How would you like us to play next season?

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

Without Jack Robinson.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Without fear.... like we used to.

Correct players in correct positions. No more central midfielders and strikers on the wings. Find a formation that plays to players strengths instead of shoehorning them into a formation that holds them back and confuses them.

Two up top as it suits Moore, Campbell and Cannon.

Only one defensive midfielder as we don't need to play two, especially against relegation fodder at the Lane.

No more Southgate safety first pointless back passes. What's the point in retaining possession if you don't do anything positive with it?

Players making off ball runs onto the ball instead of being stood still waiting for it to come to them (been asking this for 4-5 years now).

Pacey wingers who can keep the ball, run with it and ACTUALLY take on and beat players.

Crosses coming in early between the penalty spot and 18 yard line with height and pace, instead of from the touchline at ankle height aimed one yard in front of the keeper.

It's not a big ask and most are footballing basics that we fail to do.

 

[loyalblade95]

Tough to beat, even if it's not the prettiest football, being hard to beat is always a good place to start, and something we can build on.

Formation wise: something that gets the best out of the players we've got, no matter what it is.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Play like Leeds did last season.
I know, I know.

 

[Champagneblade]

3-1-4-2 is the way to go

In terms of the current squad, it feels that it is the easiest to arrive at with minimal recruitment already.

Cooper
Dunne Anel Robinson
Souza
Seriki Arblaster Davies Burrows
Campbell Moore

Given Dunne’s experience of both central defence and right back he’d be ideal for right centre back. Anel was surprisingly good as the central figure when he played there.

Seriki and Burrows would have no issue as wingbacks.

Souza a given but I put Tom Davies then next to Arblaster (assuming Hamer is off). If fit I don’t see how you leave him out.

We look better with two forwards even if one is a number 10.

I had no issue with 4-4-2 but were a bit light on wingers. Unlike the OP I wasn’t a big fan of inverted wingers as a Plan A. No issue as an alternative tactic. Rather put crosses in to a 6’6” striker and watch the mayhem ensue. 4-2-3-1 is not far off only worh more of an attacking midfielder rather than additional striker.

I don’t dislike 4-3-3 but I just don’t see us as a one striker club at present. I’m not sure we have anyone who excels at that role and is a goal threat. You need a Drogba type. Had we got promoted this would have felt an obvious transition.

 

[Working Class Hero]

I think those last 6 or so games had a great combination of results and performances (obviously with the exception of the last half an hour or so). Hopefully we can expect more of that.

 

[Sherwoodblade]

If we score 1, go for 2.
If we score 2, try for a 3rd.
Dont even think about "sitting in" until we are at least 3 up.

If for some reason we aren't fit enough to do this, then do something about it!

Totally agree. You could even utter the immortal words 'Muttley do something'.

 

[Muttley]

Totally agree. You could even utter the immortal words 'Muttley do something'.

And when it dosen't work, "Drat, Drat and Double Drat"

 

[thehet]

In terms of the current squad, it feels that it is the easiest to arrive at with minimal recruitment already.

Cooper
Dunne Anel Robinson
Souza
Seriki Arblaster Davies Burrows
Campbell Moore

Given Dunne’s experience of both central defence and right back he’d be ideal for right centre back. Anel was surprisingly good as the central figure when he played there.

Seriki and Burrows would have no issue as wingbacks.

Souza a given but I put Tom Davies then next to Arblaster (assuming Hamer is off). If fit I don’t see how you leave him out.

We look better with two forwards even if one is a number 10.

I had no issue with 4-4-2 but were a bit light on wingers. Unlike the OP I wasn’t a big fan of inverted wingers as a Plan A. No issue as an alternative tactic. Rather put crosses in to a 6’6” striker and watch the mayhem ensue. 4-2-3-1 is not far off only worh more of an attacking midfielder rather than additional striker.

I don’t dislike 4-3-3 but I just don’t see us as a one striker club at present. I’m not sure we have anyone who excels at that role and is a goal threat. You need a Drogba type. Had we got promoted this would have felt an obvious transition.

Zero creativity in this team with the exception of Burrows, who is good for a cross.

It is also downright negligent that we start next year with Anel and Robbo in defence.

 

[robbiez666]

More tempo. More pressing. More urgency. Move the ball forward quickly. Take risks in the final 3rd. Has a go.

 

[Nick Jansky]

In terms of the current squad, it feels that it is the easiest to arrive at with minimal recruitment already.

Cooper
Dunne Anel Robinson
Souza
Seriki Arblaster Davies Burrows
Campbell Moore

Given Dunne’s experience of both central defence and right back he’d be ideal for right centre back. Anel was surprisingly good as the central figure when he played there.

Seriki and Burrows would have no issue as wingbacks.

Souza a given but I put Tom Davies then next to Arblaster (assuming Hamer is off). If fit I don’t see how you leave him out.

We look better with two forwards even if one is a number 10.

I had no issue with 4-4-2 but were a bit light on wingers. Unlike the OP I wasn’t a big fan of inverted wingers as a Plan A. No issue as an alternative tactic. Rather put crosses in to a 6’6” striker and watch the mayhem ensue. 4-2-3-1 is not far off only worh more of an attacking midfielder rather than additional striker.

I don’t dislike 4-3-3 but I just don’t see us as a one striker club at present. I’m not sure we have anyone who excels at that role and is a goal threat. You need a Drogba type. Had we got promoted this would have felt an obvious transition.

That team would show that the owners aren’t serious about a promotion push.

 

[SUFCinks]

I’m a performance over results guy and for me this season has been really poor. If i’m giving up hours of my day and money to watch then I would like to enjoy the performance and be proud. For me the idea of just the result mattering sucks all the passion and joy out of the game, you may as well just catch the final score on BBC/Sky.

I would firstly get rid of this sit back and soak up the pressure mentality which we adopt for HUGE periods of the game where we cycle through a good defensive shape, win the ball, smash it clear back to the oppo and repeat. When we win the ball back we need to be better at keeping it.

When we have the ball the transitions need to be quicker and more purposeful. Attack with more numbers and speed.

More crosses into the box if we have that big lump Moore playing. Our crossing this season hasn’t been great.

Overplaying in the final 3rd at times when instead we should be brave and take a shot.

We also need to be much more composed under pressure, at times this season we’ve cut the midfield out of the game as we’ve been scared of the opposition press. So most of our possession comes from GK - DF - GK. The midfield needs to be more composed and technical.

I think defensively we are OK, the rest of the game is just a bit mehhh.

 

[Muttley]

Couldn't have put it better myself.

 

[Zeblades34]

I think defensively we are OK

Agree with your points however since Souttar's injury i think we've looked a lot more fragile at the back. Absolute waste of time bringing Holding in, and when he did play he played assured and calm but then in the next game was dropped i just didn't get it. CB's massive target for recruitment. Think we need 2, 2 Centre mids, a couple of wingers with pace and another striker.

 

[Bladesince59]

I would like to want to watch a game after 65 minutes. Bored to death as a rule by then.

 

[SUFCinks]

Agree with your points however since Souttar's injury i think we've looked a lot more fragile at the back. Absolute waste of time bringing Holding in, and when he did play he played assured and calm but then in the next game was dropped i just didn't get it. CB's massive target for recruitment. Think we need 2, 2 Centre mids, a couple of wingers with pace and another striker.

We were stronger defensively with Souttar in the team, undoubtedly. Without him we were weaker. But even without him, when you look statistically at the basic numbers (not a deep dive) we achieved 3rd best goals conceded record in the league and our goals for record is the 6th best. To me this suggests that as a real basic overview the attacking play is whats holding back from our potential.

 

[Caseh]

I enjoyed the way we played against Bristol both legs, so that would be a nice start. I'd just love for us to attack games for the bulk of the games, this season we played so passively it was quite painful.

 

[loyalblade95]

In terms of the current squad, it feels that it is the easiest to arrive at with minimal recruitment already.

Cooper
Dunne Anel Robinson
Souza
Seriki Arblaster Davies Burrows
Campbell Moore

Given Dunne’s experience of both central defence and right back he’d be ideal for right centre back. Anel was surprisingly good as the central figure when he played there.

Seriki and Burrows would have no issue as wingbacks.

Souza a given but I put Tom Davies then next to Arblaster (assuming Hamer is off). If fit I don’t see how you leave him out.

We look better with two forwards even if one is a number 10.

I had no issue with 4-4-2 but were a bit light on wingers. Unlike the OP I wasn’t a big fan of inverted wingers as a Plan A. No issue as an alternative tactic. Rather put crosses in to a 6’6” striker and watch the mayhem ensue. 4-2-3-1 is not far off only worh more of an attacking midfielder rather than additional striker.

I don’t dislike 4-3-3 but I just don’t see us as a one striker club at present. I’m not sure we have anyone who excels at that role and is a goal threat. You need a Drogba type. Had we got promoted this would have felt an obvious transition.

Good shout, it would remove our need for wingers, we've only got 1 winger (Brooks) even if he is an inverted winger, but he can play midfield as well.

We would have to sign more CB's but there's quite a few available, on frees, loans and decent fees.

Left Hamer and Anel out in case they leave, if Souza leaves someone like Sam Field at QPR or maybe even Tommy Doyle would be good replacements (sounds like the Doyle January interest might have been genuine)

If Hamer stays I'd swap him for O'Hare.

Need a new CCB, preferably someone in the Egan mould, Michael Keane maybe, Holding would have been nice but that ship has probably sailed now, Joe Worrall could be an option.

Basically a CCB capable of holding the line while our RCB and LCB push on.

-----------------Cooper
--------Dunne?-New-Robbo
Seriki-Souza?-Arblaster-Burrows
-----------------O'Hare
--------Campbell-----Moore

Other options: Anel (RCB/LCB - if still here), Hamer (CM/CAM - if still here), Peck (CM), Brooks (CM/CAM), T Davies (CM), Cannon (ST), Oné (ST), Marsh (CAM), Baptiste (RCB), McCallum (LWB)

 

[JOEYDEE]

Why can't we just play like we did against Middlesbrough at home?
Suit me all day long.