Desert Eagle
Punjabi Dude
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2006
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The primary issue with our shit offense and our leaky defense is our lack of a cohesive midfield. We have gone from world class players like Robson, Ince, Keane, Scholes, Carrick to past it players like Matic, Casemiro, Eriksen or homegrown crap like Mctom, Lingard and Cleverley. Even forgetting individual talent, our midfield is always disjointed and easy to pass and move through.
We concede so many goals because our midfielders lose 50/50s and are too slow to recover. We resort to long passes because they aren't comfortable taking care of the ball. We can't attack because we lack midfielders who can dribble past the opposition or have the patience to build a attacking sequence.
Our best football has come when Casemiro, Bruno and Eriksen have been playing well. I don't trust all three of them to be consistent performers at the level we need in the years to come. We need an entire new midfield and until that is fixed our football will continue to be shit on a stick as they will make our defenders and attackers look worse.
We concede so many goals because our midfielders lose 50/50s and are too slow to recover. We resort to long passes because they aren't comfortable taking care of the ball. We can't attack because we lack midfielders who can dribble past the opposition or have the patience to build a attacking sequence.
Our best football has come when Casemiro, Bruno and Eriksen have been playing well. I don't trust all three of them to be consistent performers at the level we need in the years to come. We need an entire new midfield and until that is fixed our football will continue to be shit on a stick as they will make our defenders and attackers look worse.