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Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:46 pm

Most important game of the season against Luton.

Massive 6 pointer and one which we should be in a much better position after.

Being at home, we need to attack from the start, we have already seen that we can’t defend.

What team and formation would you play?

They have some good players but they aren’t seeming to gel and play as a team, we have to take advantage of that.

It won’t happen but I’d go with the following:

Horvath

Ng Goutas Fish ODowda

Mannsverk

Ashford Ramsey Alves

Robinson Salech

Re: Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:49 pm

Don't agree we should attack from the start but I'd play a similar line up, except Ramsey playing alongside Mannsverk in a deep role.

There is no benefit in going all out attack from the start, would make us more likely to lose.

Keep it tight in the first half, hopefully get a goal, and then push on in the second half.

If we play like that, we'll win.

Re: Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:59 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Don't agree we should attack from the start but I'd play a similar line up, except Ramsey playing alongside Mannsverk in a deep role.

There is no benefit in going all out attack from the start, would make us more likely to lose.

Keep it tight in the first half, hopefully get a goal, and then push on in the second half.

If we play like that, we'll win.


I don’t understand why we wouldn’t go out and attack at home against Luton.

Leeds, Sunderland and Burnley fair enough, but Luton are none of the above and are struggling massively this season.

The pressure will be on them even more than us, considering we are the ones not in the relegation zone out of the two teams.

Our defending lately has been poor, simple balls into the area and not dealt with. Feel like our best option is to pressure them from the start and force some mistakes early on.

Re: Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:03 pm

Worcester - earlier on in the day you said I was negative and now you say basically we should not attack from the start. They are below us , we are home and we desperately need the points. What planet are you on ? Of course we should attack and take it to them from the star. Unbelievable

Re: Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:10 pm

Roath_Blue wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Don't agree we should attack from the start but I'd play a similar line up, except Ramsey playing alongside Mannsverk in a deep role.

There is no benefit in going all out attack from the start, would make us more likely to lose.

Keep it tight in the first half, hopefully get a goal, and then push on in the second half.

If we play like that, we'll win.


I don’t understand why we wouldn’t go out and attack at home against Luton.

Leeds, Sunderland and Burnley fair enough, but Luton are none of the above and are struggling massively this season.

The pressure will be on them even more than us, considering we are the ones not in the relegation zone out of the two teams.

Our defending lately has been poor, simple balls into the area and not dealt with. Feel like our best option is to pressure them from the start and force some mistakes early on.


I'm not saying defend all game, of course I'm not.

But I say we shouldn't go all out attack from the start for a couple of reasons.


1. We would massively struggle on the transition and it is more likely to see us concede early, which would be a nightmare as the fans will then be on the players' backs.

2. It's been show we can't perform as an attacking team over 90 minutes. We generally do well from an attacking sense for one half, my view is it's better for that to be in the second half.

Re: Luton is our most important game so far

Sun Mar 09, 2025 11:58 pm

Massive game for both clubs - We need a Win :bluebird: