Someone else obviously
Jedinak, Lansbury and Hourahane are definately the 3 for centre mid. For next season I'd have Bjanason and ideally Veretout but failing that Tshibola as back up for Hourahane and Lansbury but we need a proper stand in for Jedinak, and will have to buy one.The front 3 are looking like Green, Kodjia and Adomah, they are quick, a handful for defenders and fit into those roles the best. Unfortunately Hogan is probably going to struggle to play if we play that way which really begs the question of why Bruce signed him and not a proper wide player if he knew that was his likely formation. As it stands he'd be back up with Grealish and Bacuna, but we could still do with signing a more natural quick wide player to compete.Defense just needs a good centre back to compete with the first choice pair with Elphick as 4th choice. Maybe that will be Samba, if not we need to sign one.And we need to spend the big money on a goalkeeper, as this was the other baffling January deal and it needs sorting out once and for all in the summer.
Quote from: olaftab on March 05, 2017, 11:09:20 AMQuote from: Dave on March 04, 2017, 09:38:01 PMQuote from: Clampy on March 04, 2017, 09:03:51 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on March 04, 2017, 07:29:54 PMHe midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle. Having Jedinak back has made a difference and also Baker.And Hogan getting injured so that he can't play the shit formation that he seemed so keen to waste everybody's time with before.3 wins in a row is fantastic however I am not sure if Bruce has discovered any magic formula or impact of Jedinak. Footballing wise we have still been dire against the 3 team. 2 of them are absolutely atrocious and Derby were on a very poor run. Let's see how the next 2 pan out.Not a magic formula but a back to basics. I have thought since fairly early in the season that the teams that prosper in this league are the ones that make fewest mistakes and we had got into a bad habit of conceding soft goals by our own errors rather than anything special the opposition were doing. Dropping Baker for a game appears to have given him a kick up the arse and he and Chester have re-established the partnership that helped deliver the results we saw when Bruce first arrived.
Quote from: Dave on March 04, 2017, 09:38:01 PMQuote from: Clampy on March 04, 2017, 09:03:51 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on March 04, 2017, 07:29:54 PMHe midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle. Having Jedinak back has made a difference and also Baker.And Hogan getting injured so that he can't play the shit formation that he seemed so keen to waste everybody's time with before.3 wins in a row is fantastic however I am not sure if Bruce has discovered any magic formula or impact of Jedinak. Footballing wise we have still been dire against the 3 team. 2 of them are absolutely atrocious and Derby were on a very poor run. Let's see how the next 2 pan out.
Quote from: Clampy on March 04, 2017, 09:03:51 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on March 04, 2017, 07:29:54 PMHe midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle. Having Jedinak back has made a difference and also Baker.And Hogan getting injured so that he can't play the shit formation that he seemed so keen to waste everybody's time with before.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on March 04, 2017, 07:29:54 PMHe midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle. Having Jedinak back has made a difference and also Baker.
He midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle.
I'm struggling to see how Hogan would fit into a 433. He looks like he needs a partner or to play in a team that doesn't play off the striker. His hold up play hasn't looked good at all but he's looked a threat with his running
Quote from: Chris Smith on March 05, 2017, 11:18:52 AMQuote from: olaftab on March 05, 2017, 11:09:20 AMQuote from: Dave on March 04, 2017, 09:38:01 PMQuote from: Clampy on March 04, 2017, 09:03:51 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on March 04, 2017, 07:29:54 PMHe midfielders joining the attack and having Jedinak back has made us much more solid through the middle. Having Jedinak back has made a difference and also Baker.And Hogan getting injured so that he can't play the shit formation that he seemed so keen to waste everybody's time with before.3 wins in a row is fantastic however I am not sure if Bruce has discovered any magic formula or impact of Jedinak. Footballing wise we have still been dire against the 3 team. 2 of them are absolutely atrocious and Derby were on a very poor run. Let's see how the next 2 pan out.Not a magic formula but a back to basics. I have thought since fairly early in the season that the teams that prosper in this league are the ones that make fewest mistakes and we had got into a bad habit of conceding soft goals by our own errors rather than anything special the opposition were doing. Dropping Baker for a game appears to have given him a kick up the arse and he and Chester have re-established the partnership that helped deliver the results we saw when Bruce first arrived.If the League table was down to teams that make fewest mistakes we'd be sitting in in 6th place (based on goals against). If however we look at goals scored the table would have us sitting in 21st position, one place above the drop zone. See where our problem is?No idea why you think Baker needed a kick up the arse, he was doing fine before Bruce decided to try and shoe horn Elphick into the team because I assume he was working hard in training. It completely messed up the central defence, pushing Chester over to the left to accommodate Elphick on the right, then the fool decides to play all three and we all know how that turned out. Kick up the arse? I know exactly who needs a kick up the arse and it isn't Baker.Hopefully, due to injuries the side almost picks itself so that should help Bruce focus on getting the team to function for more than 30 - 45 minutes at best. It's often the case that a manager stumbles across a winning formula and that remains my hope with Bruce between now and the end of the season. He's got them working hard again, now he needs to get them playing.
Quote from: Matt Collins on March 05, 2017, 05:02:34 PMI'm struggling to see how Hogan would fit into a 433. He looks like he needs a partner or to play in a team that doesn't play off the striker. His hold up play hasn't looked good at all but he's looked a threat with his running Yep Kodjia has got things together since he got injured.I'd just use him as an impact sub and then spend pre season working him and Kodjia as a pair.
would agree that our spine is weak in that we need an experienced keeper who not only is a good shot saver, able to take balls in the air etc but also one that can bark his defence. If Hull go down then Marshall is my man. No more inexperience please.