Next seasons squad

[Bullet]

It is hard to know what DeZerbi wants, e.g. against Villa when we had the ball, we had Palhinha sinking into RCB because he isn't so comfortable in tight areas on the turn, with the full backs pushing up into midfield areas.
We had 3 pressers in midfield with no flair/ playmaker/ AM/ passer i.e. we had Gallagher, Bentancur, Palhinha in there to press, fight, harry the oppo.
Maybe this is RDZ's dream, maybe he hates it and would rather play a #10 like Maddison/Xavi/Odobert.
Who knows at this point.
I quite like the idea though, play a hard bastard midfield 3, then allow the 3 fancy Dans to do what they want up front.

 

[Gutter Boy]

It is hard to know what DeZerbi wants, e.g. against Villa when we had the ball, we had Palhinha sinking into RCB because he isn't so comfortable in tight areas on the turn, with the full backs pushing up into midfield areas.
We had 3 pressers in midfield with no flair/ playmaker/ AM/ passer i.e. we had Gallagher, Bentancur, Palhinha in there to press, fight, harry the oppo.
Maybe this is RDZ's dream, maybe he hates it and would rather play a #10 like Maddison/Xavi/Odobert.
Who knows at this point.
I quite like the idea though, play a hard bastard midfield 3, then allow the 3 fancy Dans to do what they want up front.

De Zerbi likes highly technical players who can play through a press. Palhinha and Gallagher really don't suit him at all - they are way too limited. I think he's just using them because of their big game experience. If he stays to shape his own team next season, I think things will look very different