But I also think if you have a player like Lukaku you have to build the attack around him. Hit him early sometimes with teh ball and get runners off him or midfielders supporting to build attacks.
Your most expensive #9 not touching the ball
within 30 yards of the opponents goal is wild though.
It just looks like a team that is actively playing without him as he just doesn't fit at all what they are doing.
They don't know how to use him in the buildup play - so they just don't. They don't know how to service him in the final third - so they just don't.
Whatever involvement he has in the game is by accident rather than design. That is painful.
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It also highlights how football twitter actually knows fuck all about football.
People think all you need for 'ball knowledge' is to have watched football and have an opinion. But if know nothing about it, all you are doing it continue to watch something you don't understand.
None of the goals were counter attacks. This is Spurs building out from the back on the first goal. City pressed high up on Spurs. So all Spurs had to do was move the ball forward quickly to cut out City's press before their line had a chance to react and retreat.
1 pass later
This is 2 passes later.
Just tore through City's press and exposed their defence. There was too much space in front and behind the defence so they got picked off. That isn't a counter attack by any definition of the word.
Matip has been nailed on this season but probably starts less and less with the emergence of Konate. I also said from the start this is a rehab season for Joe and we take it super careful with him. He will play
But I think it will be split more between Matip & Konate going forward and eventually, Konate will be 1st choice. He is a thoroughbred.
I think Hendo has started a lot more this season due to the fact that we haven't been able to get our #8s fit.
Whether we sign someone new or the existing guys stay fit more, I think we see Hendo play less and less there and become what we seen this week - a Fabinho understudy.
Probably same story in attack. Jota played more because Bobby has been injured and once he is fit they maybe
According to the official twitter - "a muscle injury". He finished the game midweek and it wasn't reported in the presser so I am guessing it is just tightness and with the squad we have, why risk him?
I would also add... the point of the chart is to convey information as quickly and easily as possible. So the more work someone has to put into understanding it - the worse the chart is.
It is read once you have approximately 6 seconds for someone to look at a data viz and buy
into it before you lose them. So if you are making hugely elaborate and complex charts - are you just wanting to show off what you can do or do you want the viewer to actually buy into it?
Which is why in an article I tend to have lots of visuals and the first one is always
something very informative and easy - like a basic bar chart. Something everyone can look at and get out of it what I need them to.