People applauding the defensive side of the team, can surely see it's in large to the fact that we play with every one in our own half for pretty much 90% of the game.
It's better organised than previously under Lampard (not hard) but you can argue Lampard was trying to play the side out of trouble, and actually get the ball forward, with Dyche it's a safety mentality.
The reason the forwards are all deemed terrible is because of the amount of defensive work he has them doing. They are expected to do the gritty work then be able to get forward and create opportunities for a forward who is isolated for the entire game feeding off nothing. The wide players are absolutely goosed, you can see that from a mile away. Again due to his stubbornness of willing to make subs.
We don't concede that goal yesterday if McNeil isn't doubled up as a full back in the 95th minute against 10 men. Your asking players who have spent their careers being told to go forward, who are meant to create and score goals and saying, actually can you just sit in front of the fullback and hold thier hands.
The most worrying thing for me, it's resembling the Benitez era... he had them good out of possession (for a while), good on the counter (not under Dyche), but what he did, just like what Dyche is doing now, is getting them to play without the ball - which is catastrophic. You can see they don't use the ball much in training.
The argument that Dyche is doing a fantastic job under circumstances is far fetched. He's crippling the sides ability to play football. Lampard said it when he came in after Benitez, there's players in the squad who can play with the ball, and for me that still stands now.
When people argue that the side can't play and the players are crap, but then are claiming members of the squad walk into top sides, It can't be both.
I think Dyche is doing an "OK" job. I wouldn't extend him beyond his contract though. If we do, it only goes one way.. a sacking and a large compensation payout...again.
