Dominant CM desperately needed in Jan

We have a lot of Centre Midfielders who are very similar to each other but none of them are good at creating an angle and dropping back for the defenders to be able to pass it out.

We were crying out for someone to start demanding the ball to feet in The middle of the park but it just didn’t happen at all. Surely as a centre mid you should love having the ball at your feet and spreading passes, but instead our centre backs were the playmakers and that’s so so poor at our level.

Crossing my fingers for some big business in January.

Neither the goalkeeper or the centre backs are encouraged to look for a short pass into midfield. None of the midfielders ever comes short for the ball when it's in the keeper's hands or when the centre halfs have the ball.

The mantra (which must come from the manager or he'd change it) is just get the ball forward as quickly as possible. It's the same at throw ins - It's always "down the line" as far as we can hoping for another throw in until we get close enough to do one of those ridiculous long throws that NEVER work. This formula is never changed or mixed up.

Little point in having a dominant midfielder if the ball is just going to be flying over his head for 90 minutes.

Last edited by davids on Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Warnocks decision not to sign Joe Ledley in the summer looking pretty costly at the moment!

Spot on

Oh for a fit Gary Medal, August to Xmas 2013 vintage.
He was the best DM we have had at the CCS.
In that four month period (IMHO), before his form and ours fell away.

Oh for a fit Gary Medal, August to Xmas 2013 vintage.
He was the best DM we have had at the CCS.
In that four month period (IMHO), before his form and ours fell away.

Absolutely spot on.
He demanded the ball off the back four all the time and linked up play superbly but I’m not sure he’d fit in with our current style of play.