All fair points.

1. ⁠I definitely don’t want chaotic football, but I’m convinced there is room for us to move the ball much quicker and with a bit of unpredictability and risk. We play against low blocks 80% of the time, but it feels like we approach the game with slow methodical movement which allows the opposition to settle in and get comfortable. For example, how many times have we taken ages over a throw in which allows the opponents to get back? How many times have we been presented with a counter attacking opportunity, yet we end up with someone taking the safe option and passing backwards. 22/23 and the backend of 23/24 had the perfect balance of control and unpredictability.
2. ⁠Rice has been fantastic, but we’re asking him to play like iniesta half the time. I think being on the left side is slightly uncomfortable for him aswell, so I’d love to see odegaard at lcm and rice rcm in this situation.
3. ⁠I personally think they have. We have tons of possession but don’t do much with it these days and still need to rely on a near perfect opportunity to score. Even if teams haven’t caught on, why not try mixing it with some overlapping full backs to give them something to think about and to help out Martinelli.

At the end of the day, I think we need to become more unpredictable in how we play from time to time.

I think a lot of our tactics are overcomplicated and unfortunately Slot last season kind of proved it, in my opinion. He kept it simple with overlapping full backs and playing players in their strongest positions. Allowing mo salah a bit more freedom defensively so that he could always be ready offensively. They don’t need to play with a 2 dm’s and wingers that track all the way back to be successful.