One Liverpool star whose performance is going under the radar, the end of the Son and Kane show, and a 0.5%-owned midfielder who is playing up front...
Good piece and agree on Diaz, he was taking up some dangerous positions - more central than I thought he would be. Regarding Brighton, there was an interesting article in The Athletic describing their formation as a "3-box-3". This basically means there are 4 centre mids, 2x holding and 2x attacking to support the lone forward. In this instance Lallana and Gross were the attacking pair, feeding off Welbeck's runs and Trossard/ March wide play. Will be interesting to see if this is a regular feature for Brighton and if Gross continues to benefit from the attacking role. He's occasionally on set pieces as well.
Good points. Definitely higher on Diaz after the weekend. Brighton consistently one of the most interesting teams in the league. Gross definitely feels like one to watch rather than one to immediately jump on. Still only one week in though - narratives will inevitably shift again after the next round of games...
Good piece and agree on Diaz, he was taking up some dangerous positions - more central than I thought he would be. Regarding Brighton, there was an interesting article in The Athletic describing their formation as a "3-box-3". This basically means there are 4 centre mids, 2x holding and 2x attacking to support the lone forward. In this instance Lallana and Gross were the attacking pair, feeding off Welbeck's runs and Trossard/ March wide play. Will be interesting to see if this is a regular feature for Brighton and if Gross continues to benefit from the attacking role. He's occasionally on set pieces as well.
Good points. Definitely higher on Diaz after the weekend. Brighton consistently one of the most interesting teams in the league. Gross definitely feels like one to watch rather than one to immediately jump on. Still only one week in though - narratives will inevitably shift again after the next round of games...