Co-sign.
We are making the mistake of thinking of which players should play here and there. But the reality is that we do not have a recognised system where the players know what they are doing.
So it doesn't matter who we have in the team, we haven't got a system. Some said it in the other thread and we were chastised, but if anyone can give an explanation of what the system is and where VdB would fit into that, then that would be great.
The reality is that a qualified tactician would get more out of Fred, McT, Mata and Lingard than we're getting out go Pogba, Bruno and Matic/Fred/whoever. When you have a system with player role A, B, C, D you can then bring in whatever player to do role A, B, C, D. Our (Caf members) issue is that we're thinking that throwing all these players in at once is the fix, its not.
A huge issue I've seen recently is that our whole team pass, just to pass the ball with no intention. Side ways, behind, after 3 touches when it should have been 1st time. I don't know if its for stats, to look good, I don't know but we do not pass the ball to get around teams. It's evident in the middle of the park. I don't see any system, I don't know what certain players roles are in the team e.g. Pogba, is he box-to-box, is he DMF, is he an 8? What will VdB role be? Have you seen any position he can fit in, etc? If we play Pogba and Bruno, are they both attacking? Who attacks where? Who overlaps who? Who defensively tracks who in midfield? You can see it when they perform post-match analysis on our games, our midfield has no shape and no direction and teams get through our "high press" with ease. It's mind-boggling no one in our staff can see it, but Sevilla, and 3 games into this season, other teams have.
These are all the questions that make me believe that it is not the players in the midfield, it's the system, tactics and coaching that we do not have.
Carrick has no place in our coaching team. He was a static, immobile and passive player. What do you think he's going to pass down to our lads?
