Good early post about Matt Godden's potential and he definitely has looked the business in the last couple of games.
But the bit you wrote about Jordy Hiwula, Wesley Jobello and Gervane Kastaneer all feeding off Godden's flick one???!!!!
Do you still think that's going to happen given the injuries and bad form these three players have suffered?
Hey bud. Not my post but just wading in here with a few thoughts.
When we were lining up as a 4-3-3 i believe it was supposed to be with two "inside forwards". What was happening though was Jobello was hugging the touchline and Hiwula in fairness was playing more of that role but we were still relying on those guys for the width (his dog shit touch let him down a few times).
Now though with this 3-4-2-1 formation, you have Shipley and Westbrooke (or whoever they get swapped out for) playing much narrower and
almost like two number 10s. Not exactly, but that kind of shape. This allows them to give Godden a lot more support and push up, lay it off for him or even win the flick ons to feed him.
Take a look at Goddens goal of the season contender last week, where Shipley did the fancy flick mid air. Godden's movement to even read that situation was incredible (as was Shipley's vision and technique). Seems he thrives when he has that kind of support, so he was absolutely wasted when he was isolated on his own.
Usually with the midfield playing narrower you sacrifice width, but because we have Dabo and Mccallum who are doing the wing back roles magnificently we have all bases covered!
Really seems to be the perfect style and playing to our strengths!