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Poch barely rotated in the PL unless it felt like he was forced to...or at least he often said he preferred not to.
I've been looking at how often he knowingly played with his backline, even when results were poorish, it was rare to see him change.
Then I looked at how often Jose puts out the same backline and you can't help be struck other than it's almost every other game - could this be why our backline has lost all its confidence?
So I heard many ex-pro's preaching at the weekend again that the start of every great team is a great backline, but all, almost to a man said that you have to decide what your back four/five are going to be and stick with them, come what may...seemed a bit extreme to me, but the point was well made.
Are the root of our defensive woes in our selection rotations?
One player for certain who's palpably gone downhill these last 4/5 months is Lloris, is it affecting him too?
Did Jose rotate defensively this much at his other clubs?
I've been looking at how often he knowingly played with his backline, even when results were poorish, it was rare to see him change.
Then I looked at how often Jose puts out the same backline and you can't help be struck other than it's almost every other game - could this be why our backline has lost all its confidence?
So I heard many ex-pro's preaching at the weekend again that the start of every great team is a great backline, but all, almost to a man said that you have to decide what your back four/five are going to be and stick with them, come what may...seemed a bit extreme to me, but the point was well made.
Are the root of our defensive woes in our selection rotations?
One player for certain who's palpably gone downhill these last 4/5 months is Lloris, is it affecting him too?
Did Jose rotate defensively this much at his other clubs?