I said it myself after the West Ham game. That with James & digne out. If Richarlison isn’t on his best game. We don’t have any one else to open a team up.,
I think we are still a bit one dimensional mate. If you want to beat or get a result against Everton you do what Rotherham did today, their manager had him homework done. Two deep banks of four, press the transitition, double Mark Jamo. Fight hard. Better teams then Rotherham will get results against us this season doing that and have.
Few ways around this, one is learning and developing breaking this down, it is a skill, City, Mordor and others have had to learn how to breakdown teams and be more efficient in taking chances then we are presently.
But no 1, we should never be out battled, the Leeds game and Southampton game shouldn’t happen, it’s being beaten by teams who want to more then us - unacceptable.
Then you are looking at variance, recruiting different threats, you look at squad positions we could improve, Bernard and Iwobi offer zero outcome despite high fees and high wages that can be improved, we need impactful wide players, we lack one any real pace, that in itself stretches team and supports the counter, but one with more end product then say Walcott.
Gylfi, his time has come, I’m a fan but I would swap for a Isco, a squad position that could be improved.
DCL, he’s fine, but we need a Danny Ings type player a sniffer that will get scruffy ones. Tosun can go for that. Moise stats for me,
Pace on the right, Johnjoe for a Lampety, pure raw pace and end product.
Even two or three of the above improve our variance or our threat.
At the moment we are two dependent or one dimensional, but that said that would be my opinion on development ladder rungs.