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Getting the best out of Brobbey.

Lord Alfred

Lord Alfred

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Has unique qualities with his strength and hold up abilities but I’m getting the feeling that opposition clubs are sort of working us out. Only a handful of players are actually able to compete legally with him…I thought Milenkovic did well on Friday, Mings and Konsa also Lacroix of Palace. The others are constantly fouling him and refs are ignoring it. The issue we have is that our wings are largely redundant and no-one is playing off Brobbey effectively. The two defence splitting passes from Le Fee against Villa and the man running through are the blueprint but unfortunately that wasn’t Brobbey on the pitch at that time.
 

Raven5 said:
Yeah, we need someone to get close to him and Diarra isn't the answer.
The wingers could go inside, Talbi with his pace would be perfect but somehow Regis thinks good performances and class goals aren't enough to displace the almighty Diarra.
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I'm struggling to remember the last time Talbi played well? He's got a goal him in certainly. Cracking shot against the mags but his all around game hasn't been great most of the season.
 
Keith S30S said:
I'm struggling to remember the last time Talbi played well? He's got a goal him in certainly. Cracking shot against the mags but his all around game hasn't been great most of the season.
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I reckon both Talbi and Diarra will kick on next season, both young and getting experience.

I’d like to see Isidor played up alongside Brobbey, whether it be a two up top or Isidor coming in off the wings, if them two could click together it could solve a problem. Would also give Isidor a chance to show he can be valuable next season.
 
Forest beat us by putting 3 men in the final 3rd. We had absolutely no counter for an attacking setup like that. If we had Mayenda on the left, Wilson on the right and Brobbey in the middle we could be onto something. I’d like to see ELF play centrally also because almost all his gal involvements started from him being positioned in the middle in the last few games. If that means dropping Diarra then so be it
 
Black_Cats1879 said:
Because we waste his presence. Look at what happened on Friday with all that pissing around at the back. We couldn’t get the ball forward far enough for him to do anything.
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The first few minutes we went on the attack, and Brobbey got the ball. Theres was nobody even attempting to get up to help him and the ball ended up going back to one of our defenders and us being on the back foot.

His role seems to be one of just doing the donkey work, there's no real attempt to get him in goal scoring areas. He's basically being used as a false 9.
 
There isn't a simple solution and we're going to need a bit of a reshuffle in the summer to improve the attack.

It's very obvious we need someone either alongside Brobbey or who will make runs from deeper to support. Diarra was signed as that player and has shown promise but far too few and far between. Le Fee is our most creative player but he's the supplier not a runner.

Probably the most logical solution would be to stick with 433 but sign a right winger who will cut inside and get up alongside. Traore kind of did that but AFCON/injuries coincided with Brobbey starting games so we never really saw them together. Ideally an upgrade on him though.
 
Put a couple of big defenders on him, like Villa and Forest did, and he’s ineffective.
We have very limited attacking options other than him.
 
Black_Cats1879 said:
Because we waste his presence. Look at what happened on Friday with all that pissing around at the back. We couldn’t get the ball forward far enough for him to do anything.
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Slightly off topic but I will never understand the madness that is those f***ing triangles at the back. I get that they can be effective if they're the foundation for beating the press, but Forest absolutely hounded us and we just kept doing it.

As for Brobbey, holding up the ball is pointless unless whilst you're holding it up, other players are moving into positions to receive the ball from you.
 
Definitely Maybe said:
There isn't a simple solution and we're going to need a bit of a reshuffle in the summer to improve the attack.

It's very obvious we need someone either alongside Brobbey or who will make runs from deeper to support. Diarra was signed as that player and has shown promise but far too few and far between. Le Fee is our most creative player but he's the supplier not a runner.

Probably the most logical solution would be to stick with 433 but sign a right winger who will cut inside and get up alongside. Traore kind of did that but AFCON/injuries coincided with Brobbey starting games so we never really saw them together. Ideally an upgrade on him though.
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A tried and tested Right winger is the biggest signing for me in the summer.
 
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