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@jaw - The complete disinterest in defence approach would be alarming apart from the fact that every other club in Europe apart Liverpool seem to have taken the same approach as Frank.
Im starting to think the game has been Americanised through the back door. Whereas we used to worry that the actual goalposts were going to be made wider and penalty shoot outs if league games ended in a draw, we now have a series of rule changes that mean defenders cant touch attackers anywhere on the pitch. Prem league and to some extent CL as well (Barca 8-2 defeat to Bayern) is becoming an absolute goal fest which on the one hand looks appealing but is actually becoming a bit farcical. 5-1 used to be a rare scoreline but is now a regular occurence. This has turned football into a 5 a side league and fifa for kids.
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Prem league and to some extent CL as well (Barca 8-2 defeat to Bayern) is becoming an absolute goal fest
Is this true though? The 18/19 season was narrowly the highest scoring PL season but was only 58th in the list of highest scoring first division seasons. If anything the trend is fewer goals per game.
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You must have missed the Chelsea season with Ray Wilkins, we were regularly tiring of standing to cheer the goals :)
What about Berbatov netting 5 in a match. It's not like that's a regular event even now.
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I’ve said the same thing several times but the thing with young players is you need patience, so doubling up on positions isn’t the worst idea of them all so kind of see why they’re doing what they’re doing.
If our front 3 would be CHO-Abraham-Werner and no back decent backup after losing both Pedro and Willian it wouldn’t put us in a great position considering how many games you play in a short season or a really long one depending on how you look at it. Some players will go nonstop with Euros, Olympics and WC all happening over the next 23 months.
Hope Chilwell isn’t going to be the next Drinkwater for us.
As for Lampard, clearly there’s potential but his complete disinterest in defence is worrying, so is the suggestion to buy tall players. Fingers crossed it really was tongue in cheek, Chilwell is a good 10cm shorter than Alonso.