Wrong. He very rarely changes players and systems.
When he signs players he made them wait 3+ months before playing them.
See: Dendoncker, Podence, as good examples.
He prefers to play the same players. Saiss, a DM played CB over Kilman, an actual CB. When Marcal got injured, he preferred to play Kilman and Saiss at LWB over bringing in Ait-Nouri, an actual LB.
Otasowie was dropped for 3 months for missing a header Vs Brighton. This was at the detriment to the team, as Moutinho and Neves played every available minute in his absence knackered, as he was now playing Dendoncker, the B2B midfielder signed to give legs to midfield and assist Neves and Moutinho, at CB.
Systems:
Championship:
343 religiously.
1st season in premier League:
343 for half a season, it was clear and obvious early on that we were getting overrun in midfield (see first Watford game and run of results that followed).
This was frustrating because we had signed a box to box midfielder (Dendoncker) who could have given much needed legs to the midfield and potentially stop results like Huddersfield beating us 2-0, Cardiff beating us 2-1.
Dendoncker wasn't given a look in until the Chelsea game, where he played CB (common theme, DMs at CB)
Crystal Palace, 2nd of January, he first tried the 352 at the end of the game. We lost 2-0.
Between Watford game and Palace, record was P13 W3 D1 L9.
After changing to 352 (which we played for rest of season): P17 W8 D4 L5 (Man City, Liverpool, Burnley, Huddersfield, Southampton were the losses)
2019/20
Started 352, were struggling for goals.
Switched to 343 for our first win.
Kept it at 343 until we started getting overrun in midfield, then flitted back and forth between 352 and 343 depending on whether we won or lost previous game, there was no rhyme or reason.
2020/21
Signed players to switch to 4231
Ended up playing 343 for majority of season.
Even after we were "safe" and able to experiment for next season with youth and 4231, he insisted on 343 and playing same players.
The only time he has made a positive tactical switch in a game is Vs Southampton this season.
He inverted Neto and Adama and instructed them to carry the ball inside the pitch.
Other than that we weren't moving with the ball in centre of pitch and were so easy to defend against because of complete lack of runners:
Leicester would triple mark Adama and Neto, no runners from midfield allowed Tielemans and Choudhary to abandon midfield and press. Nuno didn't instruct midfielders to carry ball inside and exploit this space. We were toothless.
