Debunking Marco Rose’s Mönchengladbach

Just after the rumours that Xabi Alonso would be the next Borussia Mönchengladbach head coach, Sam McGuire of Twenty3 Sport asked my thoughts on the team; what are Gladbach and what do they need?

I answered and you can read what I said with his article here, but to give a short overview, I replied as a fan with the few stats and eye test off the top of my head that for an intensive counter-attacking team, they weren’t actually one. I pointed to the lack of intensive runs, sprints, ball progression and that they weren’t good in possession this season. For a team…