IdLiketoRogerMoore
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It's not just that. Last season, Stevens and Baldock played high enough up to effectively make a midfield 5 which in turn reduced the amount of ground the central three had to cover. Leicester were the first to exploit the gaps in the channels behind the wingbacks last season, we reacted by tweaking Baldock and Stevens' responsibilities slightly to make them more defensive but the knock-on of that is that the midfield three suddenly had an extra 40% of the pitch to cover.
My main criticism of Wilder is that has been obvious to me as a lay person for months but we've done absolutely nothing to counter it. Either switch from a back five to a back four or drop one of the strikers back into midfield. Don't tie up nearly half your outfield players in positions which have been outmaneuvered (three centre halves typically marking one central forward; two centre forwards isolated), do something to counter it.
Spot on buddy. Watching our setup this year has been the old definition of insanity - doing the same thing, yet expecting a different outcome...