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It's just that they can't get the balance though isn't it? They can sit back and defend, but then they don't look like scoring (like Palace and the majority of the Newcastle game for example) or they can push forward and cause problems but leave themselves vulnerable (like last night , Forest etc). I realise I probably come across like a massive Dyche fan at the moment but i'm really not - I just think the squad is crap and that the results and performances we're seeing pretty much reflect what i'd expect from them.
To be fair mate, its very evenly distributed right across the whole pitch.
Also goat look at Leeds they have not had any issues scoring yet they're hitting the fat Sam signal due to desperation caused by conceding abundance of goals. Yes scoring is vital and goals are lacking for us, but what's the point of scoring if you cant hold on to games by preventing the other team from getting goals
I would never expect this squad to reach 54 points as form shifts through the season even using your example of Carlo's last season we faded hard after Christmas, I think we could be where palace is right now if certain tweaks were made and Keane was jettisoned into the sun that's not crazy
My theory he is Sean's secret son
And that's fine. I hate Keane, always have, and i'd happily see him punted tomorrow. I'm not sure we'd necessarily be that much better with Coady or whoever coming in personally, but I get the argument. The point was more that we obviously had a massive issue with scoring goals, and Dyche is clearly trying to address that by pushing more people forward etc so just reducing it to 'the defence has got worse ergo he is stupid' is a bit daft. The team overall is rubbish and we have 2 1/2 years of evidence now that they aren't capable of both defending and attacking to a high level on a consistent basis. We've obviously reached a point where something has to give but it seems like some people just aren't accepting that - if we sit back they say we're playing for a draw and if we push on they say he can't organise a defence. Obviously in an ideal world we'd get the balance right, but then in an ideal world we wouldn't have been appointing Sean Dyche because we'd only won about 5 games in 2 years and had scored less goals as a team than some players.
I think our defence is an issue, our midfield is an issue and our attack is defo an issue.
Football decision making absolutely does need it because they instead default to things like form and the table (still stats!) that have very little predictive value.
