We’ve got a decent coaching staff who are excellent at the man-management side of things and a squad who will run through brick walls for each other and the gaffer.
Leicester have quality in spades and their goal proved that. However, they’re not a team fighting for each other. Their body language was piss-poor. Some of them are mercenaries on Premier League wages who clearly don’t give a toss. In the first half, they were playing like a team 2-0 up in a friendly, not 2-0 down in a competitive game.
I think slow build-up and ‘recycling’ the ball in possession is slowly on its way out now. Even top teams that dominate possession like PSG move the ball quickly between the lines and have quick, tricky wingers. No more of this bollocks like having slow midfielders on the wings who safely pass the ball backwards or centre-backs having the most touches per game. Some teams are still doing it but they’re getting found out. We’ve beaten one of them tonight and beat another in Southampton a few weeks ago.
Of course, I would like us to control the ball a bit better. We had 70%+ possession against Oxford and still played quick, attacking football. However, I’m content with us having 30% possession, counter-attacking and winning games if that’s what it takes.