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I am not comparing watchability. I agree we are far better to watch now. All I am saying is defense seems to be a weakness of De Zerbi. His style also seems to really require a couple of athletic defense mids to really work well. We are currently lacking that.

Goal difference is not the correct measure here. We conceded a dozen-ish goals more than the season before De Zerbi and conceded less is one of the Hughton seasons where we were battling relegation. To have a worse defensive record than then is a little worrying. So far the attacking side of...

The big criticism I have of De Zerbi, and it is one I feel may limit him as a manager unless he corrects it, is that we concede way too many goals. I think it is correct that our defensive stats have gone through the floor since he took over. This is masked by the good attacking play and...