Quote Originally Posted by 7sisters View Post
It?s all well and good trying to retain possession but if the opposition are smothering your defenders like a wet blanket, doesn?t it make sense to lump it up field once in a while ? Raya for their second goal. Good grief 🙄
Risk v Reward, innit.

It does make sense though. If possession is going to be so important, then your keeper clearly has more "free ball" than any other player on the pitch. Might as well use that than have him just hoof the ball away all the time. Naturally he's going to come a cropper once in a while.

David Raya has not only changed the way we play but also the way other teams play against us.