This guy gets it, its insane not get the obvious. When he and the rest of our attackers played with actual midfielders like Pogba, who could transition the ball forward, create space and passes centrally so the forwards can get optimal output around the box, without needing to do the midfielders job. Now they are either turned into FULL TIME midfielders like Dybala, or wait for crosses all game long, becuase our midfield is nonexistent and cant survive a second of under pressure possession ball against tough opponents.
There were absolutely ZERO need for Dybala to be in the midfield when he had transition runs and passes like this behind him:
It doesnt have to be Pogba perse (hes the perfect combination mainly because of his added dynamic physicality/defensive ability), there are several creative force mids that can do this (this is why City score so damn many goals, litterally threat for final ball from anywhere on the pitch), but we have NON of them, not only cant they make these balls generally, but they cant even keep the ball long enough to even attempt these plays most of the time, both in physical (Pjanic) and technical (the rest) terms. Its gonna be insanely alarming if our sole solution to this problem is gonna be Ramsey, who I like btw. We need extreme upgrade on this, and solely focus on this, instead of misguidedly focus on blaming everything on one of our star forwards being asked to do this broken job he shouldnt need.
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To understand football?
Midfield.broken.Must.Fix.Instead.Of.Blame.One.Of.The.Few.Technical.Players.We.Have.Who.Can.Survive.Under.Pressure.With.The.Ball.Being.Played.Out.Of.Position.