Quote from: brontebilly on November 11, 2019, 02:56:38 PMQuote from: Three Spires Villa on November 11, 2019, 10:30:42 AMOur midfield is not good enough to play 4-3-3. Yesterday he should have played 4-2-3-1, or 4-1-4-1, offer some protection, Dean in my humble opinion is to rigid to one system, without Jack we often look poorLooks to me as if we were playing 4231 with Luiz and Nakamba sitting?I think it’s 4 3 3 with SJM roaming a bit from the right.
Quote from: Three Spires Villa on November 11, 2019, 10:30:42 AMOur midfield is not good enough to play 4-3-3. Yesterday he should have played 4-2-3-1, or 4-1-4-1, offer some protection, Dean in my humble opinion is to rigid to one system, without Jack we often look poorLooks to me as if we were playing 4231 with Luiz and Nakamba sitting?
Our midfield is not good enough to play 4-3-3. Yesterday he should have played 4-2-3-1, or 4-1-4-1, offer some protection, Dean in my humble opinion is to rigid to one system, without Jack we often look poor
A team that continually alters its formation has a manager that doesn't know his best side.
Let's be honest, if Jack misses 13 games this season like he did last, we will be down. We won 2 of 13 in the Championship without him, OK so we've improved a bit in a few areas since then, but at this level I think we'd go on a similar run. Hopefully he's back for Newcastle and stays fit.
Quote from: Newby on November 11, 2019, 11:12:47 PMA team that continually alters its formation has a manager that doesn't know his best side.It doesn't need to be continual change, just the ability to alter the formation or the type of substitutions once in a while to get a result.
I think people hoping for 3 or 4 signing in January will be dissapointed. My guess is we'll be looking at one or maybe two at most. And even for those we'll probably be held to ransom until the end of the window.
Quote from: chrisw1 on November 12, 2019, 02:37:11 PMI think people hoping for 3 or 4 signing in January will be dissapointed. My guess is we'll be looking at one or maybe two at most. And even for those we'll probably be held to ransom until the end of the window. A couple of very good additions is all we need. The defence has more than an enough cover, and so has the midfield 3. It's up front where we're woefully short. A proper striker and another decent attacking option and we'll be good.
I admire your optimism. Personally I think we will struggle this season but survive and hopefully move on to more comfortable things next season.