Tactics

[Still Hoping]

So as the Window closes, we are going to have to get more out of the squad, it won’t be that different a squad come Friday. I have just seen Stephen Warnock discussing Villa on Sky, it could have been us, too narrow and the wingbacks can’t beat a man was his summary of why it’s not working

So what do we do to get more creativity and width. Can we get Alvaro in and play Brady, strikes me Alvaro is our only wide defender who can beat players and Brady has been a class apart on the ball

Saturday was like Frankie Ball we have played well at times but need to do more in the last third, for me it’s getting in behind teams which doesn’t seem to be happening much

 

[Naughton's moustache]

So as the Window closes, we are going to have to get more out of the squad, it won’t be that different a squad come Friday. I have just seen Stephen Warnock discussing Villa on Sky, it could have been us, too narrow and the wingbacks can’t beat a man was his summary of why it’s not working

So what do we do to get more creativity and width. Can we get Alvaro in and play Brady, strikes me Alvaro is our only wide defender who can beat players and Brady has been a class apart on the ball

Saturday was like Frankie Ball we have played well at times but need to do more in the last third, for me it’s getting in behind teams which doesn’t seem to be happening much

Well yeah, just move Brady into a more central position to accommodate Alvaro.
Job done

 

[Thracia]

So as the Window closes, we are going to have to get more out of the squad, it won’t be that different a squad come Friday. I have just seen Stephen Warnock discussing Villa on Sky, it could have been us, too narrow and the wingbacks can’t beat a man was his summary of why it’s not working

So what do we do to get more creativity and width. Can we get Alvaro in and play Brady, strikes me Alvaro is our only wide defender who can beat players and Brady has been a class apart on the ball

Saturday was like Frankie Ball we have played well at times but need to do more in the last third, for me it’s getting in behind teams which doesn’t seem to be happening much

Sign players.

We can encourage the likes of Potts and Brady to be braver and take more risks as much as we like, but when push comes to shove, faced with a decent quality full back, they will almost always check back and make a safe pass, or attempt a long, looping cross from miles out - neither of which is particularly "creative".

Fernandez sounded good against Huddersfield in the cup, but until he starts a league game after his injury, we can't really assess how effective he's going to be.

 

[Naughton's moustache]

Sign players.

We can encourage the likes of Potts and Brady to be braver and take more risks as much as we like, but when push comes to shove, faced with a decent quality full back, they will almost always check back and make a safe pass, or attempt a long, looping cross from miles out - neither of which is particularly "creative".

Fernandez sounded good against Huddersfield in the cup, but until he starts a league game after his injury, we can't really assess how effective he's going to be.

Yeah, a long looping cross to 1 player against 3 or 4 defenders
Well maybe we'll have 2 players in the box if they really want to spoil us!