Originally Posted by
davidj54
I was at the Leeds game and we were great, although Leeds were woeful. Was at the Burnley game and we were poor. Didn’t get there last night (mercifully) but we were poor again. The reason for the inconsistency is because we play only one way, and that way is only effective against certain types of opponents. Teams that leave space in behind for Kane to exploit and players like Son, Lucas, Kulu, Bergwijn or the wing backs to run into and we’re good. Teams that sit with a low block and leave no space and our lack of creativity is exposed, hence we look good against Leicester, Man City and Leeds, but like a pub team against Wolves, Burnley and Boro.
Harry Winks is a Championship player, he is awful - I’ve never seen seen a central MF as bad on the ball, get dispossessed or just give the ball away as much as him. Hoijberg is also terrible in possession. The other big culprits for giving the ball away are Sanchez (thankfully dropped) and Emerson (dreadful signing). Davies is also a Championship level player. Son has decent numbers since Conte arrived but his game has been poor. Take Kane out of this team and it’s a 12th-15th place team, he is the only thing that elevates us to top half of the table.
ENIC absolutely have to go in my opinion, they have no interest in building THFC into a trophy challenging club, we are merely a column on a spreadsheet to them. And as for Conte, he is currently underperforming using the same 343 tactics every game that are seeing our weakest links (central mid) woefully outnumbered and exposed. We have no control over the midfield in any game, he has to put an extra body in there or the same things will keep happening, but he is too stubborn.
Rant over!