Yup, pretty much what I said last night! He needs to adapt and utilise the players strengths, which is not to play with a heavy biased on defending.
Honestly thinking Bissouma being sent to Coventry has had an effect on his approach Having him on the pitch gives us a way to bridge between our half and the opponent's, as well as potentially relieve pressure by having him take the ball through opposition lines - but more than anything else Bissouma had a degree of flexibility, as he could play in the standard progressive role next to Palhinha, or as the deeper progressive midfielder with Sarr or Gray operating as a screen As a result we're far more fixed on Palhinha/Bentancur, which is probably the most static pairing we have, which seems to be actively sabotaging his own system more than anything else
Bissouma has been such a disappointment and one that I doubt many supporters saw coming. He was widely rated as the best all round CM outside of the top 6 and we were delighted to have signed him. Just hasn't worked out. One of the few I won't blame Levy for. Ndombele on the other hand....
Havertz got injured and that prompted them to go for Eze We had been messing about for a month before that
Sadly, apart from the odd game when he first arrived, Bissouma has been a massive disappointment on and off the pitch: a headless chicken at times and a liability. Reckless decisions leading to conceding goals or getting himself sent off and failing to track his opponent. A shame, because the player at Brighton would have potentially ticked the boxes you raise. With us, not even close.
What makes it more frustrating for me is we then sort of panicked and almost immediately paid up for Simons after missing out on Eze. If we’d shown that same urgency in the Eze talks, he’d have been a Spurs player. Now we’re currently left with a player that’s struggling to get into the XI in his favoured position over Odobert who isn’t even a number 10.
I mean Levy was offering Poch alternatives to Nom Belly, specifically Tielemans, but Poch was pouting on that one
