In the way the high pressing, attacking, man for man teams tend to be the exact opposite, bigger squads with tons of talent, Man City, Liverpool, Barca of the past etc.
They all had the best individuals money could buy for each specific role.
As a consequence they could pick there way through packed defences thanks to De Bruyne, Iniesta etc.
They could finish chances because they had properly clinical players like an Aguero.
But crucially they werent so easy to break on because they rarely gave the ball away and when they did they had top top level cbs and dms to cover the fast fullbacks who rarely got caught out anyway.
Was proven wrong in the Championship, we did very well and really were like a Man City or Barcelona in how we controlled the games.
But at this level where we come up against teams who have more talent individually who have played on the counter against the best in the league for years like Palace like Wolves like Leicester we are getting exposed.
Your well drilled but extensively lower league players are getting exposed for pace and positioning.
And because we go man for man all it takes is for one person to lose a 1v1 and trouble starts.
Zaha all he had to do is beat Ayling and gaps appear, Eze just had to beat Struijk etc.
Without doing us down the lessar teams in this league play how they do for a reason.
Because better teams and better players will expose you on the break easily.
With the greatest of respect we are still a team that relies on the team as a collective rather than great individuals.
No shame in that, we cant build a great Prem side overnight.
But we are trying to play a style that has been played before in this league by teams with more talent, cash etc.
Teams in this league are used to it from City for example.
We dont possess that level of class all over the pitch and we are getting picked off by dull but effective and experienced counter attacking sides.
Is it necessary to try and adapt especially against teams like Leicester, Wolves etc.
Teams who want you to do exactly what we do.
Go hell for leather?
I think what MB has done is phenomenonal but at this level we are looking like a bit of a soft touch.
Its ok vs a Man City, Liverpool, Fulham, teams who will engage us in a proper football match.
But many teams in this league wont and will use long balls to beat the press and then its an individual battle.
Unfortunately as a newly promoted side we havent had time to build the squad we ideally want yet.
The collective has always been our biggest strength but a simple long ball cancels out our biggest strength and once you do that because we go man for man you are more reliant on the individual.
This is a very long thread
Basically is BielsaBall to expansive in the Prem with the players we have agaimst teams who will sit back? Of which many exist in the EPL.
) but 40 pts has to be the priority, ensure survival whilst building and adding where and when we can...
