I watched on the weekend 2 yellow cards be giving for diving to the same player, only for them to be taken back and penalties awarded after VAR intervened. Turns out you can use VAR properly, at least in the Bundisliga.
I think people are capable of separating the result (us being shit) and the errors of the referees against us this season that has been compounding week by week it feels like.
No wonder the manager and players are frustrated. Just as others have mentioned, it doesn't really galvanise them (except maybe the Soton win), they very much feel like a team of individuals.
Which is the over-arching problem, particularly in attack. That the likes of Neves/Podence/Jimenez have been here for so long and yet their chemistry is non-existent and playstyles all at odds to each other. Where are the leaders? For all his importance to the team I don't think its one of Neves' strengths.
That starting line up looked weird from the start. We are over the honeymoon/new manager bounce with JL, so be interesting to see what he does to make sure we stay up. Our forward line looked best when it was Hwang-Cunha-Sarabia starting. Hwang is injured but why isn't Cunha playing more? Everyone knows he's not a pure #9, yet the team doesn't look as threatening when he's not pitch.
Midfield just seems to be mix whomever and see how it goes. Way too many questions after these last two weeks.
