Steven Gerrard was a firebrand midfielder who wore his heart on his sleeve. But as a manager, his team's way of attacking can be so structured and repetitive that it can leave you feeling cold. That is what is happening now at AVFC 📝 JordanC1107
group was a drag and domestic games had long become like carbon copies of each other, regardless of the opposition.
On one hand, the familiarity showed there is a clear style that had been put in place but, when even self-confessed tactically illiterate supporters know exactly what the system is and what its strengths and weaknesses are, it suggests the balance may have tipped from being recognisable to so predictable that the instructions were written on the back of the players’ shirts.
Fans were frustrated Rangers hadn’t improved the squad — a complaint Gerrard shared and partly led to him taking thejob after feeling like there were limitations — but there was also an expectation that the team’s way of playing would move to its next phase. It is understood that there had been discussions with his backroom staff about ditching the blueprint and taking things in a new direction but, despite a run of conceding the first goal in seven of nine games and the creativity starting to fade in September and October, Gerrard clung to what he had built and what had — let’s not forget — made his time in Scotland a success and left them top of the league by four points.
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