Hey, CJ, do you really think we want to watch that shit again? How dare you!!!
There were positives as well:
1. We played passing football. We had the vast majority of possession.
2. Our passing accuracy was good.
3. We made many direct forward passes through the middle.
4. Brum created nothing.
Negatives:
1. The final link between our midfield and attack.
2. Execution.
3. Crosses were poor.
4. Some dangerous floppy passes.
5. Our passing was too slow.
6. We were too static. No proper movement into the spaces to recieve the ball.
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I don't buy Cooper's moaning about the lack of strikers. Ayew was one of the top scorers in the Championship last season; Cooper could've played Cullen from the start; Peterson, Lowe and Roberts can score goals etc.
With other words, we have goal scorers but the whole setup (see negatives above) is missing. The result? We didn't create many clear cut chances, and then it's difficult to score. Messi and Salah wouldn't have scored if they had played for us against Brum.
If I was Cooper I would countinue to play passing football, change the formation to 4-1-4-1, 4-3-3 ir 4-2-3-1 and correct the negatives.
I would play Cullen or Ayew up front, two wingers, Benda as goalkeeper, Guehi and Rodon as centre-backs, and Naughton as right back. We are too defensive when we play 3-4-1-2 and if we continue to play this formation we won't be able to score many goals. On the other hand we won't concede many.