Ok sorry SBT not read all of your threads.. not a stalker!
OK...
Fundamentally I think Clarke would benefit from a playing partner because of the kind of player he appears to be...not reason enough I know to rip up the whole blue print.. but I think the team needs to impose itself in an attacking sense at home. 4321.. or 4411 I think leaves us short of the attacking impetuous?
Ok, answer this, you think we should impose ourselves at home? How will 4-4-2 do that?
Out of the 5 games we have lost at home this season, we have played 4-4-2 in 4 of those, Scunny, Stevenage, Notts County, Shrews (we conceded after Clarke came on, and we went 4-4-2 when LC came on). We have, however, won more games at home playing 4-4-2 2 of 3, Crawley and Bournemouth (we did originally play 1 striker, so if you don't count Shrewsbury as a lost, I'll take Bournemouth from the win, simple). Bear this in mind, the 1 loss at home, was v Carlisle, MR's 1st game, and fans are in agreement that this should be, in a sense, be attributed to Shaw, as the damage had been done and we were so low on confidence, so in a sense, we haven't lost playing 1 upfront yet. We have drew to Pompey, MK, PNE, 2 of which aren't bad sides (MK & Pompey
) under MR. Don't get me wrong, our home needs to improve, but I don't think playing 4-4-2 will achieve anything. Especially when you see what MR said about 4-4-2 and the obvious weaknesses (I know it has positives as well) it is primarily a defensive formation...
