Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:49 pm
Not putting this all on cisse, but we are so less effective without hector.
Boring 1st half.
Come on Orient.
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Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:49 pm
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:49 pm
Colchester are set up well but we cannot counter for toffee. Every time they disrupt their shape by attacking and then lose the ball, we inevitably end up losing any momentum by playing safety first. We kind of have to do that because our attackers get isolated when attacking on the counter, there's no real shape to our forward line.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:50 pm
What a forgettable 45 minutes that was.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:50 pm
Go 442 and take a chance. This formation is not working again.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:50 pm
Agreed.gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:48 pmLiking the look of him so far, seems to have a bit of bite and leadership about himessexfootball wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:46 pm Thompson is fuming constantly about no one collecting the ball or lack of options, he keeps passing it, then getting it back
Clearly better than L2.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:51 pm
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:51 pm
Hard to see where a goal is coming from - especially as we're far too slow in getting forward. Abrahams has been given nothing to work with.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:53 pm
Yep, him and Akinola looks like a really good partnership developing, they complement each other nicely. Big fan of Happe's but he's not going to get into the team as long as these two keep their form up.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:54 pm
Neither team scored in their last 3 games. 0-0 at half time. Didn't see that coming.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:54 pm
Cisse can’t beat a man. Clay can’t beat a man. Freeman is still getting up to speed. When you have all 3 in the middle playing sideways it becomes very difficult.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:55 pm
Just swap Happe for Akinola.Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:53 pm Yep, him and Akinola looks like a really good partnership developing, they complement each other nicely. Big fan of Happe's but he's not going to get into the team as long as these two keep their form up.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:57 pm
At least we are winning the possession stats again with 63%
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:59 pm
Meanwhile Crawley are being tonked 3-0 at home by Harrogate?!!
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:00 pm
We dont play 4-3-3 properly.
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:02 pm
This is Steve Davis type football. Slow, boring and unadventurous. No matters what players we get in, Embleton likes this style of play.. 442 is far too dangerous for him to revert to as tippy tappy slow safety football is all he knows.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:03 pm
4-3-3 killing us once again, We have decent players really suited to a 4-4-2.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:04 pm
I’m pleased you mentioned this.Four four two wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:02 pm This is Steve Davis type football. Slow, boring and unadventurous. No matters what players we get in, Embleton likes this style of play.. 442 is far too dangerous for him to revert to as tippy tappy slow safety football is all he knows.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:04 pm
ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:00 pm We dont play 4-3-3 properly.
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
Comparing wilko abrahms & kemp
To Mane Salah & Firminiho .
We need to have a song about that
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:05 pm
Hate to say it but he’s right.ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:00 pm We dont play 4-3-3 properly.
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
What’s even worse is 2 of the 3 in midfield are played too far forward, meaning we get hit on the break.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:06 pm
4-3-3 would be fine if played properly.Top of the JES wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:03 pm 4-3-3 killing us once again, We have decent players really suited to a 4-4-2.
Narrow front 3. Attacking full backs. Couple of CMs covering the defence.
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:06 pm
He clearly didn't mean in terms of ability. His point is valid that a static 4-3-3 becomes a 4-5-1. That's fine if you're massive underdogs but we're not. We either get the fullbacks high and wide and tuck the two wide forwards in or we play a different system.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:04 pmComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:00 pm We dont play 4-3-3 properly.
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
Comparing wilko abrahms & kemp
To Mane Salah & Firminiho .
We need to have a song about that
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:10 pm
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:12 pm
Of course its about ability .Eat The Rich wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:06 pmHe clearly didn't mean in terms of ability. His point is valid that a static 4-3-3 becomes a 4-5-1. That's fine if you're massive underdogs but we're not. We either get the fullbacks high and wide and tuck the two wide forwards in or we play a different system.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:04 pmComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:00 pm We dont play 4-3-3 properly.
In a 4-3-3, the front three should be playing close together, then interchanging positions, making them hard to mark. The width comes from attacking full backs. Liverpool play 4-3-3 well, with Mane, Salah & Firmino constantly interchanging positions making it a nightmare to play against.
What we play is more like a 4-5-1, with the striker isolated.
Ross is scared to commit to playing real attacking football, and as a result, we look crap
Comparing wilko abrahms & kemp
To Mane Salah & Firminiho .
We need to have a song about that
The ability to run for 90 minutes at high tempo .
Hence why they are footballers at the higher end
Of the athletic spectrum !!
Re: Exiles thread - Colchester (H)
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:12 pm