Yep. When we don't get to play on the counter we look very lost under Allegri. It's problematic against any but the biggest teams. Our CL run to the final was all about getting good opponents to play on the counter against.Dortmund and Madrid were perfect for that. When we played Monaco we looked clueless that year too.
Last year, Man City allowed us to play on the counter and we beat them quite easily twice. We played a fantastic middle 90 minutes of the two legs against Bayern by soaking up pressure and countering.
But against Gladbach when they sat back we were a mess.
You can tell the board wanted to shift to a team that could take the initiative and create with moves for players like Pjanic, Alves, Cuadrado, Higuain, but Allegri has had a lot of trouble figuring out how to set up the team to get the most out of this shift. I have faith he will figure it out, but it is taking some time, and the injuries and fatigue are a little worrisome again