Who drops out for Gus?

[Carlton Blade]

O'Hare is twice the player he was last season. You underestimate him.

O'Hare was twice the player about 4 games ago. We can't get the ball to him consistently unless we have some variety available. We are either unwilling or unable to 'pass through the thirds' so going direct to Bamford and playing from there is the best change up we have available. Play one up top and we are back to a lot of sideways passing and hoping someone else will take a risk

 

[Keen Blade]

Peck looks way better with Jairo in the team so we cant play Gus central. Last season CW used him on the left and thats where he'll play again i think.

Then it depends on formation. I think we r better with 2 up front which means Ohare will have to play on the right. As it stands is think this is potentially our best team
Cooper
Seriki Mee Tanganga McAllum/Burrows
Ohare Peck Jairo Hamer
Bamford Campbell

O'Hare will be far more effective than Brooks on the R.
We may as well play with 10 men when in possession if we keep sticking an inverted Brooks on the R.
He can't do anything attacking with his R foot - it's a standing foot only.
Put Gus in , drop Brooks - easy.

In fact Gus & O'Hare are good enough to rotate flanks during the game , leaving defenders confused as to where they'll pop up next.

With Brooks , you know he can't beat you on the outside - in fact he can't even control the ball with his R foot.
You just show him inside to a congested area and that's the end of the attack , time and time again.
Either that or he stays R and either coughs up cheap possession or tries a feeble cross with the outside of his L foot. Comical.
It happened 3 times when he received great passes last night but the manager can't see what a waste of time it is.
Not the players fault.
He's a one-footed LW being expected to create danger on the RW.

 

[AWetFlannel]

I'd go back to the 4-2-3-1 with Hamer on the left, he provides as much goal threat as any of our strikers.

We'd need to play less vertically and pass through the pitch more, but we have the players to do that, especially if Blaster comes back in.

 

[Mickyb]

Brooks , hes poor

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

O'Hare was twice the player about 4 games ago. We can't get the ball to him consistently unless we have some variety available. We are either unwilling or unable to 'pass through the thirds' so going direct to Bamford and playing from there is the best change up we have available. Play one up top and we are back to a lot of sideways passing and hoping someone else will take a risk

He's literally managed 2 assists in the last 2 games, playing wide left which isn't even his best position.

 

[mattbianco1]

What do we think Gus + Jairo would look like?

 

[Carlton Blade]

He's literally managed 2 assists in the last 2 games, playing wide left which isn't even his best position.

So what you're saying is that 2 up front works?

 

[joe casey]

Provided he is fit - you do not leave out your best player, who also happens to be one of if not the best in the league.
Especially when you are 21st in November

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

So what you're saying is that 2 up front works?

I'm saying have faith in O'Hare to excel in his best position. ACM.

There's a time and place for 2 up front, usually against the Championships lesser sides.

 

[Carlton Blade]

I'm saying have faith in O'Hare to excel in his best position. ACM.

And I'm saying we won't be able to get him the ball consistently, as we haven't been able to do based on 60 or so games evidence

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Don't drop any of them. Just rotate them every couple of games or so. Tough season needs strong, fit (i.e. ininjured) players.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

And I'm saying we won't be able to get him the ball consistently, as we haven't been able to do based on 60 or so games evidence

He's been player of the season so far, largely playing ACM. Get yourself to specsavers pal.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Were significantly more balanced having 2 strikers on the pitch so the only real place he can go is instead of CoH.

Personally, I don’t think he should be in the 11 at the moment.

 

[BangorBlade]

Until Arblaster & Hamer are back up to full speed they should be on the bench at best, atm the team has a more balanced look to it hence the the recent performances and that's without those 2 in the squad.
Riedewald brings a sense of calm to the midfield & Peck has flourished in a partnership with him, COH shouldn't be move from the position he's been playing at cos he's should have been MOM for the last 4 games at least and with a combination of Campbell, Bamford & Cannon(whos starting to look good for some reason).

 

[Carlton Blade]

He's been player of the season so far, largely playing ACM. Get yourself to specsavers pal.

A team who scored 11 goals in 15 games 'pal'

 

[ancientblade]

its a tricky one this if we want to carry on playing 2 strikers can we accomodate both hamer and o'hare ?

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

A team who scored 11 goals in 15 games 'pal'

You can't really hold the Selles part of the season against any of the players stats wise brah. The guy had no clue.

 

[Carlton Blade]

You can't really hold the Selles part of the season against any of the players stats wise brah. The guy had no clue.

I can use the 40 odd games from last season and the 12 from this where attacking looks painful without a targetman and O'Hare plays more as a defensive presser than getting on the ball in dangerous positions though.

But you keep telling yourself other stuff

 

[pudseyblade]

Someone will get injured and the decision will be made for us

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

Someone will get injured and the decision will be made for us

You might win an ITK award for this one

 

[nopigfansintown]

He should be made to earn his way back in like Burrows.

 

[Rodley]

O'Hare was twice the player about 4 games ago. We can't get the ball to him consistently unless we have some variety available. We are either unwilling or unable to 'pass through the thirds' so going direct to Bamford and playing from there is the best change up we have available. Play one up top and we are back to a lot of sideways passing and hoping someone else will take a risk

If we switch to one up front, we lose our ability to progress the ball quickly via Bamford and we’re back to toiling across the lines in front of a low block.

I wonder whether a 5-3-2 with Riedewald, Hamer and COH? But puts a lot of pressure on JR.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

I can use the 40 odd games from last season and the 12 from this where attacking looks painful without a targetman and O'Hare plays more as a defensive presser than getting on the ball in dangerous positions though.

But you keep telling yourself other stuff

My biggest issue last season was with the right hand side. Tried a ridiculous amount of right backs and none were effective in helping us attack. To make this even worse we would chop and change between JRS, Brooks, Brereton Diaz and randomly decide shoehorning Brewster on right wing was the way forward. If you're looking for a primary reason why our attack looked shit last season I'd say it was all the chopping and changing on the right, very annoying when JRS was clearly a cut above the rest.

Conversely this season it's just Ogbene or Brooks which is slim pickings in anyone's book.

 

[Hollinsend]

7 games between 6 December and 1st January, plenty of rotation and squad use will be needed.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

He should be made to earn his way back in like Burrows.

Guess you didn't see that goal yesterday?

 

[nopigfansintown]

Guess you didn't see that goal yesterday?

Yes, but unfortunately I've also seen him waddling around all season. He has the quality to dominate this division and really needs to step up and do it as nice as these sporadic moments of quality are.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Brooks

 

[Carlton Blade]

If we switch to one up front, we lose our ability to progress the ball quickly via Bamford and we’re back to toiling across the lines in front of a low block.

I wonder whether a 5-3-2 with Riedewald, Hamer and COH? But puts a lot of pressure on JR.

I think what we have got at the moment suits the most amount of players in the squad. The front 4 can be mixed up in plenty of varieties, see what you think will work on the day. But the back 6 seem pretty settled and I feel confident we'll hold the bottom half teams to 0 or 1 most weeks

Agree on Bamford. Looked a lot like good McBurnie last night. We need to be able to get it forward quickly and for a risk averse manager, a targetman is essential

 

[The Vicar]

O'Hare and Hamer can't play together? Yet we managed 92 points last season with them largely playing together and went off the boil when Brewster replaced O'Hare.

---------------- Cooper
Seriki Tanganga Mee McCallum
------------- Peck Jairo
Brooks-------O'Hare----Hamer
-‐--------------Campbell

No, no ,no! We look so must better with 2 upfront. Campbell and ings, Bamford and cannon, but Not Campbell and cannon.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I don't expect Hamer to have 90 minutes in him until the Christmas games at the earliest when rotation is par for the course anyway