Yes our tactics continue to confuse me as well.
We concede many goals from simple crosses into the area yet we continue to field full backs who don't seem to see the stopping of crosses as one of their primary objectives.
I think the tendency of full backs to 'tuck in' also exacerbates the problem as attackers coming in from the flanks have time to get up a head of steam before they meet any resistance.
Yes I like to see a full back making overlapping runs but not at the expense of his primary objective of preventing attacking threats from the wings..
Perhaps it's modern tactical thinking as Gary Neville made a similar point recently when he observed that todays full backs seem to see their main role to be pseudo wingers rather than defending their goal.
However we don't have the luxury of adopting tactical models that require premiership levels of ability and fitness.
So my message would be KISS.
That's a decent shout, look at the goals we concede and a high percentage are headers from easy crosses into the box ( or set pieces) like both goals at Chorley for example. Yesterday, 3rd and 4th goals came from similar. The goal we conceded at Brackley in the week was similar. So that's 5 in a week...and that's just one week
If we play a tradional 4 at the back, then you shouldn't get both full backs bombing forward as they tend to do in a 5. I'd prefer to see 5 in midfield with 2 out wide, say Nicky Clee and Newby.
It's rare for us to score a goal from a full back cross, yesterday being an exception. Until we get full backs of a much higher standard then I think we should play a 4-5-1 and make us harder to score against from these cross balls.
Simple in theory!