Perryqhill
Striker
He will be gone by december and used as excuse for missing out on top two slot!not the owners fault !Does anybody think he is going to change his defensive approach?
I don't know. But all this talk of his defensive approach ignores we weren't all all defensive early last season when he played what he called a "lop sided 352" - we scored quite freely, but conceded very easily as we overcommitted going forward far too often. He changed from that as we couldn't pull off how he wanted to play as it left us too open so in theory if he got the players to play as he wanted to play he might change.
I think it's more likely a step up in level for him and he had to adapt and we weren't that defensive really till the final bit of the season, however it's questionable if you could play how he wanted at this level. Likely the pressure on him and the team had a bearing on how we ended up playing too. Plus the amount of teams who seemed to raise their game playing against us last year was mental. It maybe seems a bit arrogant and yes it's a cliché, but for some teams it really was like a cup final for them, hopefully that novelty has worn off.