No penetration through the middle

[FriethBlade]

Really missed Brooks tonight. We need someone who can run with the ball and take people on. They marked Duffy out of the game and Fleck and Lunny played too many sideways balls. Lets hope he gets better quickly and if not then hope the Holmes rumours are correct.

 

[SteveBlade]

That's what she said.

 

[Booker4]

Really missed Brooks tonight. We need someone who can run with the ball and take people on. They marked Duffy out of the game and Fleck and Lunny played too many sideways balls. Lets hope he gets better quickly and if not then hope the Holmes rumours are correct.

Fleck made the odd run forward and got the free kick. However there's so little space to run into tonight he and Lunny had to play it sideways, get it back again, and repeat, in attempt to find space, to then pass forward. It was chess like as a result but I still think both Fleck and Lunny played well. We do need Brooks or Holmes for sure!

 

[FinchleyBlade]

Tonight was a prime example of why we have to keep Brooks. We certainly missed someone like him tonight.

 

[Blade82]

It’s difficult to break a team down who have every man behind the ball & sit so deep playing the way we do. They packed the fullback areas which forced us to play sideways.

Didn’t work their keeper enough with long range efforts.

Thought wilder might have gone for it like he has done by chucking on another striker. Maybe the recent games against Fulham and Bristol made him think twice?

 

[Blade56]

7 points from 30. What's changed since we hit the top of the division 10 games back?

IMO we started the season worried that we would find it a challenge and started every game at 90mph and kept it up, Middlesbrough and Cardiff reinforced those fears and we kept playing fast attacking football and the results started stacking up.

Since we hit the top it's as if we think we can play the same football at a more leisurely pace but that makes us predictable and easy to neutralise. Clark is out on the wing when we need him in a forward position. When we get possession we head straight to the wings and are easily pinned against the line. The wing backs don't get forward as fast and the crossing is always to the first man or far to long.

We need to reinject the pace that took teams by surprise and put them on the backfoot not go for high possession all the time.

Glad we did them for 4 points but they were there for the taking tonight. Can't believe that ramshackle outfit cost em £50m.

 

[FriethBlade]

That's the point Knockoff, I think more teams will come and park the bus and that' when we need that extra spark. Without Brooks other sides can double team Duffy which makes us much less effective.

Tonight Duffy looked tired mid way through the second half but Tufty couldn't bring him off as hes our only player in midfield with that real flare to go round his man and draw defenders out creating space for the strikers. Brooks would also do that and I think Holmes would too.

However if Holmes does come that's one hell of a selection conundrum when everyone is fit......Fleck,Lunny, Brooks, Duffy, Evans, Leonard then Coutts for how many spots?

 

[Booker4]

7 points from 30. What's changed since we hit the top of the division 10 games back?

IMO we started the season worried that we would find it a challenge and started every game at 90mph and kept it up, Middlesbrough and Cardiff reinforced those fears and we kept playing fast attacking football and the results started stacking up.

Since we hit the top it's as if we think we can play the same football at a more leisurely pace but that makes us predictable and easy to neutralise. Clark is out on the wing when we need him in a forward position. When we get possession we head straight to the wings and are easily pinned against the line. The wing backs don't get forward as fast and the crossing is always to the first man or far to long.

We need to reinject the pace that took teams by surprise and put them on the backfoot not go for high possession all the time.

Glad we did them for 4 points but they were there for the taking tonight. Can't believe that ramshackle outfit cost em £50m.

What's changed is teams respect us now and do what Wednesday have done tonight - all players behind the ball and hit us on the break. Wednesday were hardly revolutionary tonight, unlike what the media were saying, they did exactly what we knew they would do but we couldn't break them down. We badly miss Brooks and Holmes can't come soon enough!

 

[Blade56]

That's the point Knockoff, I think more teams will come and park the bus and that' when we need that extra spark. Without Brooks other sides can double team Duffy which makes us much less effective.

Tonight Duffy looked tired mid way through the second half but Tufty couldn't bring him off as hes our only player in midfield with that real flare to go round his man and draw defenders out creating space for the strikers. Brooks would also do that and I think Holmes would too.

However if Holmes does come that's one hell of a selection conundrum when everyone is fit......Fleck,Lunny, Brooks, Duffy, Evans, Leonard then Coutts for how many spots?

Wilder said the incomes are done. Not sure I believe that though

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

It's because our spine of Lundstram and Stearman are as dull as fuck and they think negative possession is good. They ruin any fluidity as soon as they get the ball. They're not a pair of Rolls Royces, they're a fucking pair of Mondeos.

 

[SwindonBladeJnr]

I think one of the areas where we could profit more is through our wing backs in the wide areas.

We play some great football which results in Stevens/Baldock getting ahead of their opposite number but I’m not convinced we see enough chances created or goals scored from those situations.

That being said, I find it hard to criticise either of them because both of them have been excellent for us this season and it’s probably not even reasonable to expect pinpoint crosses/passes when they are at a near sprint, being chased down and with the ball about to go out of play.

From the games I’ve seen this season, that’s one of the feelings I’m left with though. Excellent wing play but not paying off often enough.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Disappointed at the lack of puns, given an OP heading like this.

Should be a thumb in for many of our humorists ....