Is it just me that finds it odd that he is sitting there smartly dressed and casually drinking a coffee? I had a picture in my mind of him being banged up with the rest of the tattooed clans in white shorts and tee shirt
Some good points especially about it being the first season. It takes a while to get to where you want to be, see Arteta.
Also he has shown flexibility in his tactical setup, remember the high line used before the high press was perfected. He appears to have slowed down his path to finalising...
Pedant alert
Out of interest I think the xG of 4 for the Leicester game is misleading. The 2 pens were worth an xG of about 1.6 but the chances that were created for those pens would have been significantly lower. I imagine the more accurate xG for the match would have been nearer 2.8.
If you reverse the results it actually looks ok in a 3 points at home and a point away sense and the point each for the Leicester games. Also it’s all very well saying the lost points would put us in the euro mix, however, in that scenario we may have not got the unexpected points we accrued...
As someone mentioned on here it was a bit naive not keeping the ball and going easy for first 20 mins to quieten them down and keep control. Surely that’s an instruction to the players before they go out
I think we lack a creative midfielder who can make those killer balls to break down a deep low block. Wharton seemed to be doing this all the time.
Most of our midfielders are mainly DM’s like Baleba or B2B like Gomez and O’Riley. Pedro plays too high to do it and Ayari is a bit lightweight and...