And drop who?
Good question.
It is always a good idea when teams use full backs as their only width to keep them occupied in their defensive duties. It becomes a game of brinkmanship as to who puts attack before defence. If Barnsley have decent wide men willing to work hard it will test us. Or the could have a Callum McManaman who allowed CJ the run of the right hand side.
Grimshaw
Barnsley won’t sit back. Heard only 800 tkts sold. Poor showing unless there’s a late rush.
A week to go,pay day to come plus probably potg,should be a decent turnout
With Connolly as his replacement?
I will give you 100 pounds to your penny that they dont give a fuck about our wing backs
I will raise u saying I bet we don’t even play the same wingbacks
You may be right Phil but one thing is certain. If we revert to a flat defensive five we lose. It's all about momentum for us.
thats some outrageously bad defending by port vale for almost every goal, we've been exposed by teams getting crosses in as well. i think our back three would deal with those crosses better. best way to keep their delivery players quiet is keep them on the back foot.
But there will be space behind our wide players and Critch being Critch he may decide to change things to stop/ limit the number of balls in from those wide areas.
That's what I expect, hopefully we are wrong. Gabriel and Lyons away from home as your wing backs it might work on a regular basis. Playing Hamilton and Connolly it will fail on a regular basis. Starting with Dale and Hamilton would be a win some lose some bold move.Expect more of the same as we saw at Exeter, Lincoln and Wycombe. We'll play 5 at the back, try to dictate possession and hope we nick a goal.
i could almost understand connolly on the right and a naturally left sided player on the left if its a defensive set up trying to stop opposition wide players. but a defensive wing player even trying to tackle on their wrong foot seems an invitation to either give away free kicks or just let the wingers pass and get crosses in. The inverted shisser ONLY makes sense if we are on the front foot and taking the game to the opposition, which we havent been until saturday. Obviously im not a tactical genius like his baldrickness but surely critchley can see this.
Who marked out your pitch.... a blind man?
Yeah, he should stick to the curtain shop.Who marked out your pitch.... a blind man?
Suspect we’ll find out away from home that he’s an immobile lump. Hope I’m wrong but wasn’t massively impressed, he should play Lavery with Rhodes if he’s fit. Play football on the deck
Kouassi played the ball on the deck to Hamilton when he was brought down for a penalty.
He won headers that flew on to Rhodes. He was a handful.
It's a liner / ref perspectiveWho marked out your pitch.... a blind man?
If Dougall is injured Critchley might play him in midfield ,he seems determined to give him game time
Nothing proven about Critchley yet. He’s had a patchy career at best as manager.
