Where would EMC play in the 3-5-2?3-5-2
Bidwell and Wright out
JDS and EMC to start.
Maybe Allen in for Eccles.
Simms and Bassette/BTA upfront.
Players need a rocket up their arse after the piss poor Derby performance
I'd give him a chance as a A/M in between Torp and Grimes, he's stronger than Sakamoto, and someone who could carry the ball and link with the front 2 would be useful.Where would EMC play in the 3-5-2?
Fair enough so more of a 5-2-1-2 shape.I'd give him a chance as a A/M in between Torp and Grimes, he's stronger than Sakamoto, and someone who could carry the ball and link with the front 2 would be useful.
If not EMC then Allen, but I think Allen is a bit too lightweight.
Yea, with EMC (and 1 of the strikers) dropping deeper when we are out of possession.Fair enough so more of a 5-2-1-2 shape.
I'd give him a chance as a A/M in between Torp and Grimes, he's stronger than Sakamoto, and someone who could carry the ball and link with the front 2 would be useful.
If not EMC then Allen, but I think Allen is a bit too lightweight.
Early doorsSales don’t look great nowhere near as good as last Saturday
Is this a category A game?Sales don’t look great nowhere near as good as last Saturday
YesIs this a category A game?
We conceded 2 goals per game recently playing 4 at the back against poor teams like Oxford, Stoke and Derby.So we’ll play a team in 4th place without our top 3 assisters? We rely on crosses in the box for chance creation and Torp/Allen don’t really give us this. Without Rudoni, 5-3-2 isn’t tenable.
We conceded 2 goals per game recently playing 4 at the back against poor teams like Oxford, Stoke and Derby.
We also regularly conceded 2 goals per game earlier in the season playing a flat back 4.
If we play the same way against better teams we will get found out.
We played a flat 4 last night without Rudoni and produced the worst display since FL arrived, and that was against a bottom 3 side with huge injury problems.
To win games you need to stop leaking poor goals first of all
The more telling thing was that we started off trying to play football, then allowed ourselves to get sucked in to playing their game of hoof and foul. Nobody out there on the pitch had the ability to wrestle back the initiative.Different players on the pitch and a different manager, you can’t put too much on form earlier in the season. Derby had 3 shots on target against us over 2 games and scored 4 goals, statistically its not a big
Looking at the goals conceded, 3 were set pieces so the first place to look internally on the training pitch. Something Lampard alluded too. There’s also 2 (maybe 3) goals that arguably shouldn’t have stood so perhaps we’ll get a dodgy decision in our favour.
We rode our luck at times in the run playing 5-3-2, specifically Blackburn, Wednesday away and QPR at home so this idea that 5-3-2 will magically fix everything is just wishful thinking. As things stands, it’s a one off loss and Lampard knows he doesn’t need to chuck the baby out with the bath water.
If we get battered against Sunderland, then perhaps there’s credence to the idea we should go back to 5-3-2 when Rudoni is fit for Sheff U.
Imagine that would impact ticket sales then as I think Stoke was a category B which also had some extra attention from the media for some reason.
The more telling thing was that we started off trying to play football, then allowed ourselves to get sucked in to playing their game of hoof and foul. Nobody out there on the pitch had the ability to wrestle back the initiative.
The more telling thing was that we started off trying to play football, then allowed ourselves to get sucked in to playing their game of hoof and foul. Nobody out there on the pitch had the ability to wrestle back the initiative.
I think/hope there will be a big push on Friday once everyone has got over last night. Block 4 has been opened now and that was closed for Stoke. The Mahou Lounge is actually already sold out for this one which is a first.Sales don’t look great nowhere near as good as last Saturday
Sales don’t look great nowhere near as good as last Saturday
Yeah they sold out last week.Seeing that it's 3pm for once, I'm guessing Sunderland will bring quite a lot down. Not sure if they're sold out already.
I imagine attendance will be another 30,000 or thereabouts
Yeah they sold out last week.
Sales don’t look great nowhere near as good as last Saturday
Thing is, with Sunderland, they are 7 points behind 2nd place and very unlikely to make that difference up in the remaining games.
They are also 15 points clear of 7th, so their playoff place is secured.
Might well explain why they have gone off the boil a little of late.
Thought Portsmouth was worse. Derby 2 games, 3 shots on target 4 goals.We conceded 2 goals per game recently playing 4 at the back against poor teams like Oxford, Stoke and Derby.
We also regularly conceded 2 goals per game earlier in the season playing a flat back 4.
If we play the same way against better teams we will get found out.
We played a flat 4 last night without Rudoni and produced the worst display since FL arrived, and that was against a bottom 3 side with huge injury problems.
To win games you need to stop leaking poor goals first of all
Take a draw now
Means we will go into the break top 6, and a fully fit squad returning for the last 8
Not hopeful at all. Frank needs to motivate these players to put a shift in - weird to say after the incredible form. But feel like we have a soft placid nature at the mo.
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