#5 Steve Coppell needs to add hunger to his team
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The Kerala Blasters need to step up their game. Period. The finalists of the first season just don’t seem to be playing a hard brand of football, coupled with a winning mentality. The team played with three foreign strikers, and yet, could not find the back of the net, which should be a major worry for Steve Coppell.
Mehtab Hussain keeps passing horizontally or back to his defenders and Michael Chopra sometimes looks like a liability to the team’s attack. Playing as the centre-forward, Michael Chopra will be remembered more for his theatrics than his work in the box or his goals.
No runs at defenders whatsoever throughout the game, and you come out willing to want a little more from the first Indian scorer in the English Premier League.
With Mamath no great forward passer of the ball, Mohammed Rafique has been asked to do too much from the centre of the pitch. The team has thrown everything available on their platter on the pitch attacking-wise but the goals just don’t seem coming.
After coming on, Ndoye looked as the only player fighting to win. For a team with the highest fan-base in the country, it’ll be good for them to sort out these issues as soon as possible and ensure they give their loyal supporters something to cheer about.
Steve Coppell, looks content on the touchline and it’ll be hard for him to change the attitude of his players. They might have got their first ISL points this season, but if things go on this way, they might look harder to come in future.
