And yet not one of the six goals yesterday, or the one at Rochdale, or the incident that led to Bristol Rovers penalty came as a result of any City player being pressed.
So that is not the problem. If anything the other teams are adopting a low block.
There is a tactical issue that makes the team vulnerable, which is the same as it was last season but which was generally hidden by the fact that we could dominate games.
If you can bear to look again at the highlights from yesterday, Oxford's 3rd and 5th goals illustrate this glaringly, and the second goal is also part of the problem. The other goals they scored are also symptoms of the same thing.
And I don't even bother studying tactics, but it's that obvious.
Agreed none of the goals came directly as a result of it but when a team is playing a tactic that doesn't work it causes heads to drop and the knock on effect speaks for itself. I agree that there is way too much space between defence and midfield which makes the 'playing out' tactic even more ineffective and frustrating.