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Strength of Our Squad Could Be Our Downfall

Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:44 pm

Does Ole know his best team? It's great bringing new faces to the club and have a selection dilemma in each position but does Ole feel obliged to keep everyone happy.

He has so far chopped and changed in each game even though we are getting results.

Yes,today there may be a case to try to eliminate the threat of Sako but until now the back 4 ( Brayford, Connolly, Morrison & Fabio have excelled). Why drop Brayford to the bench?

Likewise with Jones, the clubs top scorer has excelled in each game. He again was dropped to the bench. Surely a target man with another playing alongside is better than two similar players up top? If Jones is not fit to go the 90 then give him 70/80 mins and then take him off. He has been winning everything in the air this season!

Let's hope that Ole identifies his best 11 and sticks to it instead of the chopping and changing EVERY game. If players have a knock fair enough but if they are outstanding one game then don't drop them for the next. Their confidence must be knocked.

Surely we need some consistency and to utilise the other players off the bench. There cannot be any doubt that when the same back line plays together they must have a better understanding rather than when they are being chopped and changed. Clearly today Ole believed that a3-5-2 was the best formation to play against Wolves.I just hope that our strength is not our downfall.

Re: Strength of Our Squad Could Be Our Downfall

Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:38 pm

No, on the contrary, it'll be the weaknesses in it which Ole cannot see!

Re: Strength of Our Squad Could Be Our Downfall

Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:38 pm

No, on the contrary, it'll be the weaknesses in it which Ole cannot see!

Re: Strength of Our Squad Could Be Our Downfall

Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:00 pm

I don't think our squad is really that strong. We haven't got a stand out prolific front man who is going to bang in easily over 20 goals.
When you have craig bellamy in your championship squad it rubs off on a huge scale - he and luck was the difference 2 years ago

Maynard will never be as sharp as he was - the fact this is probably what he believes as well is the reason for his lost confidence
Guerra wont be fit to play anywhere near 46 games
Macheda wont set the league alight
Le Fondre wont give us the cutting edge needed to stand out from the chasing pack.

One player comes to mind and hes still a kid

Our defence has lots of weaknesses and we are struggling to retain the ball in the middle of the park and find a creative fluency.
'It's now obvious we aren't going to win the league and it will be a battle for the top 6