It's no coincidence that goals are harder to come by because of the greater emphasis on defensive work, with the full backs discouraged from bombing forward (confirmed in Jazz Richards's interview over the weekend). I know it's stating the obvious but it's about achieving a balance between the two, which I assume is what Monk is talking about when he says he's now looking at our attacking structure on the training pitch, hopefully when he strikes the right balance the squad can then reap the benefits when put into practice on the field. Both our wingers Dyer and Routledge haven't become bad players overnight it's the change in tactics that's holding them back, this is not a critisism of Monk, in fact if he is successful in achieving his aims then we could see a marked improvement in our attacking display as well as defensively.
