Woolf has hardly done much to impress when given the chance and until quite recently there was really no reason to even consider dropping Thomas or Kitching.He has done well, when picked. Personally I would give Woof a lot more game time.
Yes I know, he started 1st Jan replacing dasilva who was on a red card ban. Played well but injured 62 minutes in. Been out until recently. He would be first pick at left back for me played on left at Preston & got player of the season.We played Bidwell against Swansea and Brau against Ipswich. KKH was on bench for both
Totally untrue. I have been saying for ages, we need to change formation away from home.Great when you are scoring 3 or 4, but that has changed and we need to make ourselves harder to beat. Woolf has done okay, when played..He had one bad game at Wrexham, when we were short of players. The whole team were dreadful that day. My posts aren't about dropping players, resting them, when playing 3 in a week. KH was Preston's player of the year, but hardly ever plays.Woolf has hardly done much to impress when given the chance and until quite recently there was really no reason to even consider dropping Thomas or Kitching.
A lot of your comments seem to just be hindsight biased, it's very easy to say we should have changed things when you're looking at 5 or 6 poor results, but that would require making changes after just 2 or 3.
Woolf has hardly done much to impress when given the chance and until quite recently there was really no reason to even consider dropping Thomas or Kitching.
A lot of your comments seem to just be hindsight biased, it's very easy to say we should have changed things when you're looking at 5 or 6 poor results, but that would require making changes after just 2 or 3.
It's not just about the keeper's ball playing ability, it's about dictating the areas they play in to.
If a keeper is poor with his feet you might prefer to let him have the ball and force him to attempt a longer pass or just hoof it which generally benefits the defence.
Yeah and when one bombs forward the other full back stays back and tucks in, which allows Grimes to squeeze forward its basic ametuer shitI would be quite tempted to put him LB with MvE RB. Would be an interesting experiment to have those two in the team at the same time.
I agree Kesler-Hayden has been horrendously underused. He’s solid defensively and good going forward.
Very difficult, if you are not playing regularly. Preston player of the season, last yr, I believe. Just checked, he won 3 awards.I disagree - he's been poor whenever he's had to play longer than a 10/15 min cameo when we are 3-0 up.
I'd say he's better used when we've been forced to use him.
KKH hasnt hit the heights we expected..... yet.I disagree - he's been poor whenever he's had to play longer than a 10/15 min cameo when we are 3-0 up.
I'd say he's only been used when we've been forced to use him.
KKH hasnt hit the heights we expected..... yet.
He was very good at Preston. We just have to hope he comes good. Has the proven talent. Hope its just a matter of time and being injury free. Sometimes as in all jobs, things work out, just dont for a number of reasons or just need some factor to change and then it goes well. I'd expect most people have experienced all three things.
I am reasonable confident that he will become very valuable to the Coventry si
Hard to hit the heights, when not picked.KKH hasnt hit the heights we expected..... yet.
He was very good at Preston. We just have to hope he comes good. Has the proven talent. Hope its just a matter of time and being injury free. Sometimes as in all jobs, things work out, just dont for a number of reasons or just need some factor to change and then it goes well. I'd expect most people have experienced all three things.
I am reasonable confident that he will become very valuable to the Coventry side.
The Temu Josh Eccles.
I disagree - he's been poor whenever he's had to play longer than a 10/15 min cameo when we are 3-0 up.
I'd say he's only been used when we've been forced to use him.
KKH was immense at Preston so there's a player in there but the stop start sub appearance here and there ain't good enough. I think he could be a serious weapon and he has the pace to get back. If Frank tweaked it so Milan and KKH were more reserved and held their defensive position there's no winger striker out running them it's such a simple fix. We have midfielders and wingers for a reason let them do the attacking.I would be quite tempted to put him LB with MvE RB. Would be an interesting experiment to have those two in the team at the same time.
The whole point of the formation is to have mve and jds overlapping the wingers creating 2v1s against opposition fullbacks and/or occupying a centre back to create an overload in the box for the cross.KKH was immense at Preston so there's a player in there but the stop start sub appearance here and there ain't good enough. I think he could be a serious weapon and he has the pace to get back. If Frank tweaked it so Milan and KKH were more reserved and held their defensive position there's no winger striker out running them it's such a simple fix. We have midfielders and wingers for a reason let them do the attacking.
Obviously I do know tactics pal and my point is teams are exposing it and it's costing us so any other coach would change tactically. You sound like a PE teacher patronising a student. The tactics did get us to the top of the league but them same tactics have seen us completely drop off because opposition coaches can see if it's turned over there's an ocean of space to exploit.The whole point of the formation is to have mve and jds overlapping the wingers creating 2v1s against opposition fullbacks and/or occupying a centre back to create an overload in the box for the cross.
The formation got us to top of the league, the tactics got us to top of the league.
Why do people on here think they know better?
Have you been watching the last 8 weeks?The whole point of the formation is to have mve and jds overlapping the wingers creating 2v1s against opposition fullbacks and/or occupying a centre back to create an overload in the box for the cross.
The formation got us to top of the league, the tactics got us to top of the league.
Why do people on here think they know better?
Exactly you keep doing the same things the same things happen believe it or not and now it's not working it'll continue to not work IMO and that's why there needs to be a big tactical change because it'll surprise the opposition too who's game plan will be based on what we've done all season but can see coaches are exploiting the tactics that did serve us so well. It's what coaches are paid to do and should really be setting up slightly different for every game IMO because it becomes almost roboticHave you been watching the last 8 weeks?
I've backed DK up until now. I sincerely hope that he takes a qualified gamble in this window. This chance is one that just can't fail to be backed financially. There have to be questions asked in the eventuality that it isn'tAnyone else feeling a sense of dread that we’ll reach the deadline Monday without a centre mid. Definitely getting déjà vu to the summer window. Bed wetting territory.
I’ve been trying to convince myself that it’s just defensive errors costing us, the milwall game was more or less how our away games have been going but we managed to hold on, they actually had to work for their goal, the away form could quite easily turn around starting tomorrow, but it’s not working, QPR will set up to try and do what Norwich did. Why don’t we change it, give them something else to think about, we’ve got the perfect squad for a 532 away, it’s a bit more defensive but you can still get torp, Simms and wright ( who all get goals ) on at the same time, we’ll still create plenty, 4 5 1 is great when it works but you can see what happens when it doesn’t, nothing wrong with a plan b now and again ? Stick with the 451 at home it works, it’s not people knowing better it’s just seeing what’s wrong, I hope we do play what’s worked before and we batter them,The whole point of the formation is to have mve and jds overlapping the wingers creating 2v1s against opposition fullbacks and/or occupying a centre back to create an overload in the box for the cross.
The formation got us to top of the league, the tactics got us to top of the league.
Why do people on here think they know better?
It was we were fortunate as fuck against Millwall and against say Boro or Hull City even Derby who look like a decent outfit they had so many injuries when we won 5-3 they will have a field day with the current set up. It's the element of surprise warming up tomorrow like our usual formation then switch to the 3 at the back would completely throw their game plan.I’ve been trying to convince myself that it’s just defensive errors costing us, the milwall game was more or less how our away games have been going but we managed to hold on, they actually had to work for their goal, the away form could quite easily turn around starting tomorrow, but it’s not working, QPR will set up to try and do what Norwich did. Why don’t we change it, give them something else to think about, we’ve got the perfect squad for a 532 away, it’s a bit more defensive but you can get torp, Simms and wright ( who all get goals ) on at the same time, we’ll still create plenty, 4 5 1 is great when it works but you can see what happens when it doesn’t, nothing wrong with a plan b now and again ? Stick with the 451 at home it works, it’s not people knowing better it’s just seeing what’s wrong, I hope we do play what’s worked before and we batter them,
Thank the Lord people have woken up. Forum dominated by " we are top of the league"..but we haven't been good for 7/8 weeks. Leics and Millwall, lucky to win. Would I have taken this, at the start of the season? Definitely. Just need to turn it around tomorrow.I’ve been trying to convince myself that it’s just defensive errors costing us, the milwall game was more or less how our away games have been going but we managed to hold on, they actually had to work for their goal, the away form could quite easily turn around starting tomorrow, but it’s not working, QPR will set up to try and do what Norwich did. Why don’t we change it, give them something else to think about, we’ve got the perfect squad for a 532 away, it’s a bit more defensive but you can still get torp, Simms and wright ( who all get goals ) on at the same time, we’ll still create plenty, 4 5 1 is great when it works but you can see what happens when it doesn’t, nothing wrong with a plan b now and again ? Stick with the 451 at home it works, it’s not people knowing better it’s just seeing what’s wrong, I hope we do play what’s worked before and we batter them,
It was we were fortunate as fuck against Millwall and against say Boro or Hull City even Derby who look like a decent outfit they had so many injuries when we won 5-3 they will have a field day with the current set up. It's the element of surprise warming up tomorrow like our usual formation then switch to the 3 at the back would completely throw their game plan.
So you throw away what you know to be successful all things considered like player freshness/healthiness due to a few bad results?Exactly you keep doing the same things the same things happen believe it or not and now it's not working it'll continue to not work IMO and that's why there needs to be a big tactical change because it'll surprise the opposition too who's game plan will be based on what we've done all season but can see coaches are exploiting the tactics that did serve us so well. It's what coaches are paid to do and should really be setting up slightly different for every game IMO because it becomes almost robotic
Also. “Completely drop off”Obviously I do know tactics pal and my point is teams are exposing it and it's costing us so any other coach would change tactically. You sound like a PE teacher patronising a student. The tactics did get us to the top of the league but them same tactics have seen us completely drop off because opposition coaches can see if it's turned over there's an ocean of space to exploit.
You can get back to your game of FIFA now.
Honestly I would love you to be right and you can bookmark my posts.So you throw away what you know to be successful all things considered like player freshness/healthiness due to a few bad results?
Your argument falls down on itself “If we do the same things the same things happen”. So we can use that argument when we’re losing and conceding but not when we’re winning and scoring 2.7 ppg avg?
Looking back at January and December, have we been figured out?
We lost 1 home game out of 5
Drew 3 out of 6 away games
The table doesnt reflect how lucky a win was or how unlucky a loss was, but we’ve conceded goals due to individual errors that have cost us points and played through the busiest part of the season with a small squad and key player absences.
Now isnt the time to throw baby out of with the bathwater and rip into a system that we have proven to work.
We’ll win tomorrow, We’ll beat Oxford at home, and We’ll beat Middlesborough at home too and everything will be rosey.
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So you throw away what you know to be successful all things considered like player freshness/healthiness due to a few bad results?
Your argument falls down on itself “If we do the same things the same things happen”. So we can use that argument when we’re losing and conceding but not when we’re winning and scoring 2.7 ppg avg?
Looking back at January and December, have we been figured out?
We lost 1 home game out of 5
Drew 3 out of 6 away games
The table doesnt reflect how lucky a win was or how unlucky a loss was, but we’ve conceded goals due to individual errors that have cost us points and played through the busiest part of the season with a small squad and key player absences.
Now isnt the time to throw baby out of with the bathwater and rip into a system that we have proven to work.
We’ll win tomorrow, We’ll beat Oxford at home, and We’ll beat Middlesborough at home too and everything will be rosey.
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xG is fucking gayyyyyyyyyyyyLast 5 league games we’ve had an average xG against of 1.34. First 5 games of the season we had an average xG against of 0.78. Fair to say teams are more able to exploit our system than they were at the start, and that’s why we could do with tweaking it.
No it ain't look at the stats from the first half.xG is fucking gayyyyyyyyyyyy
Homophobia in 2026xG is fucking gayyyyyyyyyyyy
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