ike they say stats are like biknis..
Anyhoo, I was referring to the defence that let in 42 goals (16 more than Spurs and 9 more than the champions who also scored more goals) and the defence that could keep only 9 clean sheets last season.
We play as a squad on razor's edge..whether it be on the defense or the midfield if we go off the rails we will big time go off the rails.
Not saying we don't need VVD or better quality in the back 4...that being said if we had 2 vvd and it goes off the rails we still will get hammered.
Team defense and a team result from pressing up high and recovering 2nd balls to the RB/LB being able to move on the attack and cover defense in a split second...any CB in this system no matter how good they are is going to exposed at some point during a match and things will happen.
We need better than Lovren...but part of us giving up goals is being hit on the counter or silly set pieces that hopefully a VVD or better can rectify.
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