d34noj
Player Valuation: £40m
….spot on. He sets his team up to not concede, yet we almost always concede the first goal & then have to chase the game.
As you suggest, I thought he’d at least be a top coach who’d have the team regimented to defend set pieces and organised ahead of that but we look a shambles.
I was trying to think of when we played without a single left-footed outfield player. I might be mistaken but I don’t think we had one today.
We always concede the first goal because the majority of the first 45 mins we have about 25% of the possession. We aren't defensively organised enough to hold off a constant onslaught, so when we (inevitably) concede we have to push on.
I genuinely think our players 'go rogue' and pay no attention to Benitez's tactics when we actually do play well (Chelsea and Tottenham spring to mind).
I've said this multiple times, you don't have the ball - you don't score the goals.