TravellingMackem
Winger
Again, our manager said otherwise, but yea I’m sure he doesn’t have any reason to know that informationWe definitely started with 3 at back, with Winchester one if 3. I think it changed later on but I was in shock by then.
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Again, our manager said otherwise, but yea I’m sure he doesn’t have any reason to know that informationWe definitely started with 3 at back, with Winchester one if 3. I think it changed later on but I was in shock by then.
You can only report what you saw mate,,,,after allComing out of the ground yesterday and listening to the frustration of those walking back into the centre, I said to my dad that I'm going to get some stick for my report tonight. That is if anyone bothers to reply![]()
It's actually fantastic he puts the effort in mind, people's opinions will no doubt go either way,Surprised you did one last week to be honest![]()
I was at the game. We started with 3 at the back, unless Winchester was hopelessly out of position. Doesn't reflect well on Dodds either way.Again, our manager said otherwise, but yea I’m sure he doesn’t have any reason to know that information
Right. So you know better than our manager? Okay I get it now.I was at the game. We started with 3 at the back, unless Winchester was hopelessly out of position. Doesn't reflect well on Dodds either way.
Strange. Were you there There is another thread on here discussing Winchester's performance in back 3, in first half.Right. So you know better than our manager? Okay I get it now.
@AC Mack THink I may come out of this post looking a bit of a heathen but here goes.
Maybe you and others over analise now, akin to fellas post match on sky etc.
Most weeks it just feels like were in a garbage match against similar oposition who either want it more or are stronger/more athletic than our premadonas.
I know LJ would have spoken like pep prematch but I feel most tactical talks at this level will be in the style of Bobby Saxton dont you think?
I think if we had better/more intelligent players theyd walk through this league without instruction. Its a fairly simple game.
The pitch didn’t help yesterday, but that’s no excuse to the way we performed.
I looked at the team before we left and I couldn’t believe there was only one change, however that team that started should be beating Doncaster 2 or 3-0. There was no tempo, no urgency, we were just fannying on at the back and ran out of ideas pretty quickly.
There should’ve been 3 subs at half time, Clark, Defoe and maybe Roberts but it took them to the hour mark to realise it wasn’t working whatsoever. Then another double sub 10 mins later.
How on earth Gooch stayed on for the full 90 minutes is anyones guess, absolutely awful. Hume must be dog shit if he can’t get in that team. Just play him.
So what would people do on Tuesday? There's going to be clamour for big changes, but also for a return to a 4-2-3-1. The problem with the latter is the last away game we tried it, we lost 6-0.
HoffmannI'm not going to pretend there aren't issues with that. Hume is unknown, Matete is largely unknown, it's a shape we haven't played in ages, and Pritchard is out of position. Not to mention Stewart potentially becoming isolated. However, this should allow us more options in the middle, more protection of the back four, and if deployed correctly, runners get up alongside Stewart. The personnel can easily be switched in midfield, perhaps even dropping Evans to the bench, Neil into a deeper role and Winchester alongside Matete.
Hume Batth Doyle Cirkin
Evans
Matete Neil
Pritchard..............Clarke
Stewart
There are no easy options which suit everyone. On paper our attackers seem suited to playing in a 4-2-3-1, but in reality our defence becomes a shambles too often in this shape.
Im not knocking you mate, good reply.Maybe. I'd like to think we're a bit more advanced than that in this day and age, but maybe.
As for over analysing, my posts must take about five minutes to read. To me that is still pretty simple and basic - it's not as though I'm writing a book!
Speakman more or less aknowledged this the other day, spoke about trying to get another centre half in, but failing, he also said Wright would be back soonI also still think we should never have let Flanagan and Younger both leave. Our defensive options at CB are frightening and I was a worried man when Batth went down hurt in the second half.
We have to play 4 at the back due to injuries and lack of centre half's.
................... Hoffmann
Hume......... Batth Doyle........ Cirkin
........................ Matete
................ Neil............ Pritchard
Djaku.................................. ......... Clarke
.......................... Stewart
Something like this, a 4-1-2-2-1
Matete to sit and hold to give the centre half's cover and Pritchard to play ahead of Neil in the hole.
Djaku and Clarke to give us width and press from higher up the pitch
Genuinely don't know how to fix it with it being so unbalanced and having such a lack of depth (or quality tbh) at the back.
Only way I can see us being more solid is 433 with Evans (because theres no-one else) sitting with Matete and Neil but that means leaving out Pritchard and playing lumping eggs in the basket of Roberts/Clarke or both but don't either offering much support off the ball.
Still doesn't fix the problem at RB unless we throw Hume in and hope for the best and LB is looking a concern as well but think this is largely down to Doyle so would swapping him for Wright when he's back although he isn't suited to a back 4 either.
Just constantly trying to put fires our all over the pitch whilst starting others in the process.
Im not knocking you mate, good reply.
Dunno if youve read it but a Bolton fan posted on here a scouting report he’d done on Matate. Did you see it?
Dont know if im too lazy or buzy but it fascinates me the depth some fans look into!
I've advocated something like this for a while. My biggest issue is that Pritchard basically plays as a ten and we're just as vulnerable as we saw against Bolton. From a defensive point of view, all you've really done is replaced Winchester with Hume, and Matete with Evans.
I'm not sure it's going to make us any more solid.
With the lack of options we have now, I can't see another option.
Tell Matete to sit just in front of the centre half's and drop in when the full backs go forward, a proper defensive midfielders role.
Djaku will graft on the wing so should help push them back or at least give Hume some assistance.
We are so unbalanced as a squad at present thanks to injuries etc.
The other option is to go to a 4 5 1 with 3 in centre midfield, but that doesn't work with Pritchard either and Stewart alone up top