Birdy
Senior Member
If he wasn't a good motivator then how did we have such an impressive start to the seaon?
I think the problems lie elsewhere. Fatigue could be an issue. Both mental and physical. Maybe his tactics are burning out the players?
Also it could be that teams are starting to figure us out as others have mentioned.
Could also be a lack depth on the bench. We could only speculate. Either way, he needs to make adjustments asap.
It's both physical and mental fatigue as you say
But mental above physical.
Players simply lack concentration since the Sociedad game, with the only exception against Mallorca
Most obvious piece of evidence you can see the lack of concentration is the offside trap: the last line failed yesterday to force any offside on Betis. They were playing 10-20 m behind their usual avg position and were slow (brain-wise) to react and position themselves correctly.