Who we are playing is irrelevant. Have you seen the best back four we can put out in the pitch at the moment? And how much our slow and relatively inexperienced midfield have to help them out?
Our playing style is a function of our squad. How many of our team would get a regular game for ANY other premiership team? (Apart from Pickford), let alone playing them all together.
Yes, yes, these players have never seen a ball in their lives and haven't even played football until a few months ago, we all know that. I mean it's not true and they can play for a better organised team above us in the league no problem (just like how Onana was useless, crap, pointless, not even a footballer when playing for us, but turned out he can play quite well for Belgium and Villa).
Our playing style is a function of the manager in this case - even Lampard managed to make them play the ball on the ground and string some good passes together with most of the same team and they could actually pass. It's a recent phenomenon that we've started hoofing incessantly, coinciding with the arrival of the Worm Eater.
Oh yeah also this is a squad that was improved this year, yet is playing worse, who have also magically forgotten how to pass.
We've started going out against teams at home hoping for a plucky draw and playing for 20-30% possession, and people think it's okay. Same team that got nearly 50 points last season, as people love to remind when it suits their narrative, but conveniently ignore the rest of the time.
Also "inexperienced"
