I'll assume the lack of a tag was a minor oversight.
And replacing the useless on-the-ball MFer with Ndom gets us control of the MF how? Does he just run for his life with the ball at his feet? Hodgepodge is not comfortable witht he ball under pressure either. He can do the functional stuff but he and Ndom will not be controlling any MF...they will need another to show for the ball...and Dele ain't that player.
Listen Micky, I don't mean to hate here but I honestly don't think you know what you are talking about here. I honestly don't think you ahve any idea about football and are just parroting things you've heard in the hope that you can convince someone that a player you like has a purpose and future here. Good on you but unless you've got something of substance and based in reality to say then I say let's just let it drop.
Ok, you're right this never happens. It never happened with Poch as well. There have never been cries of "where's our MF" and we always look a connected unit out there. gotcha.It may suit your position to have this imaginary chasm between a pinned back Hojberg and Ndombele and an attack circle jerking in the oppositions third miles away and isolated but that doesn't make it so -
So your solution is put a 1 man, defensive liability back there to cure our problems? So you'd like to rely on individual brilliance to solve this and with Mou relying on individual brilliance for our attack this sounds like a great plan. Have Ndom tranistion the ball 30yds on the dribble eveytime in order for us to get out. Or he can send 20-30 yd balls to Dele in the hope that he can control it and make a decision this century on what to do with it in the event he is able to get away from any mark. Gotta admit I'm starting to see the genius in your plan.the midfield base gets pinned back currently because one half of it is useless on the ball, replacing him with a player who is comfortable and press resistant will help us keep hold of the ball in midfield, play through pressure and link in with the attacking players.
And replacing the useless on-the-ball MFer with Ndom gets us control of the MF how? Does he just run for his life with the ball at his feet? Hodgepodge is not comfortable witht he ball under pressure either. He can do the functional stuff but he and Ndom will not be controlling any MF...they will need another to show for the ball...and Dele ain't that player.
Listen Micky, I don't mean to hate here but I honestly don't think you know what you are talking about here. I honestly don't think you ahve any idea about football and are just parroting things you've heard in the hope that you can convince someone that a player you like has a purpose and future here. Good on you but unless you've got something of substance and based in reality to say then I say let's just let it drop.