Depends what we should be worried about.
Since we've had our back five together:
2-2 vs Man Utd. Two excellent finishes, fair enough.
1-0 vs City. Set piece.
3-2 vs Brentford. We gave them the ball for both goals.
2-2 vs Everton. Two set pieces
2-1 vs Brighton. Penalty.
So we've conceded 4 goals from open play from the last 8 conceded. And two of those were gifted to the opposition by Udogie.
I honestly think the defensive side of things gets blown way out of proportion. We are always going to concede chances, a) because that's football and b) we force teams to play down our wings knowing we can usually deal with their crosses and we don't want to give up the middle of the field.
But clear cut chances? I think we give up very few tbh.
Bang on.
We gift space down the flanks because it's better than gifting space through the middle. This is how Ange has always set his teams up. It's why van de Ven in particular is so impotent to the set up.
I imagine it's because he knows we can deal pretty well with crosses (cant remember too many crosses we've conceded from open play)
I don't think it'll change.
What should hopefully change is teams perception of us. We need to beat teams before they even arrive here. A fear factor which Liverpool and City hold over a lot of teams.
That should hopefully come when teams TRY to play against us and we blow them away through out fitness and ruthlessness. Something we haven't shown too often this season due to injuries, suspensions and squad depth not being at the level.
