DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
we are dominating games with "cheap possession" - by that i mean with quantity of bodies but (1) at risk of a counter and (2) without the tactics and technique to score against a fully packed defence.
so far, not at all a fan of angeball, I prefer redknapps brand of football where players were playing out of their skin (bale, vdv, modric, even pavlyuchenko).
not calling for the change now, but when the time comes, i think nagelsmann would be able to continue with this group of players with his emphasis on wing play.
He didn't want to come to us back when we had better players than we do now. And Levy reportedly didn't want a diva like Nagelsmann after the Mou and Conte affairs. Which is why we got a pleasant, if mediocre, yes-man in Postecoglou.
Plus, I'd question if this wing play we're focused on is any good. The key is if the new manager sees Udogie and Porro as wing-backs sticking to the line - if he does that, we'll likely do well, because they can do what they do best, and Sonny can revert to being an inside forward, which is what he does best.
Bonus points if we switch to 3 at the back, because I think we're built for it with Dragusin, Romero and Van de Ven.
But, all academic. Postecoglou will get time and he'll continue doing a roughly mediocre job.