yea it will result in them maybe not parking the bus. but if we are afraid of an open game against inferior players with the players we have then what the fuck are we doing. we want these weaker sides to be more open. i dont think they will become more open just because son isnt in the team. they play the same way against city, just city have players all over the pitch capable of opening things up when they are on the ball.
weve seen the same thing happen time and time again with kane and son in the team, kane isnt the problem against the busses, we can all see son is very limited player in tight spaces. its time to react to the situation. get a goal or two up then bring son on, then we will smash these bottom half shthouses and not only get the points we needed but get a nice healthy GD in the process.
it should be pretty clear long ago to anyone who understands the game why we are good against sides who come and have a go and not against parked busses, son! devastating when he has space to run into but hes a passenger at best in the more complex games when we have to be creative.
sons in the top few forwards in the world when it comes to playing counter attacking football, the problem is mushrooms just think that means hes good in all situations when thats the not case, horses for courses. i guarantee if we play without him against the parked busses we beat them and dont struggle like we have done for years. richarlisnon- kane- kulu would get the job done, all interchanging would be a nightmare. some people will just never understand how players can be good against the better sides but a hindrance against the weaker, it just doesnt make sense to the mushrooms.
Sure if we dropped Son teams would probably be more inclined to come at us. Similarly you’d also get teams to stop parking the bus against us if Kane was dropped so we could go with Son/Richarlison/Kulu or Richarlison/Son/Kulu if our goal was to lure teams out of the low block. We would beat inferior teams with that front three and then could bring on Kane as a supersub if needed.
The good thing is, we have flexibility. Singling out Son and thinking that dropping him is going to result in us battering the low block is wishful thinking but I think we'd all be happy to see what different front 3 combinations look like.
Also, I just took a look at our results without Son over the past 3 years, and as expected, we don't look good. We have just 9 wins in 26 games. And 4 of those 9 wins came against Ludogretz, Wolfsberger, Marine FC and Morecambe...
In those 26 games, I don't know how many teams parked the bus against us but I assume many did.
Premier League
8/10/19 - Aston Villa - Win (3-1)
8/17/19 - Man City - Draw (2-2)
12/26/19 - Brighton - Win (2-1)
12/28/19 - Norwich - Draw (2-2)
1/1/20 - Southampton - Loss (1-0)
2/22/20 - Chelsea - Loss (2-1)
3/1/20 - Wolves - Loss (2-3)
3/7/20 - Burnley - Draw (1-1)
3/21/21 - Aston Villa - Win (2-0)
9/11/21 - Palace - Loss (3-0)
1/19/22 - Leicester - Win (2-3)
1/23/22 - Chelsea - Loss (2-0)
FA Cup
3/4/20 - Norwich - Loss (on pens)
1/10/21 - Marine FC - Win (5-0)
1/9/22 - Morecambe - Win (3-1)
EFL Cup
9/29/20 - Chelsea - Win (on pens)
1/12/22 - Chelsea - Loss (1-0)
Champions League
2/19/20 - RB Leipzig - Loss (1-0)
3/10/20 - RB Leipzig - Loss (3-0)
Europa League
11/26/20 - Ludogorets - Win (4-0)
2/24/21 - Wolfsberger - Win (4-0)
3/18/21 - Dinamo Zagreb - Loss (3-0)
Europa Conference League
8/19/21 - Pacos - Loss (1-0)
9/16/21 - Rennais - Draw (2-2)
10/21/21 - Vitesse - Loss (1-0)
12/9/21 - Rennais - Loss (3-0)
