eastcoasthibby
05-04-2015, 09:04 AM
as has been well muted on here in recent weeks but we have been sussed and it was before the rankgers game ..Alloa and Livingston tried and just failed to get a result from us and our luck ran out against the newco !! a change of formation worked last week but we just didn't take our chances and some crap defending lost us that one ! yesterday we went back to our diamond with 2 forwards that had poor movement, first touches and work rate, we created nothing for an hour almost, then AS changes it and Farid comes on and shows more physical presence, work rate and link up play than we have in weeks, and malonga decided that he maybe needed to get his finger out and work a bit ...we looked a better team..but our build up play remains too slow over passing the ball and rarely direct enough, when our players started running at the defenders they committed fouls and we got corners, but not near enough and for long enough.
My view defenders hate people running at them ..fact ! that is why we have had joy with stevenson & gray going at them on the flanks, cummings turning and facing them up, these avenues have been lost through injury ( gray & JC) teams doubling up on stevenson and gray in last third and our results have shown this.
Now we have reverted to passing the ball to death back and forward across the front of teams 9-10 man defensive units ... forwards and midielders don't want to take shots on, or take heavy tackles, or play in early balls ...our play is 90 % deliberate and predictable ...a new plan needs to be found as we need results.
I am not advocating a move away from trying to play football, but as AS and many other have said this is the business end of the season and it's results that count ...so let's change things a bit, we don't need 4 sitting ball players in midfield, we need a couple who will make runs and get up and play with our front two ... be prepared to go back to front for a change and importantly if they are not working there asses off get them told and if they continue get them off ...we need a must win mentality and top end work rate from them all, as that's what teams do against us ....
My view defenders hate people running at them ..fact ! that is why we have had joy with stevenson & gray going at them on the flanks, cummings turning and facing them up, these avenues have been lost through injury ( gray & JC) teams doubling up on stevenson and gray in last third and our results have shown this.
Now we have reverted to passing the ball to death back and forward across the front of teams 9-10 man defensive units ... forwards and midielders don't want to take shots on, or take heavy tackles, or play in early balls ...our play is 90 % deliberate and predictable ...a new plan needs to be found as we need results.
I am not advocating a move away from trying to play football, but as AS and many other have said this is the business end of the season and it's results that count ...so let's change things a bit, we don't need 4 sitting ball players in midfield, we need a couple who will make runs and get up and play with our front two ... be prepared to go back to front for a change and importantly if they are not working there asses off get them told and if they continue get them off ...we need a must win mentality and top end work rate from them all, as that's what teams do against us ....