Well said Walt. And Stuey.
Interesting set up yesterday by JK. I didn't see the game live, only highlights, but BBC website had us set up as 4 4 2 with Sadio and Mo as traditional wingers. I'm not sure if that was their interpretation or JK's but I thought he seemed to be shuffling a very limited hand of cards, player-wise, and maybe gambling a bit. It looked like a line-up where he expected the opponents to score maybe a couple (they did, in all honestly!), but to outscore them at the other end (should have, by all accounts). Back to heavy metal?
Henderson has been such a massive absence lately, so we were always going to lack midfield support for the defence and also leadership, which we miss greatly. Philips is out, so he felt Kabak needed Fab back there, and I tend to agree. My only question mark against JK there would be maybe to put Millie in instead of Gini, who seems to be a passenger in recent games, but the forwards still need to take their chances.
I've seen a lot of people slagging JK off, which really gets my goat. It's obvious he's got limited options, and he knows the players states of mind and fitness levels, and has to work with that. He's the easy target for criticism, and to some extent that's part of the job, but we clearly have an issue with scoring goals, a lack of options in midfield and a massively-disrupted defence. No fault of Jurgens, but I think the need for at least a partial reorganising/rethinking/rebuilding of the First XI, wider squad and tactical approach is becoming increasingly clear, and we might just need to be patient for a while because I can't see FSG pouring cash into this right now.
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