Where just not forward minded enough. By that I mean players like cole running beyond their position instead of coming inside. Prime e.g Adam Johnson goal for city tonight. We play like a rugby team half the time, play it back to move forward. It's abysmal, how many times do we look to stretch teams with a ball played over the top or inside the full back and centre back. None. Joe cole was great for Chelsea there and england, yet he's not doing it for us. Kuyt does it for holland but doesn't do it for us. Raul merieles is playing right mid, there goes are vision and creativity in the middle of the park, two defensive midfielders in the side?
Can you see my point? It's all down to the manager and bad positions. The players should be doing better yes, but the manager has got the team playing this way, it's a joke. He's got to go, at least with rafa we did create chances, can anyone see nando getting 18 league goals this season with these negative tactics and [oops] poor selections?
Also, for those who said man marking is the way forward, has it hit you in the [oops] yet. We've struggled more with man marking than zonal, we can't keep with our runners and r constantly pulling away at shirts to keep tight with them. At least with zonal we had our best headers along the 6 yard box and the rest picking up.
