop where no one wants the ball for more than 2 seconds - just hoof it in the general direction of Rashford and hope.
This is where Ole's in game management can improve a lot (I think!). We don't have to wait till half time to try and sort things out, just yell at them to calm down, take an extra touch, trust the team mates around you, and assess their options properly - Bruno being the chief culprit in these situations. I also believe Bruno should drop into midfield in these games because what invariably happens is that Fred and McTom get outnumbered.