I pretty much agree with this. Was last season just muscle memory and essentially the legacy of Jurgen or is it because we’ve change multiple key roles and the team is struggling to get used to each other. I suspect it’s the latter and this process will take some time - there is no doubt that the quality is there but we know that quality alone does not win matches.
My view is slot needs to now really with the rotation a bit and stsrt picking a consistent team.
He needs to drop wirtz. This cant go on. The guy needs to get small bursts and show he understands how to press and close.
He needs to pick a right full and stop changing.
He needs to put gravenberch back at 6 and stop using him as an 8 in games as.we are wide open great to see the goals and assists but he needs to now decide if he wants a 6 or a huge gap teams are walking through.
He needs Szoboszlai back at 10.
Just pick an 11 and do a little rotating and subbing just to tick over.
He moved Szoboszlai 4 times v palace.
He moved wirtz about as well. Did him zero favours tbh.
Last night it was crystal clear after 30mins that it wasnt working at all but it was actually worse after ht.
Theres no press. The players are falling off the press and opening are and more gaps between the lines.
Fix that first. Everybody go together and get that line up the park. Compress the space.
The biggest sin of all was watching them pick about at the back with midfielders just absent or 1 guy with 2 on them and losing it.
So lax and so poor.