Last season, hailed by the media and some coaches as a tactical genius. This despite taking so long to get them into the PL. Now, at half time against A poor Spurs team, they have been taken apart with very simple, classical Italian tactics. Get the basic defence right and counter at speed. They have naive man to man marking and not much inventiveness, just lots of energy. Really, are they doing any better than Sheffield Utd under Chris Wilder? They probably won’t be as bad for the rest of the season and manage to stay up. Hopefully below Southampton though. | |