I look at our team and when I see the names Raphinha, James, Harrison, and an other listed, I think that is too many attackers. Both Bielsa and Marsch would use the same number of attackers.
Bielsa had a framework that was designed to compensate defensively for this. When it worked great, when it didn't, oh fuck we were open through the middle.
Marsch's system a it stands has beefed up the middle but now the opposition widemen are easy to hit and our fullbacks are busy, it takes time for help to arrive, and our full backs don't help in the build up like they used too.
Bielsa's system felt like a coherent thought out plan which needed good execution to succeed, Marsch's solution, doesn't seem to be well thought out at all. It seems to answer our previous weakness of being too open down the middle but has now exposed us out wide and ruined our build up play and creativity.
With Marsch those who know of these things talk of his desire for a high press but we see no evidence of this 10 weeks on.
Finally he seems wedded to selecting the same players as Bielsa, Firpo over Hjelde yesterday, Klich over Cresswell against Man City. Dan James in at all costs.
Come on Jesse, positivity might be an American trait but if you want the players to believe give them something coherent to believe in.