Gave this tactic a go with a poor team to see if it really works. Started with Blackpool. Won some games 5-4, 3-2, 4-3 etc, but also got some serious hidings, including a 9-0 at arsenal, 7-0 at man u and 6-0 at man city :-(. The plus was i beat the chelsea knobs twice 3-0, so that was nice
. Overall i finished 8th in the EPL with 58 points, scored 79 and conceded 74. I think there are some serious defensive issues, unless you have world class players. My top striker ( Benitez ) did score 43 goals in 43 games though.
Blackpool are terrible so to finish where you did is good, you don't need world class players, never lost like that with hammers and west ham.. It's just because Blackpool are very very poor
My assessment would be - great going forward but awful at the back - good effort though.....
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Oh, forgot to mention that my team had 17 red cards during the season aswell :-(.