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« on: February 26, 2013, 07:51:16 AM »
I have just listened to the post match interview with Sinnott and it was the same old ‘we never got going,did we ?’ ‘No’ we didn’t Lee because you got the tactics wrong again. I apologise if I repeat anything someone else already posted but it has taken until today for me to have calmed down from what was a shocking performance on Saturday. Mills had a good game but I just knew straight away that having a forward of that mould would slow our attacking football down ( which has been the highlight of the season )and I also said to my bro that Duncan will not get into this game stuck out on the left unless he came inside. Selections like this will cost us, on Saturday we should have started with Reeves and Watmore up top and brought Mills on in the second half. The balance was not right and this is where Sinnott fails, as well as getting players up for it. I have previously posted my concerns about certain players but I can not believe we have not brought in a decent centre back when defending is clearly our problem. We also needed Craney, we should have pushed the boat out a wee bit for him.
People who stand by Hall do not know their football or at least the main principles of defending, he won only two headers on Saturday from what I saw, often he would come running out to commit himself and lose the header leaving the ball to come over the top for poor Luca to defend all alone, this happened again and again. Thank god Havern is up there with the likes of Smith and Ellender in reading the game defensively. Also a long time ago I mentioned Hall’s distribution, it is awful and this has often leaded to the other team attacking and scoring. He needs to be dropped for Scott Leather and we need to find cover.
I still like Moult but his confidence is low so if we were to start with Mills then Richman and Rodgers should be centre mid with Duncan RIGHT not LEFT and Clee on the left. Yes I did say that Clee needed a rocket up his ass and I still stand by that comment but he is also that sort of player that needs to play week in and week out. Densmore stepped up a bit better on Saturday but each player needs to step up from now until the end of the season, going back to our last promotion, that team stepped up often or at least they showed PASSION which I keep mentioning. Saturday was a bunch of pansies playing, not the men we need.
This is mad to say but Reeves hasn’t been great in a lot of games I have seen, yes you can’t drop him because of his goals but I would want to see more chasing down, attempts to beat the defender with a header, just small things that could create another chance. For me we must adapt to play Duncan in his stronger positions, it is he and Clee that will create the opportunities and make a difference.
I could literary go on and on and discuss even more tactical thins about side passing, direct balls, positioning etc but a lot on here unfortunately only see black and white. Someone had a good game and someone had a bad game. I heard someone say on Saturday that Duncan had a bad game, maybe so but that was because he was out of position and look uncomfortable unless he cut inside. As for the long ball, we played that too much on Saturday because we had Mills upfront, Sinclair maybe be scum but he still had Reeves and Mills in his pockets. Small changes get results.