I think the willingness was there until it was realized that the DP #10 the Gs have is about as useful as Pirlo's wheelchair.
I agree about our lack of ball winners. Making the problem worse is the fact that our defense hangs too far back to help. The wide open spaces between our midfield and back four are easy targets for opponents to run into and exploit. Bottom line is that our defense doesn't push up and our mids don't drop back, everyone is disconnected and the whole teams looks bad. And if the players can't figure this out Sigi should have. Our lack of cohesion this far into the season has to fall on his shoulders.
We have no identity, no team philosophy, and no direction. "Who are we?" is not a good look halfway through the season on a team with this many veterans. It can't be that hard to build around Zlatan, he is the clear difference maker on the team. Except that our other DP's don't fit into that system.