True but our 2011-12 football was effective, efficient and ruthless. Our current brand seems more and more akin to a fish flopping around out on land, no clue of what to do or conviction.
So even more than last season we'll be relying on Pirlo's FK's and Vidal's PK's to drag us through. It's a shame the football of 11-12 won't be making a return, no pluckiness involved, just unrelenting dominance from start to finish.