Most liked posts in thread: No Width, No Pace, No Idea

Can I have an answer on the charity bet?

 

Sorry, because you ended your post with the comment you didn’t want to respond any more, I ignored it.

So, you posted “Tell you what burns charity bet. They end bottom four I pay £100 to the burns unit, they end above 15th you pay £50? Even giving you the better deal considering how confident you are they’ll struggle”.

Yes, i’ll take you up on it. Is there a way of getting it added somewhere as a ‘sticky’?

 

Deal. Not sure one for the mods.

 

In this division you’ll have two heading sticks at the back so I agree

 

Don’t be frustrated we could still sign 2 or 3 quality players

 

I’ll give you the first 3 examples, but even then, Sheff Utd lost 1-0 at league runners-up (Bolton) and Luton narrowly lost 1-0 at 4th placed Pompey. That said, I take your point all the same.

But I think you’ve lost the point totally with your next set of examples. How can you compare the situation to something that hasn’t yet happened...!

 

Good point although i’m yet to be persuaded that Scannell will be the player everyone is expecting. I’ll wait till he’s had a good run before writing him off in my head. Wood isn’t an out and out winger but does have a good cross on him and could be an option. Still waiting to see what the lad from Walsall (i forget his name) has to offer.

 

It's one game!

If 4 3 3 is his preferred formation then we won't have to worry about any wingers.

 

Even Bowyer will not play the rest of this seasons games with a 4-3-3 formation, hence the need for wingers.

 

Not and never wood please. He’s crap

 

Who else came here expecting this to be a thread confirming the title of Trev's long awaited autobiography?

 

Totally agree. We also don't know what Ismail is like yet too. We have the options and I'm sure that we will change shape and formation dependant on the game/opposition.

 

Whats your assessment after the Cambridge game?

 

I was replying to the original poster who said this squad would finish 12th before we'd kicked a ball. He was talking about our squad on paper, so I replied with my views of our squad on paper

 

Do you think Shay would be useful out on the wing?

 

There was no ‘problem’ when Parkie got us to the LC final and promotion, plus season on season improvement, using that system.
There was no problem when McCall got us to a PO Final using that system.

I personally prefer 4-4-2 with 2 out and out wingers. We can stretch teams and if both are really good players, they find it harder to double-up or treble defend players.

But saying teams will easily find us out playing other systems is wrong

 

I have to say, the obsession with 4 4 2 is a bit tired.

If you could make the argument that we've signed a set of players who suit that formation and only that formation, like under Parky, fine.

But I really don't see that at all.

 

I'm no fan of 442 and I think it's dying a death a bit to be honest but if you look at our squad, I don't see a better formation to suit the players which we have.

 

No you don't need width, it's just that our fanbase is accustomed to seeing it.

That's all.

Old habits die hard.

 

With one winger who happens to be pretty slow, I would have to disagree that our squad suits a 4 4 2.