I still have hope that next year this squad with a few additions can be a top Championship side. Motivation is a problem. That largely rests on Martin's shoulders.
The complete setup is a problem.
1. Let's start with that stupid backward passing in our own third when under pressure. That's nothing else but pretentiousness. We normally don't gain anything by doing that, and we risk everything. How many goals have we conceded either by giving the ball away or by getting dispossessed in our own third? Many.
2. It's painful to watch our slow centre-backs playing as full-backs. Too wide, and too high. They are an easy prey for the opposition wingers. A change of formation is needed.
3. Our attacking midfielders play too wide. Ntcham has scored 0 goals in his last 17 appearances, and Paterson has scored 1 goal in his last nine. Wolf has scored 0 goals since he joined the Swans, and had only one assist. When you add Korey Smiths's record of 0 goals in 30 appearances then you get the picture. I don't blame them because it's not their fault. There is a reason why they scored 1 goal among them since November.
4. Because our attacking midfielders play too wide they are almost never in a position to feed Obafemi and Piroe with through balls. Also Piroe is forced to play more deep than he should be playing.
5. We don't cross and shoot enough. Crosses don't need to be 100% accurate. That's not the point. The point with frequent crossing is that it creates chaos in the opposition box and it creates rebounds as well. Rebounds close to the opposition goal are as valuable as key passes.
6. We rarely press in the opposition third.
7. We are too slow in everything we do, so the opposition have enough time to regroup and organise defensively, which makes it extremely difficult to penetrate defences.
8. We don't run enough.
9. There isn't any wildness and passion in what we are doing.
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Too many things are not right, and the most important thing is that we are not improving.