I am absolutely not an expert on this game, so please tell me if I am being tard.
But what I see is a lot of slow play (and in the case of Saha, flat out disinterest). Baines makes spirited runs and exhausts himself for 90 mins, only to be stuck on the left corner, serving in crosses to an empty box. Saha has no interest in putting in effort and seems to have forgotten how to use his feet.
LD and Ricky Drenthe, however, force the issue. Ever since Landon's return, he hustles for balls, pressures the other side and tries to make things happen. He passes and moves and almost seems to catch his teammates offguard (because, you know, he wants them to actually move to his passes rather than passing to their standing position). Drenthe does the same (although he has a bit of ballhog in him).
When they played together late yesterday, things started happening. This seems to be indisputable. A microcosm of the state of this club: Ricky moves the ball up the right, looking for something, anything. LD comes sprinting into the picture in support. They play off each other, get stuck, and kick the ball out after a flurry of activity. The ball rolls to Neville who, bless his heart, has a look on his face like "what the **** do you want me to do with this?". And possession ends.
Explain to me why Moyes isn't seeing this, or why he does see it but chooses not to use it, or whether my Yank brain is too addled with American throwball and basketball to understand.
TIA
But what I see is a lot of slow play (and in the case of Saha, flat out disinterest). Baines makes spirited runs and exhausts himself for 90 mins, only to be stuck on the left corner, serving in crosses to an empty box. Saha has no interest in putting in effort and seems to have forgotten how to use his feet.
LD and Ricky Drenthe, however, force the issue. Ever since Landon's return, he hustles for balls, pressures the other side and tries to make things happen. He passes and moves and almost seems to catch his teammates offguard (because, you know, he wants them to actually move to his passes rather than passing to their standing position). Drenthe does the same (although he has a bit of ballhog in him).
When they played together late yesterday, things started happening. This seems to be indisputable. A microcosm of the state of this club: Ricky moves the ball up the right, looking for something, anything. LD comes sprinting into the picture in support. They play off each other, get stuck, and kick the ball out after a flurry of activity. The ball rolls to Neville who, bless his heart, has a look on his face like "what the **** do you want me to do with this?". And possession ends.
Explain to me why Moyes isn't seeing this, or why he does see it but chooses not to use it, or whether my Yank brain is too addled with American throwball and basketball to understand.
TIA
