Compare 2 games with 1 goal leads

[OrlandoexiledBlade]

Today was a clear example of our weaknesses compared to our strengths

Think on this..... vs Hull we were 1 . 0 up and time running down. He brings on Coutts and we keep the ball in the opposition half , pass, pass, pass, so much so, folks were posting it on the social media about "this is how we see out a game"...result was a win

Compare to leads by 1 goal vs Rotherham, Stoke, and others where we conceded late. We bring a defender on , remove our forward players who might hold the ball high up the pitch so we can get out, conceding totally the opposition half of the field and instead camping in OUR own third..... each time has resulted in us conceding a last minute goal.

Its not rocket science and to not learn from this now is quite honestly embarrassing. Once maybe , twice, hmmm....now its become a habit.

we play our best in the final third with us holding possession.

we have literally surrendered 8 maybe 10 points this season with this change to a system that doesn't work for us

 

[JKBlade]

How Coutts wasn’t brought on, when we had no control of the game for the full 90 minutes, completely beats me.

 

[OrlandoexiledBlade]

as the song goes "he never gives the ball away"....and THAT is precisely what our issue was. No one was grabbing the game and slowing it/dictating it to the pace we wanted. It was frenetic with mistakes all over. Coutts simply had to come after 60 mins for me

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

I would have thought Fleck, Coutts and Norwood as a 3 man midfield would be the go to formation in away games with Duffy in the No 10 role and one CF...

Why we persist with x2 strikers when neither is contributing in these away games defeats just seems to be a waste of a player.

 

[ghandi]

I would have thought Fleck, Coutts and Norwood as a 3 man midfield would be the go to formation in away games with Duffy in the No 10 role and one CF...

Why we persist with x2 strikers when neither is contributing in these away games defeats just seems to be a waste of a player.

You don't think Billy contributed anything today? He held up the ball and set-up the second goal but was starved of service by crap final balls as per usual.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Fuck this over analysis. Hendo apart to a man we were wank, Wilder said this (again). Stating the obvious and I now expect him to do something about it.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

You don't think Billy contributed anything today? He held up the ball and set-up the second goal but was starved of service by crap final balls as per usual.

Starved of service because we couldn't control possession as we were over run in midfield...

Chicken and Egg. Little point holding the ball up if your midfielders don't have the confidence to get forward.