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Originally Posted by Hyman_Roth
We struggle to score. It’s been a problem at the club way before ten hag. It’s an acute problem now because none of our forward players can score and we didn’t add new names last summer which is a massive mistake.
We don’t set up defensively though - we basically set up to attack but end up doing everything badly. nacho and rashford aren’t great at setting up for a lead striker and Antony is amongst the worst supplier I’ve ever seen. Bruno is the only one that can deliver on the reg and he’s having a terrible season. And our lead striker is young and not flying in any sense. Mctom is our lead goal scorer ffs.
What we need to do is set up defensively because if we can’t score (and I see nothing changing there) then we need to stop shipping them in.
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We have the most clean sheets in the league over 54 games. Despite peaking at 6th this season. Have already posted the detailed statistics. Conceded 2+ goals in 5 out of 40 games against three-quarters of the division. We are defensive. We hardly score, and we hardly concede .. except against top 5 opposition who absolutely tear us apart when we begin chasing the game after conceding first. Chasing the game is absolute kryptonite for Ten Hag (as shown on Saturday).
Take away the Ragnick/Ole split season (which was a farce in numerous ways) and we'd scored in the 60s or 70s in each of the four prior seasons with Ole/Mourinho. Not sensational (although even under Fergie we had numerous seasons in the 60s), but far cry from this. We're on for scoring in the 40s this season.
If he takes the team even deeper to protect the defence, and concedes even more possession to keep a defensive 10-men-behind-the-ball shape then we really will be analogous with a bottom-half side.
It's really bad football. He's played 10 different players across the front 3 positions and basically got no change out of it. It suggests its far beyond the players.
His system has been completely sussed. Don't see how this ends any other way for him. Very happy to be wrong and see him turn it around, but the sample size is too large at this point and the personnel too broad to suggest its an aberration.