Country: England
Player:Saliba
The U shaped pass maps speak volumes, our tactics are all about packing the box and blocking, with wing play counters, particularly on the left. The trouble is there's no one in the box because they've been playing too deep. This means there's no penetration in the opposition box.This really really worried me. As an attacking force in the second half we were awful. We were so deep and being penned back by Burnley of all teams. You can’t play like that and expect to pick up wins consistently.
Lewis Ambrose said something along the lines of “well funnily you’d put Burnley in one of the tougher away games in this league” despite having not won at home since January or something ****e.
It was very Emery esque to me. Take the lead then try defend it by dropping deep while having zero counter threat.
I must admit I thought our forward line messed up the few situations we did have but I expected a lot more from what I think is actually a pretty good team
But against a good a good team like City, the simplicity of just packing our box is easily unpicked.
There's nothing wrong with the players, the tactics are terrible.