bigfatolly
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Woodgates downfall was changing formation ,personnel and tactics yet again,making the same mistakes as Tindall.
And HoweWoodgates downfall was changing formation ,personnel and tactics yet again,making the same mistakes as Tindall.
Well i am now! .........but i was doing alright in the first half!are you drunk?
They've fallen between 2 stools
I don't know when the rot set in but..........When Eddie and Jason started they had a set formation, style of play and because of that could get the best out of their players. Everyone appeared convinced no matter the opposition, we could outscore them, sometimes we won against all expectations, sometimes we were thumped. I always thought the team tried their hardest and gave their all to the cause.
Then we started " matching up" the opposition, especially lesser teams we knew we could outscore. With this came the "Possession is King" philosophy, if we've got the ball they can't score. This translated 3-2 wins, 2-2 draws, 3-2 defeats gradually to 1-0 wins, 1-1 or 0-0 draws and 1-0 defeats. Then the 1-0 wins became 2-0 defeats to teams not any better than us.
The result is what we've seen most of the season, players coming in and out regardless of form, fitness or mettle. Formations changed to match up and nullify teams . The message is " you're all classy talented players but we're not sure you're good enough to beat Q.P.R. ( or any number of mediocre Championship teams ) comfortably." Be free flowing, risk taking and adventurous but above all be very, very careful.
They've fallen between 2 stools, we need a manager who can reach down, pull them up and convince them they are good enough to get on the Premier League Pedestal.
Looking back in hindsight, I believe EH walked away from the club because he no longer believed in the technical skill or quality of his squad of players to get back up in the EPL. Whoever is appointed as the new manager will have an unenviable job on their hands to motivate and coach the current squad into playing fast attractive creative football.
Didn’t realise you owned the franchiseI thank you PSE for taking this post back on.
I will hopefully be back next week with the original non-soft soap version.
I think that we would still be better than this year's bottom three. Next year, however could be very tough once SU and WBA are gone.if this team somehow got promoted I dread to think what we would be like in the premier league!
Not sure if it's been mentioned.... but JW must take some of the blame for breaking up the CCV and Kelly partnership in the back middle......they were playing well together with 2 clean sheets in their games together. Should of stuck with the back 4 that played against Rotherham. There is never a settled side, with the excuse of having to rotate because 2 games a week.
Not sure if it's been mentioned.... but JW must take some of the blame for breaking up the CCV and Kelly partnership in the back middle......they were playing well together with 2 clean sheets in their games together. Should of stuck with the back 4 that played against Rotherham. There is never a settled side, with the excuse of having to rotate because 2 games a week.