1. Benda between the sticks.
2. The suicidal passing from the back when under pressure is mostly gone.
3. Jay Fulton is playing regularly.
4. We don't push our centre-backs too wide. They still play high, but closer to each other.
5. Our wing-backs don't play too high anymore, which means they are more involved in the defensive part of play.
6. We play a more direct football and attack more through the middle.
7. Our back three are dedicated centre-backs, which means we have more hight and physicality, which again means we can better defend crosses. Naughton should be given a midfield role, he is too creative to be sitting on the bench, but I don't want to see him again in the middle of the back three.
8. Oli Cooper has been a revelation in the attacking midfield with his work rate, physicality and directness.
9. We don't care so much about possession % anymore, and now it's Burnley who have the best possession stats, but we are the best at passing accuracy, which is imho more important than possession %.
10. We have started scoring from set-pieces.
I am wondering how big influence does O'Leary have as our assistant-manager?
2. The suicidal passing from the back when under pressure is mostly gone.
3. Jay Fulton is playing regularly.
4. We don't push our centre-backs too wide. They still play high, but closer to each other.
5. Our wing-backs don't play too high anymore, which means they are more involved in the defensive part of play.
6. We play a more direct football and attack more through the middle.
7. Our back three are dedicated centre-backs, which means we have more hight and physicality, which again means we can better defend crosses. Naughton should be given a midfield role, he is too creative to be sitting on the bench, but I don't want to see him again in the middle of the back three.
8. Oli Cooper has been a revelation in the attacking midfield with his work rate, physicality and directness.
9. We don't care so much about possession % anymore, and now it's Burnley who have the best possession stats, but we are the best at passing accuracy, which is imho more important than possession %.
10. We have started scoring from set-pieces.
I am wondering how big influence does O'Leary have as our assistant-manager?