Lack of a creative player in the middle

[amusant]

Preston came with a very simple tactic, close our players down from beginning to end and once they'd won the ball, break away fast. This worked like a dream and you had to admire their work rate. As soon as anyone had the ball there were two or three players on him immediately. Chery was able to make space for himself, but no-one else could until Nasser came on in the last twenty minutes - our only tactic to get around the smothering from Preston was to boot it long to Polter which given the swirling wind was always going to be a random tactic. We're missing a player like Faurlin in midfield who was good at keeping possession under pressure and then creating something once he'd made space for himself.

I think we can expect Preston's performance to be a template for other visiting teams from now on.

[West Acton]

We discussed this during the game it was crying out for someone to just be calm put foot on the ball and pick passes and dictate the game and our pace of the game. That's not Faurlin for me personally but a player who is comfortable on ball and brave with it

Is that player out there in our price range?? I'm sure it was supposed to be Toszer but he's disappeared.

[Olly]

Twice in a row we've been undone by the very tactics JFH wants to impose on other teams - pressure - which we couldn't get going ourselves.

[Shepherds Mush]

Twice in a row we've been undone by the very tactics JFH wants to impose on other teams - pressure - which we couldn't get going ourselves.

Spot on. Where was our pressing game yesterday?

[Shania]

Could it be that the new player from Poland could take that role?

[nanocopic]

Could it be that the new player from Poland could take that role?

Unsure, not seen enough, I know he is meant to be a DM but they can still be creative.

[dogsrrs]

Surely your captain should get his players to stophoofing at a packed defence it's playing the way the oposition wants them to

[Shania]

Unsure, not seen enough, I know he is meant to be a DM but they can still be creative.

OK.

[72bus]

Preston came with a very simple tactic, close our players down from beginning to end and once they'd won the ball, break away fast. This worked like a dream and you had to admire their work rate. As soon as anyone had the ball there were two or three players on him immediately. Chery was able to make space for himself, but no-one else could until Nasser came on in the last twenty minutes - our only tactic to get around the smothering from Preston was to boot it long to Polter which given the swirling wind was always going to be a random tactic. We're missing a player like Faurlin in midfield who was good at keeping possession under pressure and then creating something once he'd made space for himself.

I think we can expect Preston's performance to be a template for other visiting teams from now on.

good post , we were crying out for a footballer with a brain to make an impact , saw a few glimses but the best team won down to their work rate and never letting us settle on the ball

[Pinkie]

good post , we were crying out for a footballer with a brain to make an impact , saw a few glimses but the best team won down to their work rate and never letting us settle on the ball

And how worrying is that when thats how we`re supposed to be playing, i know it gets said quite often, but i think the next few games are going to be big, cos if we carry this on the s***s going to hit the fan!

[Stanley]

Is that player out there in our price range??

Wasn't Jordan Cousins meant to be that type of player?

[West Acton]

Wasn't Jordan Cousins meant to be that type of player?

From what I have seen I like but hes more box to box in my view instead of someone who is going to dictate pattern of game. I see him getting on the end of things created by the ball player given his drive

[Greg1882]

Wasn't Jordan Cousins meant to be that type of player?

I think he is yes, trouble is we're doing the QPR thing and playing him out of position already

[nasser95]

Surely your captain should get his players to stophoofing at a packed defence it's playing the way their operation wants them to

Is this really you trying to criticise Ned for this? Unbelievable...

[dogsrrs]

Is this really you trying to criticise Ned for this? Unbelievable...

Pr@tt did you ever see Shaun Derry