nopigfansintown
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We don't stretch the game in wide areas due to the narrowness of the pitch, nor length ways with strikers running behind the centre backs. Clarke and Sharp's numbers were visible to me on the kop almost all night, when you should be seeing their face as they run beyond the defenders (one goes long, one short). Were often playing inverted wingers who naturally run infield on their favoured foot and add to this congestion. You could throw a dishcloth over our team from goal kicks - it's nonsensical. Our lack of control in midfield means our full backs struggle to get high enough up the pitch to alleviate the lack of width. Wilder was probably hoping that Brayford and Hussey would give us all the width we need, and that other areas were far more in need of additions. The fact that Duffy and Done drift inside regularly doesn't matter if the fullbacks are getting on the outside (see Flynn and Brayford's partnership during the FA Cup run). If they aren't (for whatever reason) you need natural wingers, preferably with pace, who are happy to go on the outside of the defender with limited support from the defensive minded fullback . A good example of this was Ndlovu and Kozluk's partnership. You have to have a measure of control in midfield for Wilder's current strategy to have any chance of long term success. We haven't, so it hasn't.
Another point worthy of comment is our pressing game. Wilder's game plan is a high defensive line and our forward players pressing the opposition in their own half. In effect to smother the opposition, pin them back, and rain set pieces and general pressure until they crack This strategy is doomed to fail when you have so many immobile players in these positions and thus poor pressing. They get out of our block fairly easily, and then straight away outnumber us in midfield four versus five. This normally results in trouble down Done's side due to his positional indiscipline: he often leaves his fullback, usually Hussey, two versus one.
Another point worthy of comment is our pressing game. Wilder's game plan is a high defensive line and our forward players pressing the opposition in their own half. In effect to smother the opposition, pin them back, and rain set pieces and general pressure until they crack This strategy is doomed to fail when you have so many immobile players in these positions and thus poor pressing. They get out of our block fairly easily, and then straight away outnumber us in midfield four versus five. This normally results in trouble down Done's side due to his positional indiscipline: he often leaves his fullback, usually Hussey, two versus one.
