Quote Originally Posted by legs77 View Post
Asking us to play 2 CMs when most play 3 is just asking for trouble we'd get slaughtered even more imo
Apologies if this has been posted already, but there’s a very detailed look at SM’s tactics here:

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/te...alysis-tactics

Can’t see him shifting from playing three centre halves (either in a 3-5-2 or 3-4-2-1). The key area where we need to improve from his first two games is shifting the ball quicker from defence to attack. And obviously, the whole point of having the majority of possession is that it increases your odds of winning. The problem we’ve had this season is letting the opposition have far too many efforts on goal with their vastly inferior possession stats (Wimbledon being a classic example).