stay_up_skyblues
Well-Known Member
Yep, hence I expect to see the return of a back five / three with wingbacks.
Match Thread Coventry City - Preston North End FC Match Thread - Friday 23rd Feb (5 Viewers)
- Thread starter Nick
- Start date
Yep, hence I expect to see the return of a back five / three with wingbacks.
TomRad85
Well-Known Member
No chance! We tried it with this group at the start of the season and it was absolutely dreadful.
Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
We’ve been targeted with a high press in probably the last 10 or so games and been struggling with it. Frustratingly we don’t seem to have come up with any plan to negate it. If we we do play it long to Simms there’s never anyone near him.
Tommo1993
Well-Known Member
Haven’t thought at any point this season that we’d finish top 6. We’ve looked wobbly and unconvincing for weeks now so last night’s early forfeit comes as no massive surprise. I would go for strongest team possible lineup on Monday to put some of it right. Moore had his clangers but is he really that far behind either GK?…The big theme of this season is we really, really cannot handle a high press.
Would also like to start seeing Liam Kelly in the team more.
Would also like to start seeing Liam Kelly in the team more.
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
No. The answer is to decide your best back 4 and keeper then get them properly drilled.
And stop with this bullshit of defending corners with everyone back.
TomRad85
Well-Known Member
Yeh Kelly has to come in for Lati in midfield now. Every now and then Robins needs a complete disaster to kill off one of his experiments. I think that was another one last night, hopefully.
Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
edgy
Well-Known Member
I'm not one for just lumping it. But anyone with any footballing brains can see we aren't very good under a press.
Teams have worked that out and we continue to do the same things, week after week, that get us in trouble.
DaSilva was Exhibit A last night. Get the ball out of the press when under heavy pressure.
Agree with the first half of this but completely disagree with the second half. Moore was completely shot last season which was sad to see. Collins is easily no1 for me and I don’t think he’s done anything wrong. Get him back in the team ASAP.
CovInEssex
Well-Known Member
What was attendence
alexccfc99
Well-Known Member
24.5k bang on
Sky Blue Harry H
Well-Known Member
Wright and Simms are tall, and the majority of the team are not that big, so if we leave anybody up the pitch it needs to be C O'H (or similar, stature wise)
Grendel
Well-Known Member
Ooh Winchy nice
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
It shouldn’t be ‘if’. Leave 3 players up and force the opposition to keep players back while reducing the defensive work of your players still in the box.
Sky Blue Harry H
Well-Known Member
Don't disagree - read if, for when!
Lost three in something like 23 and the snides with their axes to grind are out again. Kings not spent any money (7m in Jan and kept ohare), new players aren’t good enough (lost 3 in 23, beating Leicester and drawing against Southampton and leeds) etc etc. Fixtures list hasn’t been kind, got a chance to get into quarters of FA cup which has led to more games and picked up some injuries recently. That’s football
It isn’t the depth (although would’ve been good to get a couple of loans) so much as the rotation, especially backline and with the volume of games that would happen even with extra bodies. look at the bench last night compared to points of last season and it’s night and day.
We’ve pretty much had to rebuild the whole squad in two transfer windows FFS, some need to get a bit of a grip….or join the phone light wavers (still can’t believe what I saw) and mid game boo’ers and do one
It isn’t the depth (although would’ve been good to get a couple of loans) so much as the rotation, especially backline and with the volume of games that would happen even with extra bodies. look at the bench last night compared to points of last season and it’s night and day.
We’ve pretty much had to rebuild the whole squad in two transfer windows FFS, some need to get a bit of a grip….or join the phone light wavers (still can’t believe what I saw) and mid game boo’ers and do one
At least leave a couple, especially the small quick lads
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
O’Hare for definite, Dasilva if he insists on playing him and one of Simms or Wright. Sakamoto would sadly have been ideal.
simms probably too useful in the air defensively but agree with ohare and saka.
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
Simms’ main job is to score goals and be an attacking threat, not to learn man marking at corners.
Doesn’t quite work like that though, especially against a big team at set pieces. Think most are in agreement though that with our team, good on the counter, we should definitely leave a couple up…..just need Wilson to claim the cross and we’ll be away
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
How can scoring 10 goals be deceptive? Were they not really goals?
Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
We should have enough height in there without needing all our attacking players defending too.Doesn’t quite work like that though, especially against a big team at set pieces. Think most are in agreement though that with our team, good on the counter, we should definitely leave a couple up…..just need Wilson to claim the cross and we’ll be away
Only top corners count. It’s the keeper mistake comment that got me….Wright goes near post early to catch keeper out/wrong foot keeper
We always have a stinker at some point. Last night was that stinker.
We need to get Wilson out of goal. Contrary to what Astute says he does not command his area and the defence have zero confidence in him. I’d rather play Binks at left back than Dasilva, at least he’s not a dwarf and he can defend. Bidwell should start every game now until the end of the season though
We need to get Wilson out of goal. Contrary to what Astute says he does not command his area and the defence have zero confidence in him. I’d rather play Binks at left back than Dasilva, at least he’s not a dwarf and he can defend. Bidwell should start every game now until the end of the season though
alexccfc99
Well-Known Member
I was more mortified with our performance last night than I was impressed by PNE's
They're a well drilled side who run about a lot but they caught us on the right night, they were playing at their peak and we were playing at our worst probably since we come back to the championship
We'd have shipped three goals to Bedworth United last night
They're a well drilled side who run about a lot but they caught us on the right night, they were playing at their peak and we were playing at our worst probably since we come back to the championship
We'd have shipped three goals to Bedworth United last night
Garlana86
Well-Known Member
Weren't we doing really well with Ewijk, Bobby, kitchen and Bidwell at the back? I thought that was our best defence, it almost feels like dropping Bidwell was done to force making da Silva work, like, "we signed this guy to replace the other guy, but the other guy still being better wasn't part of the plan!"
Honestly, I think most of us know that the real problems started when we lost sheaf, sheaf was one of if not the best mid at doing what he did (most tackles in the league at the time of I recall) which we lack now, I appreciate my pessimism is out on full force, but losing tats as well now had made a play offs push seem a stretch.
Honestly, I think most of us know that the real problems started when we lost sheaf, sheaf was one of if not the best mid at doing what he did (most tackles in the league at the time of I recall) which we lack now, I appreciate my pessimism is out on full force, but losing tats as well now had made a play offs push seem a stretch.
Milan would be my first choice
Paul Anthony
Well-Known Member
Really struggling to get this one out of my system, to be honest. I can take losing, it's sports. It happens, you deal with it. But the manner of it, the absolute shambles we were, and what happened to Sakamoto all combined....
Terry Gibson's perm
Well-Known Member
I’m all for leaving a couple up at corners but when dumb dumb in goal gets it he needs to get it to them not stand there in amazement he caught it or boot it aimlessly.
The back four should be MVE Thomas kitching and Bidwell with Collins in goal, Binks is powder puff and Da Silva is to small and think he is better on the ball than he is.
The back four should be MVE Thomas kitching and Bidwell with Collins in goal, Binks is powder puff and Da Silva is to small and think he is better on the ball than he is.
Johnnythespider
Well-Known Member
Unless you got your "info" from one of the medical staff it's third hand hearsay, you also only ever convey negative info, you remind me of Sgt Oddball in Kelly's Heroes with your negative vibes.
Grendel
Well-Known Member
The point is it’s just rumours. It’s not info but passed on speculation.
He will be diagnosed in hospital. He’s surely allowed some privacy and respect until official news is given.
Rumours of back, spine, pelvis and never playing again are not helpful at all.
No on knows and if it is spinal there are varying degrees of injury which only the medical profession can diagnose.
Brighton Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
Yep that’s where I’m at
Matt smith
Well-Known Member
We go again next game I suppose
we need Ben sheaf back so badly
we need Ben sheaf back so badly
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Honestly don’t think it’s the crossing. Our forwards have all the anticipation and positioning of a new born baby. Never attack the ball, never attack the front post, rarely challenge for headers. Even when Torp is taking them the balls are great but come to nothing. For a team led by a striker out final third play is shocking at times.