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Odegaard has dropped off compared to last season but to blame him for our attacking woes this season is crazy.
Having a proper 8 to play through balls won’t help us either. We can have prime Xavi playing for us at the 8, it’s still going to be difficult to unlock teams.
Every single team is parking a bus against us. That’s essentially what City has been playing against last few years.
There is a reason they got Haaland to unlock stubborn defense. There is also a reason they rely heavily on wing play to open up space - hence they have invested heavily on wingers over the years - Sane, Sterling, Mahrez, Grealish and now Doku.
Our wing play relies heavily on Martinelli and Saka to play 1v1 or 1v2 and performing a 9/10 week in week out - not to mention we don’t have anyone nearly as prolific as Haaland for us.
One of them gets fatigued or a dip in form and our attack becomes slow and stagnant. We need better back ups and competition for those two.