Drop Anel or bring him back in?

[ancientblade]

i also think anel will come back in if we stick to 3 centre backs with george replacing bogle who lets be honest has been dissapointing at this level but for me trusty has been our best signing this season looks solid and seems to have bought in to the sheffield united way mindset great value at 5m

 

[nopigfansintown]

I think there's an argument to drop Anel if we play two; none if we play three.

Personally I'd play four and play Trusty and Anel. Incredibly harsh on Robinson but that's the job of a manager. A big tactical shift yesterday was moving Trusty left side and Robbo down the middle. Totally neutralised that ball/foot race down.our inside left channel that was causing Robbo/Thomas all sorts of problems.

 

[Groucho Blade]

Could Anel play at DCM? That might be a way of getting the best out of him in this division…

 

[Slug]

Against a side with an threat in the air you can't play that side.

We have 5 subs and there will hopefully be a time we can fully use them.

You mean a bigger aerial threat than the 6 foot 7 Austrian striker that Wolves had up front?

 

[mattbianco1]

I thought we only had 4 yesterday. Who do you think was playing RWB ? Bogle seemed to be more midfield.

Was definitely 5 at the back. Just in the 2nd half, we attacked a lot more which meant Bogle was camped in their half a lot

 

[HeySethUTB]

I was thinking the same thing Slug, it was a total mismatch height wise and we managed to deal with the aerial threat. Someone mentioned pace, I’d argue trusty and baldock is a much more pacey duo than Egan and Anel. Back five should be Baldock, Anel, Trusty, Robbo, Thomas

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Anel needs to earn his place back. Before he was injured he was one of our worst players across the season. Costly mistake after mistake after mistake. The only time he looked half decent was when he was moved central when Egan was off. I don't think he should automatically get his place back. There's an argument for putting him back central in favour of Egan, but there's also a stronger argument that the back four (?) who finished against Wolves is the potential answer. Trusty and Jack are playing well together as a central pair, so why break them up? Give them a chance to form a partnership. A settled defensive partnership is as important as a strike partnership and mistakes are less likely when they play together frequently, as they know each others games and can forsee the decisions that the other is likely to make.

Some of our best defensive partnerships played together nearly all season, only breaking up through injury and suspension. Page/Murphy, Morgan/Page, Morgan/Short, O'Connell/Wright/Basham, O'Connell/Egan/Basham.

 

[Camden Blade]

Trusty and Souttar or a back three of Trusty, Anel and Souttar might be an option.

 

[bakeblade]

Trusty and Souttar or a back three of Trusty, Anel and Souttar might be an option.

Trusty or Robbo? Not a great choice is it

 

[Camden Blade]

Trusty or Robbo? Not a great choice is it

Trusty did well at this level for Brum. That's why we spent £5 million on him.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Quite a lot predicted we’d end up with 5 at the back within a few games, the problem is that we’ve now got too many forward players to easily switch.

As a result we’re stuck with a team that will always be capable of conceding daft goals and just have to hope that we score a lot the other way.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Trusty and Souttar or a back three of Trusty, Anel and Souttar might be an option.

But then what?

Presume you’d have to do 3-5-1
Anel Souttar Trusty
RWB (we don’t have - I’m not sure seriki is ready) Burrows/ McCallum
Hamer Souza Arblaster
Ohare
Moore

Personally I hope we don’t go back to a 5 just because we bottled it today, learn from the experience & sort the defensive frailties

 

[bakeblade]

But then what?

Presume you’d have to do 3-5-1
Anel Souttar Trusty
RWB (we don’t have - I’m not sure seriki is ready) Burrows/ McCallum
Hamer Souza Arblaster
Ohare
Moore

Personally I hope we don’t go back to a 5 just because we bottled it today, learn from the experience & sort the defensive frailties

Seriki at RWB, although I want us to stick with a 4

 

[bakeblade]

Quite a lot predicted we’d end up with 5 at the back within a few games, the problem is that we’ve now got too many forward players to easily switch.

As a result we’re stuck with a team that will always be capable of conceding daft goals and just have to hope that we score a lot the other way.

Bizarrely our defensive recruitment has been geared to a back 5.

 

[Camden Blade]

But then what?

Presume you’d have to do 3-5-1
Anel Souttar Trusty
RWB (we don’t have - I’m not sure seriki is ready) Burrows/ McCallum
Hamer Souza Arblaster
Ohare
Moore

Personally I hope we don’t go back to a 5 just because we bottled it today, learn from the experience & sort the defensive frailties

Brooks play RWB?

 

[Brian Deane]

Thought Anel was poor 2nd half ( Didn't see the first half ) constantly getting on the wrong side of the player.
He needs to knuckle down and get back to playing how he was when he first came here.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Thought Anel was poor 2nd half ( Didn't see the first half ) constantly getting on the wrong side of the player.
He needs to knuckle down and get back to playing how he was when he first came here.

Get rid of him the mardarse

 

[Deadbat]

Anel was not great but was still best of the starting 4 for me? He constantly had to come across and cover for Gilchrist. He struggled at right back but the Chelsea lad was knackered and could not run after an hour which is a worry.

I think he made mistakes but used the ball better than the others and at least cut a few things outs.

I have criticised him and would not be devestated if he was sold if we got good money, but there were more issues with other defenders and the structure of the side in front. Might not be the cool thing to say but felt Arblaster, Hamer and O'Hare contributed next to nothing 2nd half and put defence under pressure by not pressing or winning any of the loose balls.