ISL 2018-19: 4 Reasons Why David James Deserved to be Sacked by Kerala Blasters

#3 Uncoordinated Individuals and No Attacking Plan

David James has limited ideas for building up the play

In 12 games, Sandesh Jhingan has led the charts for Kerala Blasters with a consistent show. He has 33 tackles - only Lalruatthara has 34 in nine games - and has made the most number of interceptions - 13 - for his side.

Doungel, from the wings, has provided 3 assists in 12 games and plenty of crosses for the attackers to make something of.

Quite interestingly, Jhingan is the one who provided the most crosses for the team - 23 - while playing as a right-back. Halicharan Narzary and Doungel have 22 and 12 respectively but the latter hasn't got as many minutes as Narzary.

Why we're saying all this is because Kerala Blasters are a bunch of individuals running around trying to score. This goes back to Berbatov's Instagram story while quitting Blasters at the end of last season.

"Chip the ball to the striker's chest, and we take it from there/WTF/Who Plays like this?"

When someone like Berbatov, whose knowledge of football appears to be more than James's, says that about his manager, then you should have believed him.

We saw that on display in the last two months.

No Plan B, experimenting with the foreigners and making a lot of changes to the match squad for every game. These were signs of someone who had no clear idea what he was doing.

The worst part is that he was given so much time.