Home v Oldham August 17th

Palmer and Gibson together in midfield is asking for trouble. you'd need someone behind them in front of the defence if you're playing them two.

granted, Akpan and Anderson are crap but we'd need to put somebody in or we're getting completely battered in midfield.

 

Big game. Some of their fans think they could be in trouble this season, we can’t afford to be slipping up to crap like this. Time to start getting that winning feeling back. Hopefully with back to back wins for the first time in, forever.

 

If we don’t win this weekend I think there will be a lot of fans starting to turn, it feels a bit daft so early in the campaign but after the crap we had to deal with last season it’s hard to argue with peoples negative opinions. I’m predicting a dull 0-0 or 0-1 defeat but I hope I’m wrong.

 

Got to win Saturday simple

 

I don't get this must play Scannell love in. He was hopeless last night and contributed virtually nothing. He occasionally has a little run that results in a corner but he never has a shot at goal and rarely gets a cross in. I believe he's had one assist since he joined us. Scannell , Doyle, Akpan are the big liabilities at this club. All three very well paid and we need to somehow offload all three of them.

 

2 wins in our last 12 home games against Oldham. Knew it wasn't great but blinking 'eck, time to change that stat.

2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats

 

What about A o'conner in midfield if paudie fit. Not ideal but cant be any worse than akpan or anderson

 

Lose this and GB is going to be under serious pressure from the stands, 10 games to prove, needs few a few transfer windows isn't going to wash with many unfortunately.

 

Can someone please tell me when we’ve played 4-3-3 this season?

I see it at least once in every thread and we haven’t played it yet! So frustrating

 

I agree never seen him do much. He does the same one skill down the wing and very rarely beats his man.

 

It’s a 4312, but the premise of the point is there’s no bloody width

 

Don’t dispute that but it’s not 3 up front.

Hopefully it’s 4/5/1 Saturday. With scannel and Donaldson as part of the 5 and McCarten too. But doubt he’s fit. So maybe Gibson pushed on in number 10 role to pick out Vaughan.

 

Can Gibson play an att mid role? The role that Doyle currently being asked to do?

 

Not seen a game as yet but will be there Saturday would it be worth going 3-5-2/ 3-4-1-2 with Mellor and longridge as the 2 wide midfielders. Both O'connors and BRE as the 3 centre halfs. Palmer Akpan Colville in midfield Don and Vaughan upfront.

 

It’s not 4-3-3 or 4-3-1-2

Last night Doyle was clearly up front on his own with no support whatsoever. It was 4-5-1.

 

Thats his preferred position.

 

Although they sound close enough, the formations from a tactical point of view are completely different. A 4-3-3 would see 2 wide players (width) supplying/supporting a lone striker. This is in complete contrast to our current set up (with the exception of yesterday) which is playing 2 strikers in tangent and relying on fullbacks to provide width. 4-3-3 also requires a stronger midfield and makes the Doyle role redundant.

Although the difference on paper is just the 1 player,the formations in practice aren't the same. Not sure where 4-3-3 has come from but we're not playing it.