2020/21 Season: Could We See A Change In Playing Style?

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I was referring to the shape as opposed to how it was executed. Thought it was easy for everyone to know their role and a solid base

I liked Karanka’s style too, but we ended up finishing 9th after he left. Who knows where we would have finished if he’d stayed. We finished 7th last season so Sabri wins.  :)

Haha its not a battle between them, although I'm sad we never got to say where we'd have finished that year.

Just think Sabri could tweak it to closer resemble that base formation

My view is we would have finished top six if Karanka had seen out the season. He also got the best out of Carvalho, but what will be will be.

Different coaches have different fundamental ways of playing, and this is Sabri’s. Some players flourish under one coach and then struggle under the next. Some the opposite, Watson for instance. The bottom line is how many points they collect. I’m sure Sabri is aware that he has to be in the top six almost from the get go.