Advice for Critchley thread

Grumpy_no_more

Grumpy_no_more

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We fans see things that the management (apparently) can't see. It's not being negative to point out areas where he can do better. So let's make a list of things to improve and hope it gets back to him somehow.

I'll start with -- Stop returning to a failing 4-3-3 system. You've left Liverpool now and our players are not PL players. Play to our strengths with two strikers up front.
 
4-4-2 please.

Madine up front with Yates. Every match. Until we sign someone better.

Sign up: Sam Walker and Gnands.

Get the ball forward quicker. Tippy tappy belongs in Barcelona. We are not Liverpool either, so stop trying to pretend we are.

Spread the subs out man! And make changes at half-time when it clearly isn’t working.
 
Drop the 433 FFS- ok, if we’re playing a top side and setting up for a point I can allow it

but the reversion to 433 despite its obvious failings has killed our momentum and made you look like a fool frankly
 
Grumpy_no_more said:
I agree. It's like a religious doctrine that subs can't be made until 60-70 minutes even when it's apparent that change is needed. Half time changes also sends a strong message to those subbed that he's not happy with their performance.
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This is true. You always hear the term "give them 15 of the 2nd half". Why? They've already failed miserably in the first 45 mins.
 
TOON Seasider said:
Bez Lubala needs a lot more work on his game before he is even considered for selection. At the present time he is far too raw a talent to be near the first team
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Bez needs to get some game time - 3 mins is not enough.

He can't work on his game on the training ground as well as he can on the pitch. He must be doing OK in training otherwise he wouldn't be getting 3 mins.
 
The Vendor said:
Dear Neil,
Make contact with all of the terminally negative Bell Ends on this board and tell them how to do their jobs .... they’ll love it.
Oh and don’t eat yellow snow
Merry Christmas and a Happy Transfer Window
Lots of Love
Vendor xx
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He can do that when he's learned how to do his. At the moment he's a failing apprentice.
 
My advice to NC ...
Admit you signed some shite and get rid of them.
Robson
Lubala
Sarkic ..

All garbage. No decent back up keeper either until an emergency forced the issue.

Get rid of about 7 of our deadwood and replace with 3/4 quality signings and don’t be tempted to re-sign Groot. We don’t cross the ball anyway so the poor sod will just get frostbite waiting for a ball that never comes.
 
I'm going to draw an absolutely ludicrous comparison but its something that popped in my head last night. I watched the Queen's Gambit recently on Netflix (minor spoilers ahead), the chess-style she plays and is strongest with is The Sicilian - but the best chess player on the planet also plays The Sicilian. When she comes up against him she tries to tinker her style and receives stellar advice from her frenemy in the show, along the lines of: "Never change what you're strongest at to accommodate your opponent, The Sicilian is what you're good at, play the Sicilian".

I'm not certain on the reasons for it, but it feels as though the tinkering of squad/formation every week is from analysis of the opponent and trying to catch them out/match something in their game. My advice would be a footballing cliche: (to a certain extent) We should worry about ourselves rather than them, play our best 11 (and watch the Queen's Gambit if you haven't already, decent show).

I feel the further up the leagues you go, the tinkering and expert-footballing analysis will be much more potent against better footballing sides. Shrewsbury felt like a copy and paste League One side - big, physical and do the basics right. IMO a squad more reminiscent of what we looked like recently with Cole and Yorke up front would have performed miles better against them (or maybe they wouldn't have, its a funny old game as they say).
 
Nice to see that the Community Trust have organised an idiot Christmas lunch

Send more sandwiches, Critch, they’re clearly a good few short
 
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