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« Reply #150 on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 21:14:54 » |
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We couldnt do much worse away, so 4-5-1 has to be worth a shout.
Especially on saturday where 0-0 would be a good result.
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« Reply #151 on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 21:55:41 » |
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McGovern in the middle?
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« Reply #152 on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 21:57:58 » |
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I think McGovern isnt too bad at right back to be honest.
4-5-1 might leave a place for Peacock in the middle?
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« Reply #153 on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 21:58:59 » |
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I think McGovern isnt too bad at right back to be honest.
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« Reply #154 on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 22:00:20 » |
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nah, I honestly think hes alright there!
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« Reply #155 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 06:41:53 » |
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You know who should play right wing in a 4-5-1 though?
Got to be Cox, big man Paynter in the middle.
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« Reply #156 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 08:37:40 » |
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If we were Reading he'd probably take that, but I bet he's big headed enough to get annoyed at the prospect of playing right wing for us at this level. He can and has played in that position and looked good at Reading, and if given license to attack along with McNamee on the basis the 3 midfielders generally leave 2 holding, 1 for definite, then it could work. I just fear Paynter doesn't have the mobility to work the entire line. Either way, I think 4-5-1 is the way to go, away at least, for the time being, until our defence settles in together. Malpas is cleary getting them to be more creative, given them more license to use what nouse they have and keep the ball on the floor and use our strengths in attack wherever possible. The problem is this opens us up a bit more than when we had two banks of 4 dedicated to stopping first. Ardiles encountered the same issues after the PLay Off farce, confidence drained and although we still looked good we couldn't stop teams. If we can use 4-5-1 to steady the ship a bit while not stopping our new footballing philosophy, then confidence may grow and then we can revert to the more open style. To me, we don't look to far from a decent team, and if we could just find a confident experienced centre half we'd probably be ok right now. Maybe as he fits in Nalis may provide a lot of what is needed but he hasn't played many games with the defence as yet and out of pre season friendlies some of their more nervous attributes are showing which he won't have seen.
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« Reply #157 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 08:39:12 » |
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"our new footballing philosophy" I like that Rob sums up what's trying to be achieved well.
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« Reply #158 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 08:41:18 » |
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Its defence and the right side that we have problems i would not be suprised to see a new formation but would rather see us try a settled defence for a few weeks.
On the subject of malpas my mate reckons he is just a chancer who is going to get caught out. I am inclined to agree if i am honest.End of october will be interesting when it comes to getting the second payment for season tickets
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« Reply #159 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 10:26:33 » |
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You know who should play right wing in a 4-5-1 though?
Got to be Cox, big man Paynter in the middle.
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« Reply #160 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 10:29:44 » |
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4-5-1, at home? You have got to be taking the piss. Our midfield are out of sorts, but it'll come good.
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« Reply #161 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 10:42:32 » |
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No, away it would be fine.
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« Reply #162 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:01:18 » |
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no way should we play 4-5-1 with the players we have.
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« Reply #163 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:08:22 » |
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no way should we play 4-5-1 with the players we have.
We should play five at the back with an old fashion sweeper who can read the game and marshal the defence. Trouble is we don't have the player who could handle the job, Williams a couple of years ago certainly could have. So its back to 4-4-2 |
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« Reply #164 on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 11:12:26 » |
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No, away it would be fine.
I see where you are coming from, and if we are struggling for league form in a couple of months then maybe. Personally I'd rather see us fix the problem playing 4-4-2. As I think Arriba was saying, the players we have should be able to do this. The worry I have with 4-5-1 is that we won't be effective as an attacking unit, we will soak up more and more pressure and eventually they will score one. I realise we aren't doing much else at the moment anyway, but too early to fiddle just yet. |
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