On a tactical level, there's some issues I have with the team at the minute.
- The same goal that we concede all the time. They beat our press and hit us on the break.
- Teams slicing through our midfield with ease.
- The intensity and press that we showed earlier on under Howe just doesn't seem to be there.
Theyre all related, I see calls for a proper defensive midfielder, but we were so solid under Howe's earlier reign. What changed? If he plays with a DM he'll have to tweak his system.
Where has the intensity gone? We've always been poor at keeping the ball imo but that's negated if we lose the ball and then press high up the pitch to win it back. If we lose our intensity we become a bit of a nothing team. Doesn't seem so much of an issue at home.
There's no doubt a load of reasons for it. Maybe Howe can fix it, maybe the issues aren't particularly deep seeded. Maybe there's way more too it. I don't know but a manager lives and dies by his results. If we keep playing the way we are, the results will reflect that more so than they have already and Howe will be gone.