I don't have a problem with passing backwards, as long as it has a purpose - drawing the other team out, shifting the ball around the pitch or knocking it to the keeper for safety as we get pressed
To be fair, passing backwards and sideways has been our mode d'emploi since Lambo left - Hootun, Neil and now Farke have all used the technique - that's why our forward play is so often slow and laboured - maybe things will change with the current squad

