I don't even think defence is our issue any more. It's the 3 attacking midfielders and striker losing ball so much and creating fuck all meaning ball comes straight back and we are under pressure time and time again.
Every time the back 4 or deep midfielder has ball there is no one trying to slot into space or taking their marker for a run to open up space. It's pedestrian
i think this is right, little vurn is doing what's asked of him but he can't make the more attack-minded (!) players move into space like he does looking for passes
it's alright saying he should pass forwards but unless he's under instructions to go long or direct then he's not going to do it, and rightly so
when he hasn't got the ball is a different matter though obvs
Pass and Move though.
He passes and stays where he is.
Are you for real?
He literally has more off the ball movement than 90% of the rest of the team
Aye but not in positive areas
why is it so hard for people to grasp that he's not being asked to play in forward areas?
I mean positive areas as in areas where he can actually do something useful once he receives the ball. He has good off the ball movement as in he is good at getting into a position to receive a pass but this position is usually very deep and his pass is most likely going to go to one of the centre halves once he receives it. What he should be doing is still getting into positions to receive a pass but also putting himself in a position where he can make a positive forward pass rather than a position where his options are either to pass it along the back four or to hoof it forward
