Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:56 pm
Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:08 pm
BlueDredd wrote:Finally it's coming to light that we're not performing as we should be. Peterborough, Millwall, Ipswich, and a few away games to name we have come up against weak opposition and get bullied into giving the ball away every few seconds. No flow whilst attacking, and very occasional if at all. I'm very concerned. I don't know what it's going to take to change it.. But I haven't seen a solid performace in a good while. Will a new signing, change of formation, or rotation of the squad do it? We can't afford to let our top of the league status blind us into thinking we should wait and plod along and hope our form will come back around soon. Because at the moment the way we've been playing of late wont gain us promotion. We've got tough games coming up, and dare I say it, I think we are going to start dropping points quite regularly unless we a see a change. The way our midfield is run, in my views are causing the problem.
Please do not assume I'm trolling or being a w****r. This is just my opinion.
Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:09 pm
Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:11 pm
BluebirdJoe wrote:BlueDredd wrote:Finally it's coming to light that we're not performing as we should be. Peterborough, Millwall, Ipswich, and a few away games to name we have come up against weak opposition and get bullied into giving the ball away every few seconds. No flow whilst attacking, and very occasional if at all. I'm very concerned. I don't know what it's going to take to change it.. But I haven't seen a solid performace in a good while. Will a new signing, change of formation, or rotation of the squad do it? We can't afford to let our top of the league status blind us into thinking we should wait and plod along and hope our form will come back around soon. Because at the moment the way we've been playing of late wont gain us promotion. We've got tough games coming up, and dare I say it, I think we are going to start dropping points quite regularly unless we a see a change. The way our midfield is run, in my views are causing the problem.
Please do not assume I'm trolling or being a w****r. This is just my opinion.
To say you haven't seen a "solid performance" in aw hile is I think the wrong way to put it - in fact solid is the word I would use to describe all our recent performances. What you mean is you haven't seen any good performances in a while. And I'd agree. I don't know what we can do to change it but something has to be done.
Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:17 pm
BluebirdJoe wrote:BlueDredd wrote:Finally it's coming to light that we're not performing as we should be. Peterborough, Millwall, Ipswich, and a few away games to name we have come up against weak opposition and get bullied into giving the ball away every few seconds. No flow whilst attacking, and very occasional if at all. I'm very concerned. I don't know what it's going to take to change it.. But I haven't seen a solid performace in a good while. Will a new signing, change of formation, or rotation of the squad do it? We can't afford to let our top of the league status blind us into thinking we should wait and plod along and hope our form will come back around soon. Because at the moment the way we've been playing of late wont gain us promotion. We've got tough games coming up, and dare I say it, I think we are going to start dropping points quite regularly unless we a see a change. The way our midfield is run, in my views are causing the problem.
Please do not assume I'm trolling or being a w****r. This is just my opinion.
To say you haven't seen a "solid performance" in aw hile is I think the wrong way to put it - in fact solid is the word I would use to describe all our recent performances. What you mean is you haven't seen any good performances in a while. And I'd agree. I don't know what we can do to change it but something has to be done.
Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:23 pm
Natman Blue wrote:BluebirdJoe wrote:BlueDredd wrote:Finally it's coming to light that we're not performing as we should be. Peterborough, Millwall, Ipswich, and a few away games to name we have come up against weak opposition and get bullied into giving the ball away every few seconds. No flow whilst attacking, and very occasional if at all. I'm very concerned. I don't know what it's going to take to change it.. But I haven't seen a solid performace in a good while. Will a new signing, change of formation, or rotation of the squad do it? We can't afford to let our top of the league status blind us into thinking we should wait and plod along and hope our form will come back around soon. Because at the moment the way we've been playing of late wont gain us promotion. We've got tough games coming up, and dare I say it, I think we are going to start dropping points quite regularly unless we a see a change. The way our midfield is run, in my views are causing the problem.
Please do not assume I'm trolling or being a w****r. This is just my opinion.
To say you haven't seen a "solid performance" in aw hile is I think the wrong way to put it - in fact solid is the word I would use to describe all our recent performances. What you mean is you haven't seen any good performances in a while. And I'd agree. I don't know what we can do to change it but something has to be done.
I'm not sure that something has to be done. Basically I think it is the style of football that Malky is leaning towards; a pragmatic style that gets the job done.
For example; When we defend a corner all of our players are in our own penalty box. Why? because by percentages the more you have in there the more bodies you have to defend the cross. But then obviously it would limit our attacking option straight from a defensive corner, it doesn't matter! What matters is we do the defensive work in that situation and build to an attack when we are able.
Does flair, open style attacking play that is pleasing on the eye win football matches? No! Its good to look at and keeps us entertained but it doesn't necessarily win you games. What Malky is adopting is a style that simply gets the job done in the most efficient method possible. Performances don't need to be great if you are doing the basics right of keeping out the opposition and scoring when you are able. Its not the best to watch but its the best for celebrating afterwards!!!
Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:18 pm
BlueDredd wrote:Natman Blue wrote:BluebirdJoe wrote:BlueDredd wrote:Finally it's coming to light that we're not performing as we should be. Peterborough, Millwall, Ipswich, and a few away games to name we have come up against weak opposition and get bullied into giving the ball away every few seconds. No flow whilst attacking, and very occasional if at all. I'm very concerned. I don't know what it's going to take to change it.. But I haven't seen a solid performace in a good while. Will a new signing, change of formation, or rotation of the squad do it? We can't afford to let our top of the league status blind us into thinking we should wait and plod along and hope our form will come back around soon. Because at the moment the way we've been playing of late wont gain us promotion. We've got tough games coming up, and dare I say it, I think we are going to start dropping points quite regularly unless we a see a change. The way our midfield is run, in my views are causing the problem.
Please do not assume I'm trolling or being a w****r. This is just my opinion.
To say you haven't seen a "solid performance" in aw hile is I think the wrong way to put it - in fact solid is the word I would use to describe all our recent performances. What you mean is you haven't seen any good performances in a while. And I'd agree. I don't know what we can do to change it but something has to be done.
I'm not sure that something has to be done. Basically I think it is the style of football that Malky is leaning towards; a pragmatic style that gets the job done.
For example; When we defend a corner all of our players are in our own penalty box. Why? because by percentages the more you have in there the more bodies you have to defend the cross. But then obviously it would limit our attacking option straight from a defensive corner, it doesn't matter! What matters is we do the defensive work in that situation and build to an attack when we are able.
Does flair, open style attacking play that is pleasing on the eye win football matches? No! Its good to look at and keeps us entertained but it doesn't necessarily win you games. What Malky is adopting is a style that simply gets the job done in the most efficient method possible. Performances don't need to be great if you are doing the basics right of keeping out the opposition and scoring when you are able. Its not the best to watch but its the best for celebrating afterwards!!!
You give good points there. But if we're to play this style we need to be doing it well. Otherwise we become an average side playing shit football.