No doubt we've missed Dier, mainly his organisation and I also think we've missed Romero (gives better balance than Sanchez dose on the right, better passer of the ball etc, so build up should be similar to that we've seen on the left because Davies has made runs in support of our attacks down this side.
But it's the system that gells this together.
Sanchez for all of his faults has been more than OK when we've played 3-5-2, he's been less adventurous than Davies but lets not forget he's really improved.
Davies to had been really useful with his under/over-lapping runs.
The underpinning factor has been because we've not been overrun in midfield, even in games that were close we've still been able to control large portions of the game, not be overrun. This is the foundation that dictates the game state.
The only real question mark position is for me is both the wingback positions. I think Emerson is better than Reggie (Emerson is a lightning rod for criticism right now, just look at the Southampton game, both our goals were scored as a consequence of him, yet you wouldn't believe it, he didn't have a good game but why didn't Reggie get called out, who has involved in ONE good attack all game, a cross to Kane at the back post, and was just as shit at the back!!).
But I'm pinning my hope that with Romero as RCB that his build-up would be better than Sanchez, we've not seen this yet!
Question marks on whether we bring in Berg, Kulu or Lucas instead I'm totally open and look forward to see how Conte uses these options. Options are good and are something it could be argued he hasn't been afforded many.
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