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sports rehab said:
but 'thats it' too..... you said strikerS not striker......... When we play 2 strikers we only have 3 in midfield and so he cant have 'free reign' if he is one of a 3 anymore because this season he hasn't contributed in a 3......

so yes, with 2 protectors behind he can play with freedom, so long as people dont want Riis & Evans to start.....
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I don’t think Evans and Riis works for the record. Hence why we have a goal difference of +1. The problem with Riis is I don’t know any partnership with him that works.
 
sports rehab said:
but 'thats it' too..... you said strikerS not striker......... When we play 2 strikers we only have 3 in midfield and so he cant have 'free reign' if he is one of a 3 anymore because this season he hasn't contributed in a 3......

so yes, with 2 protectors behind he can play with freedom, so long as people dont want Riis & Evans to start.....
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My fault also, I meant strikers as in over the years, not necessarily a pair of strikers.
Although I don’t see why it would be such a problem to play him as an advanced midfielder in a system with 2 strikers. There’s been countless times this year where we’ve failed to break the lines because we’ve had three midfielders all sat inside their own half with nothing to hit in between the lines. Surely an option in between there would speed up our play and I don’t think we need another man inside his own half with 3 centre halves and 2 midfielders, if it’s for example a 5-3-2.
 
Bullmassive 61 said:
I think if we get Archer on loan next month you will see a different Daniel Johnson, having better players at the club seems to lift him it was the same when Callum Robinson was here, he always looks for the forward pass first and these two players always made a forward run into space. We played a lot of the ball along the floor on Saturday and we didnt pass around our backline as much, we pushed forward a lot faster which is ideal for Johnson he needs to be involved all the time, he needs the captains armband, we need him for our push for the play offs. By the way, i have just watched the highlights of Bolton v Man Utd U21s, Connor Bradley, is he a RWB or right winger he spent a lot of time in the oppositions box, I know it was the U21s they played but what a prospect he looks, he scored but could also have had a couple of more, I know Potts has had a good season, but we do need a qualified RWB and this lad ticks all the boxes. With Archer and Bradley added, also Parrott fit again who knows where we might be come May
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The plastics fantastic tactics meant they were easy meat. Most of the time we managed to win the ball high up the field and then pull them apart because of the amount of space left by a defence that was out of shape. Completely different tactics to normal as you say but, as I've said elsewhere, few teams will make it so comically easy. It was highly effective yet simple approach very specific to the opposition rather than some epiphany about a new way to play.
 
Tarkovsky said:
I don’t think Evans and Riis works for the record. Hence why we have a goal difference of +1. The problem with Riis is I don’t know any partnership with him that works.
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I think he needs another out and out striker with say DJ behind them.
 
Weird interview, but DJ had always been very strange in media stuff. There’s a reason we never hear much from him, because the club don’t roll him out and the journos don’t particularly like interviewing him
 
The Interview to me comes across as there are external things away from football that have been on his mind. Like with the change of number, me and my family know so sounds like It is a tribute to someone In his life.
 
For what my opinion is worth, Ched Evans apart I thought he was your best player at Ewood the other day. He ran the show, and I have to say he has generally looked a very good player whenever I have seen you over the years. Very clever player, knows when to slow the tempo down and kill the game, but can also really get things moving at the drop of a hat and inject some impetus.

My Wife is a Chesterfield S/T holder and the esteem he was held in during his spell there is huge, even as a loan they still regard him as one of their best players in modern times.
 
Tarkovsky said:
True only problem there is, Archer doesn’t play for us 😂😂
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Club's fault we haven't found a suitable replacement rather than Riis' though. It's worrying if they thought Parrott was that man.

They're lucky Ched has had a winter resurgence.

Maguire is Riis' best partner at the club, in terms of creating space for him, but Maguire offers nothing else but movement.

Riis scored 3 against West Brom & Norwich, both starting alongside Maguire.
 
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