CJ Hamilton
That would be a strike partnership with no pace. Rarely do we play strikers together anyway.
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Marquis looks like a Poundland Gareth Bale, enough reasons to pass on him right there
Something our manager needs to adapt his system to, a front two, especially at home.?
Having more strikers on the pitch doesn't necessarily give a team more of a cutting edge.
We effectively have a front 3 on the attack anyway. Our wingers drift in to support the striker. This isn't 20 years ago when strikers were strikers, fullbacks stayed in their half and wingers were glued to the touchline.
Eliwiss & Bruce not blessed with speed neither were Toshack & Keegan. Speed of mind(knowing where to be)is far better than speed of feet.Usain Bolt tried to be a footballer, now he's fast.!!!!!
The game has moved on from those days and the players you refer to. Especially at Championship level, having pace and athleticism throughout the team is very important. Also, the way we play requires speed and mobility from back to front. We press teams from the front and especially away from home we counter with pace.
If we were in League 1 then putting 2 big, immobile strikers up top and hoying it into the box would probably work, but it doesn't at this level.
As for your Bolt reference, I don't know why you think it has to be one extreme or the other. Footballers can be quick AND have some technical ability.
Yes, a fluid formation with 1 out and out no.9 is probably more progressive and threatening than an old-fashioned, rigid 4-4-2 with 2 strikers on the pitch.
He isn't though. People can wish this all they want but AN has a system and is sticking with it.
What we do need (and AN has mentioned this himself) are more technicians. We have a lot of runners but the reason we sometimes struggle to break teams down at home is because we don't have anyone who can usually play that defence splitting pass or can run and carry the ball. This is why I think the loss of Bodin has been a big miss.
Was blatantly obvious last season for akk to see Maguire could not play the line striker role, Stockley has his limitations and could possibly do the role away from home.
Away home form was mediocre to poor especially our forward play, a manager who refuses to admit a weakness in our system or prepared to change the system, does that make his decision right, time will tell..
Agreed the supply is essential, but Maguire struggled to say the least in a lone role, but with width and supply and Stockley causing issues for centre halves I could see him pick up the knock downs and 2nd ball and getting a goal or three..
Maguire seems to do alright when we manage to get it on the floor and play the fluid, technical game AN seems to want, he's obviously hopeless when we hit it up long and when we end up playing like that Stockley is ideal. The problem particularly at the end of last season was AN was keeping Maguire on when we were lumping it up to him, making him completely ineffective.
When you say “technicians”, do you mean footballers?
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Struggled badly even when the ball was on the ground tbh. Looks to have lost a lot of strength in his lower body and really doesnt hold the ball as well as he used to.
Add to that with his hamstrings being glass, he isnt as explosive or quick. I dont think he provides much of a threat in behind. Disappointing, as it may be a case of a good player being let down by his body. Hope I am wrong and he does his squats over the summer and regains some of that strength and explosiveness
We play wide strikers not conventional wingers.