Thorn working on "Plan B" (7 Viewers)

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Coventry La La La

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Andy Thorn has been speaking to the CT about his "plan B" for next season.

Thorn explained,

“I think you have to have a back-up plan. It’s all right playing open football to an extent but you need something else so we are currently working on and talking about a Plan B, if you like."

“We had one anyway but we have been talking about different systems and where the players can fit in and get the best out of them. So we’ll have one next season and I’ll probably try it out in pre-season."

“It is something we will be able to change during the game or before the game. We have got two or three that we like and we will work on them and whatever suits us best we will do.”
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Thorn has insisted he will not return to the 4-4-2 formations that were favoured by previous managers and that produced unattractive football which the fans disliked, but he recognises the need for an alternative option. He will persist with the midfield diamond formation, but he intends to add twists and tweaks to it to confuse and disorient the opposition.

He continued,
“We had ten games in the end and we didn’t change the system. Everyone knew how we played but we started to get better and better at it and it is a case of other teams changing their system to come and stop us. The last game at Norwich we matched them up because they play the same way, and they have played it a lot longer than us."

"There were times when we couldn’t get near them and times when they couldn’t get near us either, but there are a few things we want to try when we get back, but we won’t be 4-4-2, that’s for sure. We will have bodies in different areas and playing the way we have been playing within different systems we want to try out."

“We might play one half a diamond and one half something else in the pre-season that we have been working on because that’s the chance to work on it.”
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CovScott88

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I know just saying that we need a Plan B is a simple and pretty obvious thing to think of, but he really does impress me with what he says.
He just seems really on the ball, all of the time. Always speaks sense, always thinking, always preparing and always trying to improve.
 
Coventry La La La

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I'm guessing the plan B will be to change formation i.e from 4-1-2-1-2(diamond) to 4-3-3 I don't think he means turning to hoofball for plan B.
 
covcity4life

covcity4life

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no what im saying is that i wouldnt mind hoofball as plan b,it did work sometimes and if its not our main style of play teams wont expect it much
 
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canningt

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the one thing i love about thorn, he tells the fans what he is doing with the club, i feel like he actually knows what he is doing. Even if it it something simple we still hear about it, which i like
 
Paxman II

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Nice to hear he will play the diamond formation and play entertaining attacking football into the bargain!
What ever happens next season looks like we will at least get the entertainment value everyone is always saying they want.
He is right Norwich played it all season and impressed many and ultimately gained promotion.
Caution is not the best option to get out this league. Reading very nearly made it once they played differently too.

Looking forward to next season now. There has always been such optimism the last few season's with the likes of Ray Ranson, Dowie, Coleman, Aidy Bothroyd all coming in with big ideas and high hopes but now dare we think that the answer and the promised land lies in a less known figure getting it right? Could well be.
 
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