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We managed it against Leeds. We had a better side available and Leeds were basically a Championship quality squad who'd been run to death by Bielsa and had their own injury issues at ours. That doesn't mean trying to do it with Sanchez, Duffy, Dunk and a barely interested Biss is a good idea...

Let me know when he starts will you?

Then it's his job to play a style of football that suits the ones he's got.

You tell me. You're the Potter wannabe. Me? I'd point out he's had six transfer windows to get better first touch, better pace or (more realistically) not dwarves.

If you think Robert Sanchez is Ederson, Shane Duffy is John Stones and MacAllister is KDB you've been smoking too much again. We are patently unable to play out from the back effectively with players who have an inferior first touch and pace to their opponents. It should be obvious.

I suspect you've missed the inference, though I'm happy to be corrected (by Stat Brother not you). I read it as "why are we trying to play Man City football with second string, bottom six budget players"? And it's a salient point. If you want to play Man City football then maybe you have to buy...

DEEPLY flawed or wrong in that one particular instance? That same map showed the big gaps down our middle, Cucurella hugging the left touchline and Coutinho playing in the pocket with Ings and Watkins to the side of him which was exactly how we got beaten :shrug:

Yes, exactly. White playing slightly ahead of the other CBs, winning tackles and starting transition, often ending up pushed right up (example being away at Leeds in BCD season where he was a massive part of Maupay's goal). Webster driving forward on the dribble from the left or right, often...

I'd forgotten that. I tend to go off the average positions on whoscored. Here are ours from that game. Pretty clear that March is in a similar role to Lamptey on the other wing which makes you spot on correct. But also clear that Cucuralla is more advanced than the other two centre backs...

Spoiler Alert Anyone tuning into the Albion Roar this weekend might find exactly the same point being made. Point of order though, Cucurella hasn't ever played centre back, or if he has, he's done it from the position of a traditional left back.