by The Manhattan Project » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:16 pm
We play with a lot of flair and deft touches and flicks.
It works against some teams, but when we play leg crunchers like Bolton, Blackburn and Everton for example, we may struggle because they can just bully us off the ball.
What we need in January is to buy a few "hardmen". Guys who can really get physical with opponents and grind them down. No flair, just all action. Men who intimidate.
We also need to adopt a few dirty tactics similar to what Jose used when manager of Porto. Diving, simulation, going to ground quickly when challenged, arguing decisions, whining, complaining, breaking up the play, closing down opponents fiercely, harranging and closing down opponents, aggressive pressure when not in possession of the ball.
It's not ideal and may not be "honest" but fook it. If we don't do it, our opponents will.
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