redskins
First Team
I think in situations like these we need people who can tee it up from outside the box. Lerma has looked like he can do this, but unluckily put it just over the bar. I can't remember though how many times one of our players had the ball in acres of space centrally, just outside their box, but didn't shoot.
If they know we never shoot, they can bank on our passes getting lost under the bus.[/QUOTET
Yes it would help draw them out a bit if they were charging potential shots down . Or we need a ‘big man’ aerial presence in those situations but easy to say in hinsight .
We have great players when we are advancing with pace and passing into space but when that space is squished out we can stutter to a stand still . Can understand Defoe coming on , he is (was?) quite happy receiving the ball whilst stationary and making something happen with a turn