---Nemo---
Striker
Changing formations in order to field a single player rarely pays dividends. In general they have to be top class, unfortunately he isn't.
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Not quite, you just don't see it
We abandoned all comfortably formations when he joined. The set up wasn't working before but it got worse, we even lost the ability to defend simple things. This season has been truly shite.
Despite him scoring in our only two wins this year?
What a load of complete shite
Been very soul destroying. Its a mixture of all sorts, mainly recruitment, the squad is a mismatch of players from De Fanti, Long term players, LC's signings, Poyet's love childs.
I will give Poyet one thing, I think he realised that the squad was shite early on this season, obviously that is partly his fault, well mostly his fault, but looking back his plan of not getting beat first and trying to nick a goal was probably the only way we could play.
To be brutally honest, he should probably of just played Defoe up by himself or even tried him left wing in this usual formation, even though most of us were raging at the idea of it, it's probably the only way it could of worked.
Yeah but he has also played in all the other losses, and our ratio of losing games has gone up since he arrived to be fair.
Changing formations in order to field a single player rarely pays dividends. In general they have to be top class, unfortunately he isn't.
Sad thing is.Been very soul destroying. Its a mixture of all sorts, mainly recruitment, the squad is a mismatch of players from De Fanti, Long term players, LC's signings, Poyet's love childs.
I will give Poyet one thing, I think he realised that the squad was shite early on this season, obviously that is partly his fault, well mostly his fault, but looking back his plan of not getting beat first and trying to nick a goal was probably the only way we could play.
To be brutally honest, he should probably of just played Defoe up by himself or even tried him left wing in this usual formation, even though most of us were raging at the idea of it, it's probably the only way it could of worked.
Been very soul destroying. Its a mixture of all sorts, mainly recruitment, the squad is a mismatch of players from De Fanti, Long term players, LC's signings, Poyet's love childs.
I will give Poyet one thing, I think he realised that the squad was shite early on this season, obviously that is partly his fault, well mostly his fault, but looking back his plan of not getting beat first and trying to nick a goal was probably the only way we could play.
To be brutally honest, he should probably of just played Defoe up by himself or even tried him left wing in this usual formation, even though most of us were raging at the idea of it, it's probably the only way it could of worked.
Yeah but he has also played in all the other losses, and our ratio of losing games has gone up since he arrived to be fair.
You're my hero.The managers have not found a way getting anything out of him but played him every week...impact sub for me from now on in.
Maybe played Connor in the centre forward role?
I think that's a good way of putting it simply mate. agree.
As have the other 10 - many if whom have made costly individual mistakes. Without his goals against Newcastle and Burnley we could well have been rock bottom.
I do agree that we'll be relegated mind
Poyet changed formation and team every week anyway as has Advocaat. It's a disastrous way to manage a team.
Yep all sorts of things should of been different, its easy looking back now, but Poyet's 451 was the only way we could function, it fell apart from when he went away from that, which is exactly what happened last season too. We only stayed up when he went back to his normal formation.
Be honest have we got better or worse as a team since he signed?
No he didn't. He played the same formation every single game until Defoe signed, literally every game.
Sad thing is.
Jones, Buckley, bridcutt will all be here if we go down. Probably o'shea too I imagine. I wouldn't be surprised if Larson was tbh, he always seems to see out his contracts. Unless we push him out.
Wickham will be pushed out for £££. PVA will probably stay. Will they be good enough? I'm not sure, definitely need to spend some money though.
The football is no worse, the results have been but then it was coming from day 1 of the season.
Would we have gained more points without him?
No hindsight here, I've seen this one a few times over the years. In my gaff we call it the "Rodney Marsh mistake".![]()
excellent way of putting it!
Or in more local vein, the "Tino Asprilla mistake".![]()
Good God, the bed wetter are out in full force.The managers have not found a way getting anything out of him but played him every week...impact sub for me from now on in.
Christ what was Keegan doing there, thank god he did though.
Then signing him isn't the issue is it?
Maybe played Connor in the centre forward role?
The football is no worse, the results have been but then it was coming from day 1 of the season.
Would we have gained more points without him?