2024/25 Sean Dyche

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I think we play a certain way for Dom mate. Its something i think we should move on from - we shouldn't be giving him the ball to flick on to one - but if we dont what good is he. Lets be honest we have had to make the best of what we have. Last season our best chances came from pounding balls into the box - this also playing to his strengths. So we have lads now now who can slip the balls through, ball at feet, hes bothered about 7 of those chances in the box this season. Isolation is not getting chances.

The idea that our current play style is built around DCL's strengths doesn’t seem accurate to me. Under Ancelotti, we actually played to his strengths with more dynamic outlets going forward, and it worked well when we had a fit 11.

With Beto, the play style has stayed pretty much the same; there’s no real shift to suit the striker. When Broja gets his chance, I’d bet we’ll still be playing long balls up to him in the same way.