27 Jan 2017 08:22:30
I know and agree that's stats should always be taken with a pinch of salt. Having said that, they can be a good starting point for discussion, and with that in mind, did anyone else see the sky sports article that "found" January statistically our worst month since the premier league started? That surprised me. I would have picked november. Remember loads of them where we totally went off the boil

1.) 26 Jan 2017
26 Jan 2017 21:05:36
Inspired lol

2.) 26 Jan 2017
26 Jan 2017 21:22:00
Is this meant to be sarcastic? Also genuinely think this whole plan b think is utter nonsense. You can't have a team of players ready and prepared to play two entirely different styles of play. Don't get me wrong can have a team be more offensive or defensive but in terms of playing two different styles of play don't see how it works.

For example at our best we play a high pressuring team, that relies on having 3 rotating CF and a mobile midfield capable of moving the ball quickly, whilst playing a high line defensively. where this supposed plan b would require; a CF who was the focal point of the attack with either wingers and/ or a midfield to feed of them or attackers to play off them. where playing high line (which would be suicide due to the amount of times you'd lose the ball or at least two defensive minded CM to compensate) . Meaning would literally need two teams of 11 capable of playing two entirely different styles, plus subs.

For me, will hold my hand up and say I was wrong. Thought we had a great squad with high fitness levels. However, we seem to have a fantastic starting XI when fully fit, that massively suffers when 1 player goes missing (eg; mane, matip, coutinho, firminho, Henderson, etc. ) that currently look exhausted.