Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
The tragic part is that as I was reading I was reminded of the same situations in the Stoke game which constantly anger me and have me on the edge of my seat screaming at the TV. I do not claim to be some great tactician on the game but these are basic instructions the players are either ignoring or not receiving and I struggle to believe it is the latter.Good read, shows again how poorly organized the team is.
The current batch of midfielders aren't good enough either, but without strict instructions it gets so bad that we can't even outplay Stoke at home. In recent seasons we had similar issues, but Santi was so clever and technically good, that he papered over the cracks a bit. Özil does the same now when he drops deeper to structure the build up play, but ideally you want Özil positioned higher up so he can make that killer pass in the final third.