08 Feb 2025 09:06:12
Absolutely no attacking threat down the left. Needed another attacker. Dorgu to lwb amad to rwb and garnacho as a 10.
08 Feb 2025 09:18:15
I still can’t get my head around the midfield. It’s not right. You don’t win games unless you control the narrative of the game from midfield. Something we’ve not been able to do for years, and with just two in the middle now, none of whom are box to box machines or effective passers, we are even less effective.
08 Feb 2025 10:14:45
Agreed 100% Eric. I don't know however if we've anyone in the squad capable of performing the role. Perhaps Collyer can grow into it. At least he can do the box to box part.
08 Feb 2025 12:43:36
I think Bruno is adapting. He could be very effective orchestrating things from deeper, but he needs others to create space for him to pick out passes to the attackers.
08 Feb 2025 14:02:23
Bruno can’t be in the middle as both CMs need to be completely disciplined. He needs to be a 10, or nowhere IMO.
08 Feb 2025 14:41:20
Collyer and ugarte, dorgu left, amad right. If bruno must play, he has to be a 10. Play anyone you like as other 10, we don't really have a stand out.
Garnacho is a game changer, makes things happen. Problem is that he wants to play winger wide left, so not sure how that fits into amorims system. If mount was ever fit again, mount and bruno at 10 is probably our best. Right now, mainoo or even Eriksen there with bruno. But there is a sever lack of pace that hopefully amad and dorgue can make up for out wide.
Dalot is very poor in this system, just becomes a back 5 and he loses the ball far too much.
Praying for a miracle in the uefa, can't see it, but you never know.
08 Feb 2025 17:20:44
Dalot loses the ball so does Mazaroui, both look very poor, but I would think plan is Dalot at RB, where he is better and new kid LB.
09 Feb 2025 20:27:06
Agree with your lineup Dodgy. The alternative I guess would be to have Dorgu LWB and Dalot RWB with Amad and Bruno in the no. 10s. Dalot is better on the right but really needs to cut out the errors. We'd have more pace centrally at least this way.