Surrender line -up
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:07 am
Absolutely gobsmacked to see that we had returned to the 5-3-2 formation that served us so well at home to Swindon. If Boris can label an act a surrender bill i can label our line up as the surrender formation. Surely , even if you don't attend the games, the scorelines while we are playing this surrender brand of football speak for themselves. Weirdly enough, when we abandon this white flag approach and our forwards come on the team starts clicking and we pose a threat. The reasons that this does not work
1. Ling and Widdowson are not wing backs and will never be in a million years.
2. Ling and Widdowson are in no mans land neither defending nor attacking. Where are they ?
3. We are effectively playing with nine men
3. Coulson, Happe and Marvin are constantly running over to cover Widdowson and Ling leaving gaps in the middle
4 Opposing managers simply target this system and pump ball down our channels forcing our centre backs to move across.
5. We are inviting pressure with less forwards on the pitch
5 There is no width. Ling and Widdowson are defenders and not proper wingers. They are not forward thinking. They don't know whether to run forward when we have the ball or hang a little back just in case. Therefore there are little options for the midfield.
6. Bottom line, we are MORE vulnerable in defence and less potent up front.
7. Its a total shambles
I can appreciate that Ross is trying to stop the shipment of goals but the solution is not by using a 5-3-2 system. He needs to look at personnel when we play 4 at the back , that's the problem, not the system .
He should have been sitting behind the goal as we were at Colchester to see where the real problems lie. He needed to see at close hand what was happening. Bottom line, where was the marking. ? Unfortunately, Widdowson had a shocker and Ling not far behind. Were ANY crosses stopped ?
Personally, id move Marvin to right back and give Ogie a go at left back. Slade moved Cuthbert there successfully. In essence Marvin has been playing there anyway nearly all season covering for Ling in no mans land. Ogie looked outstanding when i saw him play.
Its the full backs that are the weak link with four at the back, that's the problems and that's what the management team are failing to see in my opinion.
Still, we got a point ... Up the O's !
1. Ling and Widdowson are not wing backs and will never be in a million years.
2. Ling and Widdowson are in no mans land neither defending nor attacking. Where are they ?
3. We are effectively playing with nine men
3. Coulson, Happe and Marvin are constantly running over to cover Widdowson and Ling leaving gaps in the middle
4 Opposing managers simply target this system and pump ball down our channels forcing our centre backs to move across.
5. We are inviting pressure with less forwards on the pitch
5 There is no width. Ling and Widdowson are defenders and not proper wingers. They are not forward thinking. They don't know whether to run forward when we have the ball or hang a little back just in case. Therefore there are little options for the midfield.
6. Bottom line, we are MORE vulnerable in defence and less potent up front.
7. Its a total shambles
I can appreciate that Ross is trying to stop the shipment of goals but the solution is not by using a 5-3-2 system. He needs to look at personnel when we play 4 at the back , that's the problem, not the system .
He should have been sitting behind the goal as we were at Colchester to see where the real problems lie. He needed to see at close hand what was happening. Bottom line, where was the marking. ? Unfortunately, Widdowson had a shocker and Ling not far behind. Were ANY crosses stopped ?
Personally, id move Marvin to right back and give Ogie a go at left back. Slade moved Cuthbert there successfully. In essence Marvin has been playing there anyway nearly all season covering for Ling in no mans land. Ogie looked outstanding when i saw him play.
Its the full backs that are the weak link with four at the back, that's the problems and that's what the management team are failing to see in my opinion.
Still, we got a point ... Up the O's !