Yep. I do hope that Gini and Mané provide some much needed directness to speed up our attacking play, but will we play with enough width to really stretch teams (create holes in the bus)?
We've done significant things this summer with regards to breaking down teams;
1) We've bought a keeper that wants to be a 'sweeper'.
This will push the entire back line further up the pitch and this will compress the play and help us to keep teams penned into their final third for longer. If you ramp up the pressure continually the opposition will crack.
2) We've brought players that break the lines.
The players we have purchased excel at making penetrative runs from deep. Very hard to pick up, even if you are well drilled and organised.
3) We've added serious pace.
Compact, organised defenders hate running towards their own goal and if our players are standing them up 1 v 1 and then making a b-line for the penalty area or by-line they will become stretched and start to panic and panic leads to mistakes.
