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MOTM

Get the fuck in.

Jesus Sean you gotta get that in bro.

Moreno doesn't even go for the ball at all there.

What a weak foul call on Murph there.

That run from Gordon looked soooo leggy. God I wish we had a squad right now.

We dropped into that 4-5-1 that I absolutely fucking hate. It just invites so much unnecessary pressure.

And we're still pressing the fuck out of them. Love this.

Jesus christ, give it a fucking rest. (pun intended)

That's a bit over the top.

Keep it up boys don't take your foot off the gas now.

There was just a pretty bad one.

Miley looking real sharp tonight too. He's growing into that LCM role.

I love when Isak and Gordon switch for like 90 seconds. It's throwing them off massively.

Loving this.

God I missed this style of play.

I feel for Isak every time he chases a lost cause down and looks back and there's not one other dude within like 30+ yards of him. That's gotta be deflating as fuck.

Oh we're going to be a pressing team again?

Howay the Lads lets fucking gooooooooo

I just don’t think we were looking for a DM to be totally honest. Howe’s system doesn’t work with one.

They’re all on TV in America so there will at least be a stream for y’all.

Also Howe has never played 4-2-3-1 in his managerial career has he? Don’t think he’s going to randomly start now.

Someone said four wins. Whats the actual set up?

Stoked he’s back. He’s exactly the kind of player to have in the squad to add depth to the bench to help rest others around the 60 minute mark kind of sub.

The main issues arise when we drop deep and go into that flat 4-5-1 formation - it massively isolates our best player Isak for one thing but it also puts undue pressure on the defense. When we’re pressed up the pitch in the 4-3-3 we did last season and lose the ball in midfield our defense is at the halfway line and we have a much better chance of recycling possession. When we’re sat deep we’re fucked when we lose possession as it’s immediately in or around our box and we’re scrambling. We’re at our best in that true 4-3-3 pressuring up the pitch. When we drop into the flat 4-5-1 like we did today (and have many many times this season but didn’t last season) we play like garbage.