Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Mansfield Town (H) @ 15:00 26 Feb

He's probably going to give Lavery a chance as well. I'm fine with that, he seemed to be OK when he was used fleetingly and has played at a higher level so I would hope he'll have something to bring.

Tbh, surely all of our strikers are busting a gut to play and win a contact for next season to play under Hughes? Imagine how prestigious it is for a lower league striker to play under someone like Mark Hughes.

 

Yes, what won't work is someone younger/less experienced than him. He's shown he's not yet able to help that kind of person through the match. He's still too reckless or rash in his decision making at times as well.

 

Live down south and funnily enough not committed enough this season to hack the 4hr train journey.

I’ll put the commentary on up until we concede the first goal as usual.

 

I’m on holiday but would if I was at home.

 

My oil boiler fixed now so I’ll join you in a nice cold one.

@JonButterfield I can’t justify the air fare from Belfast. Very tempted to head over for the Swindon Boycott though just to hang out in town for the day ahaha.

 

I was told it today and posted without actually checking. Thankfully, it appears I was correctly advised.

I believe Mansfield have the Midland Road and top tier of Bradford End.

https://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/2022/february/we-appreciate-the-supporters-backing--manager/

 

Fair play to them. Is that the first time the bradford end has opened this season ?

 

Lucky git.

 

And a no from me but I will be there on 19th March. Heck might even nip up to see them play the monkey hangers on the 15th

 

I'm back in the UK for the first time in 2 years so I do plan to go to this game though not with the same enthusiasm and excitement as I usually have on these return visits to VP. The only thing that will stop me going is if Ev*ns is appointed.

 

No booing from me. Mainly because we packed full of average players and no shape to the squad or the team. Let’s see if the injury list starts to shorten.

 

Boycots and Banners. Only feasible option of getting Rupp out of the club. The rest of the issues will follow suit once he realises he’s fecked it up

 

I think the hope had been lost. We found again this morning.

 

10 minutes if he can manage it

 

He was always a master at volleys.

The trick with great players who manage at low levels, is fully understanding the technical limitations of the players they have. Sparky can step up an leather one like that in training, despite being nearly 60. None of his strikers can do that. Some of them can barely control a football.

 

Omar Khan in City (near Ice rink) very good. Karachi just round the corner is hard-core but great food (no cutlery or booze) cheap. Agrah in shipley good but expensive. Shimlah better value. Have a good trip

 

Yeah I did think this would be a blow, obviously, but I was pleased as it'll make for an even better spectacle. I was already looking forward to it as I know our fans are going to be excellent, but this is good news. There was a poll on here asking who was going and who was staying away. I think that question is redundant now.

 

In todays game its all about adaptability and transitioning. You won’t see a team stick with the same formation throughout the game, its all about switching shape through defensive an attacking situations.

Il give Liverpool as an example. In defence, you will commonly see a 4-3-3. With the wingers dropping deep to assist the full backs an perhaps Firmino dropping deeper into midfield to fill any voids. almost a 4-5-1 or a 5-3-2 depending on the strength of the opposition an how far back Fabinho choses to play

In attack however, You see the transition. The full backs go up, The CDM, notably Fabino, will either drop slightly deeper an act almost as part of a back 3, whilst the wingers invert themselves closer towards the goal. You see there, a 4-3-3 has gone into more of a 3-4-1-2

Now thats just an example for arguments sake. One thing i've noticed about this team under adams was they were too rigid. Somewhat compact in defensive situations, we’d go into a 4-5-1, or from when Canavan was here an Songo was in the middle, a 5-4-1. When we broke on the attack however, we would often be a shambles. A bunch of headless chickens so to speak. In other words, we couldn’t counter or looked pretty shit whilst doing it.

This kind of implementation will take time, I can see us being more organised under Hughes than before, But I don’t see wholesale changes being made till at least next season

bare in mind, It took Pep 2 years to get City playing his way, Whilst with Klopp it took about 3 to get liverpool playing the way he wanted to