Quote Originally Posted by toptoon View Post
Put it this way. If we don´t play to a system then we´re relegated. Imagine a game between one side with 50 million pound players and another with 5 million pound players and they are all told to give it a go and 'express themselves'.

Rafa and his system of play is the only thing that can keep us in this division this season. Hardly something for our 50 thousand plus support to look forward to.
I absolutely and totally disagree.
Rafa's system is pathetic. It's geared for boredom and is as dire as dire can be.
I don't care about 50 million players against 10 million or 8 million players.
It's about a squad mentality creating a weekly team mentality to take the game to the opposition as much as the opposition does to us.

Yeah we'll get beat many times but we'll also win a good amount and draw.
Relegation is not even on a radar for us when up against 14 other teams of which we are more than capable of getting something from by playing balanced football and ensuring we use the players we have in the positions they play in, to full effect.

All that's happening is they are being offensively stifled as well as defensively put upon due to seriously over cautious tactics.

It's depressing man.