SkyBlue_Bear83
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It's frustrating though because I don't think we are conceding goals because we are playing too open. A lot of it like set pieces should be bread and butter for defenders at this level and we make it difficult
There are not many teams in the world that can have a secure defence and a potent attack at the same time, you only have o look at Real, Barca etc awesome going forward but poor at the back (no I am not comparing city to those just emphasising the point). You reap what you sow and our focus is to score more than we concede. We have two full backs who bomb forward and it does cost us at the back but personally I am loving the style of play we have at the moment. Take us back to Bothroyd or Coleman days when we were defensively minded..... no thanks!!
I think we have to face facts, resources are very short and we are very lucky that the vultures haven't taken our good prospects in the summer. Elvis has seen something in our front guys particularly Wilson which no other manager has even given him a sniff and is capitalising on this and it is working. Lets not get the knives out on our young defenders just yet guys.
It's frustrating though because I don't think we are conceding goals because we are playing too open. A lot of it like set pieces should be bread and butter for defenders at this level and we make it difficult
Gobsmacked that people are saying Fleck and Thomas are light weights . Both have been playing superb football.
All the goals we seem to concede are from dead ball situations which should be dealt with by the defence . Again today every long throw,every free kick or corner pumped into the box caused havoc. Port Vale only ever looked dangerous from those situations.
2nd half we got found out & that will happen many more times this season against us, if struggling just hoof it. What you say is 100% correct, what any city fan with a brain can work out & Pressley will have to work a miracle due to the farce off the pitchCompletely agree, however, it is plain to see that we are pretty weak at the back.
Yet people are arguing that we are not. Whether Pressley can do anything about it is a totally different thing.
Someone actually talking sense.
Fleck, and in particular Thomas, were very good today.
We are an attacking side, so will be prone to concede. We are also a league one club. Our players are prone to mistakes, wrong decisions, etc. if they weren't they would be playing at a higher level. If we can cut the number of errors we make, in terms of positioning and decisions made defensively, then I can see us really pushing on. I'm seeing signs of that already in the last few games to be honest, bar second half today of course.
I heard someone say leaving the ground earlier "that was no different to last season". I'm sorry, but I've not seen us pass the ball the way we did at times today, and dominate teams, since god knows when
And didn't Pressley resort to Plan B when he threw Manset on for Thomas AS SOON as we went behind?
A massive feature of this season has been Pressley's decision making at crucial periods of the game.
Plucking three off the top of my head:
Gillingham
Manset on for Baker and going three up top. Five minutes later we score. Pressley then shores up the defence by puliing Moussa off and putting Willis on the left of midfield
Preston
Manset on for Daniels as soon as Preston went 2-1 up, again going three up top. Culminating in an equaliser two minutes later and then a final equaliser in the final minute by Manset.
Colchester
Manset on for Wilson when Colchester dropped deep to counteract Wilson's pace, Pressley threw Manset on to play in the hole.
It is incredible that people can say that there is no Plan B when Pressley is clearly, not only responding to the game, but making quick decisions to significant changes in the game. ie as soon as the opposition scores. How often do managers (particularly ours) mull over these changes and let the game peter out?
And didn't Pressley resort to Plan B when he threw Manset on for Thomas AS SOON as we went behind?
A massive feature of this season has been Pressley's decision making at crucial periods of the game.
Plucking three off the top of my head:
Gillingham
Manset on for Baker and going three up top. Five minutes later we score. Pressley then shores up the defence by puliing Moussa off and putting Willis on the left of midfield
Preston
Manset on for Daniels as soon as Preston went 2-1 up, again going three up top. Culminating in an equaliser two minutes later and then a final equaliser in the final minute by Manset.
Colchester
Manset on for Wilson when Colchester dropped deep to counteract Wilson's pace, Pressley threw Manset on to play in the hole.
It is incredible that people can say that there is no Plan B when Pressley is clearly, not only responding to the game, but making quick decisions to significant changes in the game. ie as soon as the opposition scores. How often do managers (particularly ours) mull over these changes and let the game peter out?
This thread shows exactly who has been staying away from Sixfields. If you'd attend (que abuse) you wouldn't have the same opinions based on one game vs Vale.
No one is trying to hide the fact they don't attend sixfields mate
Everyone who went yesterday has the same right and information to judge the performance.
Fine to form an opinion on a game but it needs to be acknowledged that it's an opinion on one game on not on the season.
I can accept that Thomas, Fleck, Clarke had an off day yesterday (I wasn't there so I'll have to) but clamouring to replace them I can't accept because they have been impeccable this season.
They've not been impeccable, all three were used sparingly last season (as a result of them not being good enough). Saying that they have filled in well, but have benefited from the red hot form of Leon, Wilson and Moussa. You'll get a 6/10 rating from the three of them for most games, nothing more nothing less
They've not been impeccable, all three were used sparingly last season (as a result of them not being good enough). Saying that they have filled in well, but have benefited from the red hot form of Leon, Wilson and Moussa. You'll get a 6/10 rating from the three of them for most games, nothing more nothing less
over to the owners then, to bolster the squad to a manageable level, & that is not 22 with 4/5 senior players,
i'm certain SP will have his views on the quantity required,
& would welcome his decisions,
but with Fisher having to take every prospective situation to 'the invisible one',
this creates a problem,
& is it a wise scenario to have someone who knows 'diddley squat' about football making decisions like this?
Didn't see anybody moan when we were winning, with the same players I may add.
Now we have lost ONE game its back to players being shit at defending. Such a fickle bunch!
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