Midfield energy, tracking, pressing

[Camden Blade]

It's not the end of the world today's result. But the performance is a cause for worry. Fleck and Norwood paired in the middle hasn't worked for yonks. The energy and tracking displayed by the midfield against Spurs is what we lacked today. One of either Gordon or my preference Coulibaly should start Wednesday along with Doyle and Norwood. If Boro win this afternoon Reading on Tuesday suddenly becomes a massive game.

 

[Rudders]

Brooks and Couilbally are pretty callow but a lot better at running than Fleck and Norwood.
We could probably do with some pace away from home but Hecky seems to go for experience.
We don't look like getting a win away from home unless we are backs against the wall hoping for some Illy magic.

 

[Champagneblade]

It worries me that we learned nothing from Millwall and to go further back learnt nothing from Watford away.

Why leave ourselves so vulnerable so early in the game? Away from home, the basic 101 is that you keep it tight early on and quieten the home crowd.

The likes of Bogle, they are more Harlem Globetrotter than footballer at times. He has a basic job and that's to defend. Make the most of it when you can attack but you don't get to choose to not defend. He just goes absolute walkabout.

 

[Camden Blade]

Brooks and Couilbally are pretty callow but a lot better at running than Fleck and Norwood.
We could probably do with some pace away from home but Hecky seems to go for experience.
We don't look like getting a win away from home unless we are backs against the wall hoping for some Illy magic.

It would be tempting to start with a new midfield on Tuesday. Doyle, McAtee, Coulibaly would be my preference at least to start with. Couldn't be worse than today whereby our midfield was either anonymous or exposed. Fleck is definitely a bench player now. Baldock and Osborne on the flanks.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Lacking, lacking and lacking.

 

[Slug]

We can't have both Bogle and Lowe at wing backs when we are coming up against the better teams in the division.

Both have poor positional awareness (Lowe in particular) and get caught too far up the pitch at the same time which leaves us completely outnumbered when teams break.

 

[Drunk blade]

It worries me that we learned nothing from Millwall and to go further back learnt nothing from Watford away.

Why leave ourselves so vulnerable so early in the game? Away from home, the basic 101 is that you keep it tight early on and quieten the home crowd.

The likes of Bogle, they are more Harlem Globetrotter than footballer at times. He has a basic job and that's to defend. Make the most of it when you can attack but you don't get to choose to not defend. He just goes absolute walkabout.

Anel stops the first goal imo despite the lazy fuckers watching blackburn players run past them, nobody in the league as good at last ditch tackles, the stats with him in the side speak volumes... our best player by a mile

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Osborn, Fleck, Couilbaly possibly leaving and two returning loans we should be definitely looking to sign three here along with Berge and Norwood.

O'Brien, Doyle an Choudhury yeah?

 

[ancientblade]

Osborn, Fleck, Couilbaly possibly leaving and two returning loans we should be definitely looking to sign three here along with Berge and Norwood.

O'Brien, Doyle an Choudhury yeah?

those 3 would do for me