Intensity

[WTF11]

Agree it is not tiredness - that was what i was trying to say. I think there is a malaise which may in part be due to believing the hype.

Bamford always puts in a shift and typically Alioski. Dallas and Ayling too.

Some of the others seem to have days where the intensity and desire to get there first or make the difference isn’t there.

I really like Phillips and Klich but in the last few months they both have days when they are shadows of what we know they can do.

I can see why Wolves were so eager to off load Costa - he has skill and talent but seems so frail too often or just not aggressive enough with or without the ball. With his speed and skill he should be skinning players and driving to the goal area.

I wish Bielsa would follow Mourinho’s simple formula to first team squads sometimes - I need two good players in each position - but we know he won’t and we need patience whilst the quality of players is upgraded season by season if we can stay up.

We're not bad enough to get relegated, I honestly believe that. But neither do we have either the squad to get us above mid-table, nor a coach who has the state of mind that makes him capable of dictating to our owner as to what is required (yes, I mean that) or flexible enough to exploit the investments made in the younger squads. He will cope with what he gets, and do miracles in making a silk purse from a sows ear at 1st team level, but doing what Klopp, Mourinho, Arteta, and a couple of others do, nope.