HBL
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He's had some good games, had some dreadful games. The same as all of our defenders. Which points out to me that it's probably the system and our defenders, who are fairly average anyway are being left over exposed. Auba, Lacazette and Özil don't track back, our full backs push up the pitch and don't always have the energy to get back into positions in time and a midfield pairing of Xhaka and Torreira just inst mobile enough.
You compare it to the City/Liverpool system where players like Mane, Firmino, Sterling and Bernardo Silva are always working hard defensively. Same with the midfielders for both teams and some of these are elite players that you wouldn't necessarily associate with defensive work rate, so why don't our players do it? Are they not being told do or are they just lazy? Strange situation. I'd struggle to see any cb's looking comfortable in our team atm.
You compare it to the City/Liverpool system where players like Mane, Firmino, Sterling and Bernardo Silva are always working hard defensively. Same with the midfielders for both teams and some of these are elite players that you wouldn't necessarily associate with defensive work rate, so why don't our players do it? Are they not being told do or are they just lazy? Strange situation. I'd struggle to see any cb's looking comfortable in our team atm.