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Post by reddevil on Feb 13, 2022 10:56:41 GMT
Always going to be a hard game ,missing Heardy and Newman didn't help.We didn't play a lot of football but battled away to final whistle ,earlier substitutions might have helped .4 winnable games coming up with the opportunity to use all our squad and rest some players for the final run in.Still all to play for👍
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Post by realfan on Feb 13, 2022 11:00:29 GMT
I’m not sure on that yet. Before Luke arrived i would have said go back to a 5 at the back. Even if we set up as 4-5-1, attack as 4-3-3 but defend as 4-5-1. It just looks like we are very over run on the break. And I personally don’t think our defence is to blame entirely.
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Post by gerryhan on Feb 13, 2022 11:28:15 GMT
Realfan we are agreed we need to change. Can't see Cigs changing his front three. Have a look at the video of the game and see if you still think we are OK defensively. You are obviously a real fan to make your way to the game and the club needs people like you (and me 😃)
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Post by gerryhan on Feb 13, 2022 11:29:16 GMT
Cugs
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Post by xjr on Feb 13, 2022 11:38:18 GMT
I’m not sure on that yet. Before Luke arrived i would have said go back to a 5 at the back. Even if we set up as 4-5-1, attack as 4-3-3 but defend as 4-5-1. It just looks like we are over run. And I personally don’t think our defence is to blame entirely. We have to remember Luke is only here for a little while longer. I am not a fan of these short term loans and we have not performed any better with him, although he is a very good player in his own right. We cannot build a set up with him in it as when he is gone it may need to change. TBH the lads have to perform better, be a bit more switched on and not give the ball away needlessly so much. We were razor sharp in the first half of the season and seem to have lost that edge now. Dave and Ade need to get back to being the 'handful' they were, there are a lot of missed chances that need to go in, or at least work the keeper. The above are obvious points and easy to say, it remains to be seen if the team can find their mojo again.
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Post by gerryhan on Feb 13, 2022 13:54:00 GMT
Top teams that play with three forwards insist that they press aggressively to justify that shape Real fan. Is that your point?
Point taken XJ about Luca but there is a rumour that he may be staying longer.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2022 12:41:33 GMT
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Post by finbarr_in_z on Feb 14, 2022 22:16:48 GMT
We looked good at times going forward yesterday, as you can see from the video, but we are lacking pace at the back and defensive midfield. Looking at videos (that's all I can do >200 miles away) for the last few weeks we seem to have conceded a lot of goals by our defenders being outpaced by very quick attackers. Does that sound right? We have excellent defenders when the ball is coming at them, but if it goes by they flounder. Or do all clubs have this?
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