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Just out of curiosity, my memory is getting a little fuzzy. How often did DJ play as a 10 under Grayson? I seem to remember Gallagher playing there in the promotion season?
 
HunterLionheart said:
Just out of curiosity, my memory is getting a little fuzzy. How often did DJ play as a 10 under Grayson? I seem to remember Gallagher playing there in the promotion season?
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Can’t really remember what formation we played under Grayson, think it was closer to 442, with Gally on the left (although I can’t remember who was on the right) with Johnson and Kilkenny or Welsh in the middle, but sometimes DJ would be on the left with Gally in the middle. Don’t think we played with a definitive 10
 
jamesOB said:
Can’t really remember what formation we played under Grayson, think it was closer to 442, with Gally on the left (although I can’t remember who was on the right) with Johnson and Kilkenny or Welsh in the middle, but sometimes DJ would be on the left with Gally in the middle. Don’t think we played with a definitive 10
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Humphrey, no?
 
jamesOB said:
Can’t really remember what formation we played under Grayson, think it was closer to 442, with Gally on the left (although I can’t remember who was on the right) with Johnson and Kilkenny or Welsh in the middle, but sometimes DJ would be on the left with Gally in the middle. Don’t think we played with a definitive 10
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Gally did tend to be left (Grayson moved him deeper and centrally when he scored twice against Charlton in the Championship).
 
Pumba said:
Humphrey, no?
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He did for some, but I’ve got it in my head he didn’t start all games, especially once DJ came in, so I can’t remember who else would’ve played there.

IIRC we had either Becks or Garner playing there in the PO final
 
jamesOB said:
He did for some, but I’ve got it in my head he didn’t start all games, especially once DJ came in, so I can’t remember who else would’ve played there.

IIRC we had either Becks or Garner playing there in the PO final
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I think after Beckford came in we played like a lopsided 4-3-3 with Beckford on the right of Garner but basically a second striker and Gally wide left.
 
So from these responses I think there's a little revisionism over DJ then? It's not like AN played him out of position before he was moved to 10... He inherited and used him as a CM, then pushed him forward for his best season.
 
I thought Grayson often played 3 at the back. Humphrey on the right, Laird the left, Gallagher, Kilkenny CM and DJ in the 10 behind Garner and Beckford.
 
Mancunian White said:
A lot in 2013-14 and early 14-15 but we moved firmly to a back 4 when Woods joined, iirc.
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Woods wasn't even that involved during the first season after he joined. He wasn't in great form when he arrived and was injured a lot. He was actually better in the Championship than in League One imo.

I think we used 3-5-2 extensively throughout the promotion season (14-15), especially the second half of the season. Wright, Clarke and Huntington centre half, Humphrey and Laird wing backs, Gallagher, Welsh and Johnson in midfield and Garner and Beckford up front.

We switched to 4 at the back for the second leg vs Chesterfield and the play-off final, Woods and Kilkenny came in having not been regulars and were outstanding.
 
sedgwick__7 said:
Woods wasn't even that involved during the first season after he joined. He wasn't in great form when he arrived and was injured a lot. He was actually better in the Championship than in League One imo.

I think we used 3-5-2 extensively throughout the promotion season (14-15), especially the second half of the season. Wright, Clarke and Huntington centre half, Humphrey and Laird wing backs, Gallagher, Welsh and Johnson in midfield and Garner and Beckford up front.

We switched to 4 at the back for the second leg vs Chesterfield and the play-off final, Woods and Kilkenny came in having not been regulars and were outstanding.
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Good flexible management by Greyson.

There were some poor turgid games and performances under the 3-5-2, Yeovil at home sticks in the memory.
 
HunterLionheart said:
So from these responses I think there's a little revisionism over DJ then? It's not like AN played him out of position before he was moved to 10... He inherited and used him as a CM, then pushed him forward for his best season.
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Come off it. Neil wanted him to get the ball from the CB's and work it through into the forwards. Where he should have been is where he is now, on the edge of the box, effectively playing as a 3rd forward where he can put balls in that lead to goals and have shots. Neil rarely played him that far forward largely because he preferred Browne's ability in the air and the fact he could run in behind the opposition defence.

DJ has always been an attacking midfielder, he showed that against us for Oldham and Chesterfield.
 
Tino said:
Come off it. Neil wanted him to get the ball from the CB's and work it through into the forwards. Where he should have been is where he is now, on the edge of the box, effectively playing as a 3rd forward where he can put balls in that lead to goals and have shots. Neil rarely played him that far forward largely because he preferred Browne's ability in the air and the fact he could run in behind the opposition defence.

DJ has always been an attacking midfielder, he showed that against us for Oldham and Chesterfield.
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I'm not disagreeing with where he did play, I was asking the question whether that's where Grayson played him, either in League One or the Championship.
 
HunterLionheart said:
I'm not disagreeing with where he did play, I was asking the question whether that's where Grayson played him, either in League One or the Championship.
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Yes, he played him in the 10 in League 1 in a 352, not sure about in the championship but I'm pretty sure DJ was the most advanced midfielder whenever he played
 
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