Does a win justify team elections/formation

FY16JJ

FY16JJ

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Not necessarily just this game but if a team wins does it justify all the manager did?

A lot were complaining about tonight’s team and tactics - does Neil learn from tonight or will he feel he got it spot on?
 
I knew the usual suspects would jump on this thread, which makes a valid point. If Hull had scored the winner rather than us, would that mean he'd got his selections wrong? The fact we scored did it mean he got it right.

My opinion - I still favour Madine and Yates together (and anyone saying they need a rest, why is he playing Dougall every game when the lad is knackered) and I prefer a 4-4-2. What didn't go well tonight was summed up with the six letters Kaikai as I felt as soon as he came off we looked a better side.
 
I think Madine and Yates up top are almost essential, so much more of a threat with these two playing together.

I’d also have a look at dropping Kaikai, pushing Garbutt up the wing into his position and having Husband at left back. Garbutt crosses are a major threat, especially with Madine and Yates both in the box. Garbutt is essential for his set plays IMO.
 
It appears to be important to point out anything that went wrong despite a very impressive performance against the team who were top of the league just to continue with the narrative that you were right all along despite the fantastic situation we currently find ourselves in.
 
Neil Critchley is the smartest footballing man in this division, going to be learning every game, and he’ll be picking things up from the experience around him every day... stop doubting the manager, he knows what he’s doing
 
Tr33frog said:
Neil Critchley is the smartest footballing man in this division, going to be learning every game, and he’ll be picking things up from the experience around him every day... stop doubting the manager, he knows what he’s doing
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Maybe in the division, but he doesn't post on this board.......
 
I think you could make a case he got it wrong and you could make a case that he got it right. People probably won't agree but at the end of the game it was three points by using both formations.
 
BFC_Aspie said:
I thought that Madine coming on for Kai kai gave us more of an attacking threat.
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No doubt it did because prior to that every time we went long it came straight back. Madine simply makes it uncomfortable for defenders to win clean headers. As I said before, our second goal woudn't have happened with Yates there. Centre half would have won the ball. Equally so, I couldn't imagine Madine coming in at the far post at the pace Yates did to get our first goal.
But is there a place for both of them in the team. Think the answer to that is a pretty obvious yes. Critchley just has to get it right as to when to rest either of them. But make no mistake about it, it could cost us. Just like it did against Oxford.
 
It is clear that Critch and his coaches analyse the opposition to death before each game and pick a team to match them up and to beat them. The old adage of ‘Don’t change a winning team’ does not appear to be the Critch way.
 
Not always,usually not when you concede a potentially equalising goal at the 90th minute. More often then not that would have been 2 dropped
 
Bit of a strange one tonight 433 again made us effective at holding the ball but ineffective in front of goal.

Critch realising this after they scored changed us to 442 which gave us much more of a goal threat but we ended up not having the ball for large periods of the second half. He got his subs correct tonight. But ultimately a never say die attitude from the players got that third goal.

Games like these happen particularly against the better sides, I think tonight isn’t one for over analysis ( which I do all the time) more to just savour as a good game and a great win.
 
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My take is the defence could not have done much better tonight - bit sloppy for the second goal but I thought they were tremendous. Hull are a good side and nobody's fool but I thought they sussed us out quite quickly and with Kaikai not firing on all cylinders we lacked something. Critch addressed that second half (although was surprised at the introduction of Woodburn) and we won the game. Scoring 3 against the league leaders is no bad thing and so overall I'd say Critch just about got it right but it could have gone either way.
 
Now there's a thought, don't have the Manager choose the team, have them elected. But who gets a vote: season ticket holders, the players, Chis?
 
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