Probably no hope but
Judging from the napoli game it is abysmal to have less than 30 percent possession at any point for a team like us. Once again and it's been an issue forever now but the space between the lines is way too much, when we actually press as a team and the odd times we look connected as a team we look much better. I don't know if max doesn't like pressing as a team because he is worried about leaving space but at the end of the day that is just going to get you beaten.
I think Max can no longer motivate these players and I think his style does not intrinsically motivate players, if anything it demotivated and saps confidence.
However for once we actually looked threatening and created chances, while Iling isn't perfect Kostic should not see the pitch any more. Having this lighter midfield with two players in Miretti and Alcaraz that tend to attack space and look for the forward pass actually meant that our forward players didn't have to go back to their own box to get the ball and low and behold could actually be in spots to create clear cut chances. I have no doubt that Allegri will go back to Rabiot in the midfield but it's clear that you cannot play Loca and Rabiot together with Mckennie being the other mid because there is not enough forward thinking play there. I thought Miretti had a decent game even if he made some mistakes tbh. We didn't look any more fragile with a more attack minded midfield and Iling on the wing either but Allegri will piss his pants and go back to what he knows.
Our backline held up well despite a 'lighter' midfield, Bremer was fantastic. Cambiaso has been a bit shaky but I don't think we can lose him as he is one of our only dangerous wing backs that actually can do something in the final third.
In the second half we fell off a bit but Max didn't really do anything, gone are the days that we make adjustments really and often we do when it's too late, I'm not just talking making subs but tactical changes, we always look flat after half time - this is on the coach IMO. Everyone dropped their head after we conceded the penalty and for this reason they were not at all ready for the possibility that Tek saves it. Napoli have been dogshit at penalties this season and I would expect our staff to notify the players of this before the game but honestly I feel Max has no real intention of actually coaching any more and just wants to lazily do what he knows so he needs to go.
TLDR
Max is a dinosaur but we knew that
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