The missing piece of the puzzle for me is that pivotal DM - one of Lia or Manny on the park at one time, with a very specific job to do, is OK but not both of them. We desperately need that link between our back four (they aren't great distributors) and our front half of the park.
Agree. Lia showed us this in the NZ A game when he received the ball from the back (short pass) and he shat himself, gave the ball away and almost conceded. Unless he's in acres of space and likely playing a long ball/switch he looks pretty uncomfortable on the ball most the time. Manny isn't any better with link play, we all know what he's there for and it's not that.
The missing piece of the puzzle for me is that pivotal DM - one of Lia or Manny on the park at one time, with a very specific job to do, is OK but not both of them. We desperately need that link between our back four (they aren't great distributors) and our front half of the park.
Agree. Lia showed us this in the NZ A game when he received the ball from the back (short passes) and he shat himself, gave the ball away and almost conceded. Unless he's in acres of space and likely playing a long ball/switch he looks pretty uncomfortable on the ball most the time. Manny isn't any better with link play, we all know what he's there for and it's not that.