what needs to change, now and in Jan

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what needs to change, now and in Jan

Postby Qwerts » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:33 am

This squad hasn't become useless overnight. The problem is the extreme lack of balance in it. There are players here who are good at their jobs, the problem is they are all doing the same job or being asked to do something they aren't natural at

Eg. Our "Wingbacks" being not attacking, bacuna being asked to be an attacking winger when he's not. A midfield of pack and ralls being asked to somehow be creative etc.

We've got about 50-75% of a team that could be competitive, they just need to be complemented with a different style of player to do the things they are good at and allow our current pros the ability to stick to the things they are good at. Yes it means we don't have our "best" (debatable) players all out at the same time but the balance is more important for a team performance.

Anyone who comes in will realistically have to be cheap but if we have a spine of a decent team, which I still think is in there somewhere, who stick to what they are good at, even some League 1 level players to complement that should see us safe from relegation at least.

Something like the line up below

---------------smithies/Philips------------------
NG----flint/Morrison---McGuiness---Bagan/new LB
---------------pack-------ralls-----------------
Evans/new RW--------colwil/new CAM--------Giles
---------------------Moore-----------------------
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Re: what needs to change, now and in Jan

Postby Qwerts » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:41 am

And what needs to be done now is to start planning for Jan, with a new manager in to see what we've got.

Give some youngsters a go in those positions and either they will surprise us like Bowen has or they won't work but either way we'll know what we need in Jan and it honestly can't be worse than what we've seen.

It's a lot to potentially put a lot of our attacking on young players but it's our only option until we can change things

Likewise -manager needs to be changed asap. The planning for Jan needs to start now and given we won't really have a budget, the planning needs to be really good. This will be a very important few months and if we mess it up it will have far reaching consequences for the future of the club
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Re: what needs to change, now and in Jan

Postby Bluebina » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am

Go back as close as we can to McCarthys winning team Feb 2021.

We could go to something like

Smithies
Morrison Flint Nelson
NG Vaulks Pack Bagan
Bowen/Colwill
Moore Giles/Harris

We need to replicate that type of team and style short term if there is no new Manager
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Re: what needs to change, now and in Jan

Postby Escott1927 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:32 pm

The first thing mick needs to do is stop trying to shoehorn as many defensive players into the starting 11 as possible and stop playing players out of position. Build from there. We are losing games before a ball is kicked at the moment with his team selection and tactics.
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