Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
I've never thought he was as good as many seem to think on here. But in your photo above, there is only one pass. The cross field balls you need a moment to see them, step back and strike the ball. Time he didn't have. He went for the open pass, and it was intercepted. It wasn't great, but on here it is as though no one's ever seen that happen before. Lamela made a worse pass, but it didn't result in a goal so no knee jerk.
As I said, Poch should set the side up to contain for a couple of minutes until the break. Trippier had Sissoko supporting him all game, then suddenly he's got no options. @thfcsteff wants to heap all the blame on one guy for not playing it long to get to half time, when the manger, verts, etc are also part of the equation, its a team sport.
Trippier has become the new Sissoko?
Given our current paucity of options in central midfield, I think it may be time to revert to three at the back. Without the requisite cover, Trippier especially, but also Aurier look exposed. I think they are both better as wingbacks anyway. If we deployed Rose and Trippier/Aurier as forward looking wing backs leaving three CBS as cover behind them, we could both then both cover our current weaknesses and exploit our current full backs best attributes.