Would we be better off creating fewer chances but being more likely to score
from those chances we do create?
On Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 06:19:18 BST, N If <mister....@gmail.com>
wrote:
ooooops, MB quotes were not formatted correctly. If you are interested
here's how they should've been with MB's statements more clearly.
Marcelo has talked in the past about playing both Bamford and Eddie would
reduce our dominance and the number of created chances by removing a
midfield player. After the game last night....I will quote from LeedsLive
transcript:
""They can play together. They should play one behind the other. This
player will be Bamford, naturally. Take this kind of decision you can take
in two different ways. For one clear need of the team, or because you are
convinced they can play together and combine movement between them. We
never had proof of this kind of combination in our training. Nketiah is not
with us in the international break, because we play twice a week. In the
week, when we prepare there are few chances to try these things. The other
reason is when you have a series of bad results and you have to find a
different solution. That didn’t happen. I think all these around Bamford
and Nketiah doesn’t help either of them. Nketiah has to make the function
to try to change the course of the match when we are losing and he’s not
playing. Bamford appears responsible for Nketiah not playing.""
Seems fair comment that they haven't had a chance to work out the game in
practice, and we know how MB values training, practice and players
confidently knowing what to do (and we have plenty of evidence of the
fruits of that attitude). And in defence of starting Bamford, when they
were swapped at half time, we struggled to dominate without PB and EN
scarcely got a chance, so it would suggest that learning how to play with
Eddie rather than PB could need some work first. Earlier
He also interestingly said:
""When you have more than one option for the team, it’s never a problem.
It’s two solutions for one problem. I try to manage this. When you manage
this, this fact had some difficulties the supporters cannot see. It’s
natural people argue with my decision because they don’t have all the
reasons I have. Bamford is a great player and Eddie Nketiah is a great
player as well. I am forced to make both of them a success this year
because if not I am not going to take advantage. If one has success I will
not be able to take advantage of the other one. This process lasts nine
month and we have 46 matches or 50 matches. We are in the 25 per cent of
the competition. We have time in the future so I can find a way both of
them will shine. If this doesn’t happen it’s not going to be a mistake of
mine. In the last press conference I said if Nketiah is not a success here
it’s my fault. It’s the same with Patrick. I am trying to make this work.""
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