Korea Hammer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:34 am
I would say so aztec. Of course, it's a matter of opinion, but for me the league Cup has become quite degraded, with so many second strings (even for championship teams). Personally, with 3 other competitions to focus on, a real chance of success in Europe and a tough PL season ahead, we can do without it.
Winning matches breeds winning mentality though. People are going on about the 6 wins in Europe and from watching these games, we haven’t set up the same as we have in the league. If it’s good enough in Europe to play a bit less conservative, why isn’t it ok in the league or the league cup.
Last night was a perfect opportunity to have a go at something different. If it didn’t work, we get beat. However we stuck to the same old and got beat anyway.
You can’t have a squad with Scamacca, Benrahama, Fornals, Bowen, Paqueta, Emerson, Rice and Lanzini and go defensive. Even if you’re defence isn’t the best, you at least put the opposition on the back foot.
As someone alluded to earlier, we are putting too much pressure on our forwards as in most cases we need to score at least 2 goals in every game, which in turn leads to players snatching at chances and losing all sense of composure. We need to start matches with the intent of winning, not the intent of not letting the opposition score.