The right blend of players in the front 6

Our skilful players aren't skilful enough to cover for the lack of athleticism of the defensively minded payers, under the Farke model.

Or under a more pragmatic Smith approach, our players are not athletic enough to make up for the lack of skill in our creative players.

Realistically, on our budget, our skilful players will never be enough to make up for a lack of athleticism and physicality, so that has to be the starting point in recruiting in the summer.

I'm not saying a bunch of big blokes that can't play football, but players built more like Onel than PP, for example. Rashica is a good signing to be fair.

An issue Webber identified before, but then didn't deal with. Possibly because players with the physical attributes needed that could also fit in a Farke model are £50m plus.

It's the centre of midfield that we need to sort (and have done for 3 years), and the blend of strikers. Is Pukki really going to work as a solo striker in the PL? Unfortunately, I don't think so.

Posted By: SimonOTBC, Mar 17, 07:56:18