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As long as we win.
also a clear step up in technical quality.Bergvall’s only been on a few mins and he’s shown more energy than the rest of the team combined
The bar is clearly low but Timo has been better since he got moved out on the wing. Much more involved in the game now.
Just a completely different set of circumstances requiring an entirely diff performance.
As I said, dropping to a deeper defensive line, recycling slow lateral passes in non-threatening areas to get them to step up and applying minimal counter-pressing and feigning pressure are all subtle ways to coax a possession-shy team into stepping up. There’s more than one way to skin a cat mate; even against sides that would rather not have the ball.