Toffee if you want to start playing the man, happy to entertain you, so lets just keep this to all matters football
This is not media driven it is fact, statistical fact. Yes, all sides pushed players back, either at centre bounces (we don't have stats on where wingmen started, defensively or attacking positions)or during play, but it is clear fact the Tigers started with 6 6 6 on 3.4 % of times, the lowest in the league. They even started with 8 6 4 more than any other side, again fact, not media opinion
I am not suggesting that you will not adapt to the changes, all I said, it will be interesting to see how you set up and what effect that has on your gameplan. A gameplan of having numbers defensive side of all stoppages then streaming forward. A simple gamplan, but extremely effective over the last 2 years