When you are being labeled toothless, it's a very very big big wake up call. I'm sure FSG has scouts monitoring all these forums to have an independent feedback on what's happening with third party opinions. Take a look at the last 10 pages or so, the same thing is said about our weaknesses but said in different ways, I haven't been so angry before with the manager but churning out such rubbish tactics and performance game after game is undefendable and if things doesn't change fast we'll be heading towards the wrong end of the table and I truly fear for BR.
Call me a knee jerker, yes I am and I prefer to be labeled as such and change things drastically to improve instead on continuing with the mindless and toothless tactics.
To be honest, I don't blame the players a single bit, the tactics are awfully wrong take for instance Sterling ... twisting and turning the whole game, not that he's not trying, but with no one supporting him. The same goes for other players, as if they do not want the ball at all. We have 3 players camping on the left, the same on the right, as if I'm watching a pinball game, while in midfield, whoever gets the ball feed it to the let or right side, no penetration from the middle while Cou is on the pitch. When we kept pumping the ball into our box with only 1 or 2 players, you know that the tactics is sh*t.
When we have almost 3/4 of of the team camped inside barcode's half and we couldn't hurt them a bit, you know our tactics are sh*t as well and sent a clear message to the opponents that .... "I can't hurt you a bit with my silly tactics, come and get me".
Has BR, over analyse and over experiment with his tactics to the extend of paralysing our performance. Honestly, i think he has. But the saddest thing is I've come to realize, Suarez was the one who did all the openings for the team last season, and without him BR simply doesn't know what to do now.
In the last 5 games or so BR tried to play possession football but toothless in front. I'd just say to BR, play to the players' strengths and tailor your tactics to suit them not the other way round.
We have a Cou and Stevie who who can pick up players inside the box, Sterling with pace and twists and turns inside and outside the box to create openings, Balo with his physical presence is enough to unsettle defenders, Lallana penetrating moves into the box and yet we couldn't hurt the opposition a bit is truly shocking, I just don't understand what BR is trying to proof with his tactics.
Combos!!!! Combos!!!!! Combos!!!! BR, abandon the unproductive possession football and work on the strengths of the players and not impose tactics upon them that they can't adapt.
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