(15-07-2020, 03:14 PM)stirred Wrote: Home to Swansea reminded me - I think it may have been Swansea at home last season that Joao came on as sub and shirked a 50/50 challenge. MON was furious, and Keane got off the bench to give him a salvo.
Shortly after he came on against Huddersfield a couple of weeks ago he shirked a challenge. I couldn't see Sabri's response on ifollow but he hasn't played since.
It's that inability / unwillingness to tackle that has left him on the bench I guess.
He just doesn’t fit the profile of player that Sabri demands in the midfield area.
every midfielder in a Sabri team has to run, and has a defensive responsibility and a physical responsibility to the team.
Sabri has never played and I highly doubt will ever play with a conventional number 10.
sabri plays with a 6 (Watson) and 2 8’s (Yates, Sow, Silva, Semedo, Johnson).
and within the 2 number 8’s he prefers a ‘technical leader’ which is where Silva fits in.
all managers have different philosophies, Karanka preferred two 6’s and a number 10 so JC suited that system.
and for all the demand from certain sections, he has never provided the goals/assists to make up for his deficiencies IMO