by RoyallyFcuked »
04 Nov 2014 17:19
leon wingnut I suspect that Leon doesn't disagree with your "lack of creativity" criticism, but probably takes issue with the very last part of that sentence.
We won the league without Gylfi. HTH.
Indeed. When we won the league (without Gylfi) we were ruthless in front of goal. As a counter attacking team you have to be if you want to be successful. Which we were.
I wasnt disputing the fact we won the league without Gylfi. I think you've both missed the point.
What you've said doesnt mean what I said was wrong. In many games that season (11/12) we created less chances than the oppostion, and were even outplayed in some games but still came away with results. We soaked up pressure, hit teams on the counter and we were, as you say, pretty ruthless infront of goal.
But, there was still a lack of creativity in the final third which was even more visible when it carried over to the Premier League season, against much better opposition. We were creative in other ways when we had to be, we scored a lot of goals from wing play and set pieces as well.
I guess I just think we could really do with a Gylfi type player now, we dont have anyone who can really pick a good forward pass or through ball for a striker to run onto. At times it's almost like we are trying to walk the ball in the net, but sadly were not good enough to do that at the moment.