Delphinho123 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Can he play with Lansbury, if so, in what formation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 was outplayed by that little ginger fella last night who absolutely ran that midfield area 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 1, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Spot on. I want to see that lovely double triangle on Sat, with Jedi in front of Baker and Chester, and Jedi behind Houri and Henri. Width supplied by 1 of the wing backs (not Hutton LOL) and the 2 wingers, with one cutting inside when the ball is on the opposite flank. Balls in the box should be attacked by 1 striker, 1 midfielder (Houri or Henri) and 1 of the two wingers. It's just balance. So important. We've gone from having 3 central midfielders who can't attack, to last night which was 3 central midfielders who can't defend. In fact last night they just seemed to play a flat 3. A simple one-two and they were through our midfield easily. We need shape and balance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: was outplayed by that little ginger fella last night who absolutely ran that midfield area Ryan Woods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, bobzy said: Dat aerial presence of Adomah, Hourihane and Kodjia. We should sack off width. Width doesn't mean hugging the touch line. You should take each game as it comes, each moment as it comes and out think your opponent. If they are tucking in, then width is very important as you can bring others into the game. If they are wide and you go narrow, bingo, you're on the inside of their full back attacking their CB's and GK. Football's **** easy man, let me have a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 minute ago, lapal_fan said: Width doesn't mean hugging the touch line. You should take each game as it comes, each moment as it comes and out think your opponent. If they are tucking in, then width is very important as you can bring others into the game. If they are wide and you go narrow, bingo, you're on the inside of their full back attacking their CB's and GK. Football's **** easy man, let me have a go. You still have to pick a starting eleven - in this instance, either going with, say, Green and Adomah (wide players) or replacing them with, say, Grealish and McCormack (not wide players... although we seem to want to put Grealish there!). With the pace and (assumed) good technical players we have, I'd like to see us set up to make the middle of the park compact as you like, play through balls for our (assumed) pacey forwards and force the opposition down the wings when attacking us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, bobzy said: You still have to pick a starting eleven - in this instance, either going with, say, Green and Adomah (wide players) or replacing them with, say, Grealish and McCormack (not wide players... although we seem to want to put Grealish there!). With the pace and (assumed) good technical players we have, I'd like to see us set up to make the middle of the park compact as you like, play through balls for our (assumed) pacey forwards and force the opposition down the wings when attacking us. I think the great thing about the squad we have (on paper at least) is that we have the options to do both! As you say Grealish/Kodj on the wings will always cut in on their stronger foot. We also have Adomah who will naturally play wider than the 18 yard box and either cross early or attack their full back (with mixed results). We need to consider how the opponents play because I don't think we necessarily have an obvious weakness now. I'd fancy Adomah/Grealish/Kodj against most of the full backs in this league. Exploit their weaknesses with our strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 hours ago, bobzy said: What role did he play at Barnsley? Member of the playing staff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 hours ago, Villan4Life said: Ryan Woods "The Ginger Pirlo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Ppl are gonna laugh but tishbola would have been ideal yesterday in a midfield of him Lansbury and Hourihane . I think thor was poor. If he was more of a threat and won the ball then they would have struggled to contain him and lansbury problem was Lansbury was double teamed sucking out the feeding if the ball. You have to give brentford manager credit he got tactics spot on, so,etching Bruce needs to start doing, as he has had a stinker in the last four weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 21 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Can he play with Lansbury, if so, in what formation? Jedinak sitting deep with Lansbury and hourihane ahead of him . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Eastie said: Jedinak sitting deep with Lansbury and hourihane ahead of him . Narrow midfield diamond with Jedinak at the base, Lansbury and Hourihane ahead of him and then Grealish/Thor/whoever behind Kodjia and Hogan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 2, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 2, 2017 I don't think we'll be seing diamonds, these players have been signed with 442 in mind I believe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: I don't think we'll be seing diamonds, these players have been signed with 442 in mind I believe. I agree - that's just what I'd do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: I don't think we'll be seing diamonds, these players have been signed with 442 in mind I believe. Worries me having just CH and HL in the middle of the park. Look at what Brentford did to us. We badly missed Jedinak. I don't doubt that Hourihane and Lansbury are both good players, but they seem very similar. Can they both fit in the same XI is my worry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 On 2/1/2017 at 13:58, Stevo985 said: It's just balance. So important. We've gone from having 3 central midfielders who can't attack, to last night which was 3 central midfielders who can't defend. In fact last night they just seemed to play a flat 3. A simple one-two and they were through our midfield easily. We need shape and balance. bang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 On 01/02/2017 at 13:57, TheMelvillan said: was outplayed by that little ginger fella last night who absolutely ran that midfield area Ryan Woods. He was very good. But I must admit, I was sitting there thinking - for God's sake someone take him out (gently and legitimately) or at least barge him over a few times to take him out of his stride. He should not have been allowed the time and space he was. Stick a man on him and you have an entirely different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 6 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: Ryan Woods. He was very good. But I must admit, I was sitting there thinking - for God's sake someone take him out (gently and legitimately) or at least barge him over a few times to take him out of his stride. He should not have been allowed the time and space he was. Stick a man on him and you have an entirely different game. Agreed. We need to be a bit nastier. if someone's running the show, give them a good kicking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 43 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Worries me having just CH and HL in the middle of the park. Look at what Brentford did to us. We badly missed Jedinak. I don't doubt that Hourihane and Lansbury are both good players, but they seem very similar. Can they both fit in the same XI is my worry. The thing is they could play like tht because we only had one striker and the balls were predictable so they knew how to defend it. If you have to two in Hogan and kodjia they leave themselves isolated and it's dangerous as these two can caught all kinds of problems. Our play won't be as predictable with both on the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 2 hours ago, TrentVilla said: I don't think we'll be seing diamonds, these players have been signed with 442 in mind I believe. That's worries me. I'm not sure how effective hourihane and Lansbury will be in a two after what we saw against Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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