It can work well especially with players who are comfortable. You also need to mix it up though, if you have someone upfront capable of bringing it down and holding it up then reluctance to use such a skill seems illogical.

Even Pep these days has Ederson spraying the ball around, their team in general happier to go quicker to Haaland if it's on. He even plays the huge full backs which I never thought I'd see.

It's just not hit and hope playing percentages but more about being confident and precise in what you are doing, whether that's playing longer more direct or short.

Trouble is every team wants to play like prime Swansea and every week you see they can't.