Think both Gabriel and Husband will greatly improve the back four when they're back, also think Kenny is the man to play DM.
Yesterday we were crying out for Husband at left back just for his bite and a slightly better positional sense, but i get the feeling he may have been regualrly done by what was a very pacy winger.
sorry, I missed theo/p. Just made exactly the same point on another thread.
Totally disagree. With Bowler in front of him, that should make him stay out wide even more! He's not there to cover the centre halves, he's there to mark the winger. Both goals came from him not marking the winger and allowing crosses to come in too easily.
MOM last week, one average game and its Connoley out, support the team!
Get what you are saying but it seems opposition full backs always seem to manage marking Bowler. Opposition managers seem to identify our danger in Bowler and attempt to do something about it. Do we not do the same? Connolly is decent enough but ulrimately Stokes two goals both came in from crosses where his winger was in acres of pace. If Connolly is told to tuck in when the ball is on the opposite side then he's not totally to blame but it's still a problem which needs sorting. We can't continue to allow wingers to have the freedom to pinpoint their balls into the box.
We clearly didn't track runners for both goals. Players not knowing their job of players switching off? I'm with you 20s that the first thing to do is stop crosses coming in, but when that fails (and it will throughourt a game) please track your runners!
The point is he is not a right back, and we have started two seasons with him playing there now. We need to sign someone because Gabriel does seem to have his fair share of injuries.
Bowler is a luxury and there's no problem with that if he's used properly. He's the only player in the current team that can regularly beat a man. What he's not so good at is defending. IMO he gives players too much room. With Connolly not being a specialist FB it just exacerbates the problem for us defending that side and of course both goals came from there yesterday. I just wonder if Gary is going to be out for a while why not stick Josh in the middle of the front three?
IMO...I think Moore deserves a chance...did nothing wrong when called upon pre season and would benefit from the experience and is a natural Right back and would hold the fort till Gabriel returns.
nope, a player in the middle of the front three plays with his back to goal and that will just negate all Bowlers attributes. Give him a free role to drift where he wants is perhaps an option but to do that maybe requires two defensive midfield players.
Are you Jon Snow then
How about Yates and Lavery up front with Bowler playing directly behind them. With Fiorini and Dougall in the middle and a back 5....I know...wishful thinking ...lol
I'm pretty sure there are teams who play without the middle man of a front three playing with his back goal (Liverpool and City to name but two). Even if you correct me, which I'm sure you will, how about us being the first team in the world ever to play the ball through to Bowler in the middle, to his feet, with all that space to do a left and a right step over or a right and a left step over. He could go either way and completely confuse the opposition.
the reason I'm sort of against it is because it will or could impact on the role of Fiorini or Carey or Patino who should be players looking to get into those areas as well. I don't think it will be long till Carey finds himself back on the bench.
I won't correct you so cut the sarcasm or you'll get even more back, but it's alright quoting two of the worlds best teams as examples of how we could play but therein lies the difference. We are a million miles away from them all over the pitch in terms of ability, vision,pace and control. Critchley thought he could get us playing the Liverpool way when he first came but you have to have the ability all over the pitch to do that.
yep, but Liverpool and City are the best teams at the level they compete against. We are not. And even at our level you still have to have the attributes to play that way. A player still has to have the technical ability, he still has to have the vision to see a pass even at the level they are at....and we don't compete against teams at the same level that Liverpool and City do so we don't have to be quite as good at it as they are.
The fact of the matter is we are a team that are currently goal shy. Yates, Lavery and Bowler have shown they can score goals and we need to get them doing that again. When Gary plays we tend to get drawn into the system you describe but it didn't work particularly well for Critch and although it's a bit early to judge what will happen under Appy, pre-season didn't fill me with confidence that we are going to score a lot of goals.
So I'm just trying to think outside the box. I'm not expecting Appy to move Bowler into the middle and quite frankly I still expect Bowler to leave.
Looking at this afternoons scores we might get a late bid from Utd.
And that's why we've brought in Patino, Fiorini and Williams.
and that's why I refer you to ~#26.And that's why we've brought in Patino, Fiorini and Williams.
It's good to see agree with me.
Nope you suggested him as the middle man of a front three and he's not that nor ever will be. Giving him a licence to roam is a different matter. And in the role you want him to play he would need to be a much better finisher than he is at the moment. Playing in the role you suggest it would be him getting on the end of chances being created for him. As some-one with a licence to roam a bit hopefully he'd be creating more chances for others.It's good to see agree with me.
I should point out that not too long ago I did make the point that I didn't think we had the players to play 4-3-3 but that was before I came up with the masterplan of playing Bowler down the middle running onto those fabulous defence splitting passes from Patino.
Critchly wanted to play 4-3-3 and quickly realised he didnt have the players for that system....nothing has changed up front now and without a 20 goal a season striker coming in between now and the end of the transfer window...Appleton will soon realise it wont work for him either.It's good to see agree with me.
I should point out that not too long ago I did make the point that I didn't think we had the players to play 4-3-3 but that was before I came up with the masterplan of playing Bowler down the middle running onto those fabulous defence splitting passes from Patino.
I don't disagree with that and the reality of what I'm saying is that the front three all need bit more freedom. TBH Appy actually sets up 4-5-1. That drags Bowler back into being the defender he isn't. Jerry does a bit better defensively but again is that what we want from him?
He's played all across the back and CM. Appleton knows his position better than us. I think he does a good job at RB.
I'm sorry but Connolly is miles above Moore in terms of development. Big difference from pre season and the championship.
I don't mind him filling in anywhere in an emergency, but we should have two specialist players in every position.
Of course he is but we need a specialist RB playing at RB. IMO good FBs are key to a good team, at least that’s what Jurgen told me.
We also need a proper, experienced defensive midfielder and that's the risk of being a utility player, you can be playing every week and suddenly you're on the bench.Of course he is but we need a specialist RB playing at RB. IMO good FBs are key to a good team, at least that’s what Jurgen told me.
It sounds quite enticing and suits the players we currently have
He'd have done better for their first than Thompson did.
Please don't mention Stewart & fall in the same post, he'll probably have another injury as a result of a fall
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