Is it as simple as this?

Our style of play under Farke is brilliant at beating teams that we are better than. Our technical ability is extraordinary for a Championship team and the majority of sides in the championship can't live with that or bridge the gap simply via intensity. Much the same as lower prem sides can't bridge the gap to the top of the table sides simply by working harder and being more intense.

Take away our advantage, or a significant proportion of it, from a technical perspective though when we step up to the EPL, and we become too easy to play against as we are not intense enough.

As a consequence, the other sides that come up, although not as good at beating Championship sides over a season, they rely on intensity to a larger extent than we do as they are not as good from a technical perspective, and this translates better to the EPL where all teams are technically good.

Hence why we are outperformed by teams that we do better than in the championship.

Is this a massive statement of the obvious? Probably is.

If what I'm saying is right, the time to change style was last season, not this season. It's already too late to make a meaningful difference.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on September 22nd 2021 at 13:41:34

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Is it as simple as this? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 22, 13:41:34
- I don't think you are far off, our style in the champs is to essential make teams too (NCFC) - megson, Sep 22, 15:26:57
- I think that explains part of it. At champ level we (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 22, 14:24:12
- I think that might be a really good explanation (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Sep 22, 14:24:08
- I think our style is about finding the passing rhythm, when we are not training (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Sep 22, 14:05:15
- Another massive statement of the obvious is that (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 22, 14:00:58
  - they're v interesting numbers (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 22, 14:03:54
    - Yep, very sobering (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Sep 22, 14:07:12
  - Who on here felt "entitled" to win last night? (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 22, 14:01:59
    - Look through last night's posts. Farke out, Humiliating and pathetic, What is the excuse (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 22, 14:08:19
      - You can't look through the post match comments and say they are not reasonable (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Sep 22, 14:14:38
      - I think there's a difference between thinking you're "entitled" to win (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 22, 14:12:18
        
        This (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 22, 14:16:46
- Combination of many factors (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Sep 22, 13:58:58
- to some extent he did change style last season (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 22, 13:45:35
  - Yes, bit less gung ho last season (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 22, 13:47:20
    - I think we all discussed last season though.... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 22, 13:50:30
  - Not fundamentally though. It was a tweak (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 22, 13:47:19
    - it's hard to believe tho (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 22, 13:50:20
      - maybe they can. they really haven't had much chance to play together yet (NCFC) - jampersands, Sep 22, 13:54:43
        
        yes, that is a good general rule (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 22, 13:59:54
        
        Yep, Normann, Kabak and Sargent being regular starters (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 22, 13:57:34
      - Yes, I agree (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 22, 13:51:11
        
        Do we have players that do blood and thunder? Hanley probably, McClean maybe (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Sep 22, 14:11:12

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