Beefymcfc wrote:We went over all this at the start of the season when we lost to the likes of Cardiff/Villa et al where a lot of people said the system doesn't work in some cases. If the system is inherently wrong then no matter what the team does it will always come back to the system. The system itself is tiring so it's not going to get any better with time, just worse.
We have chosen a brand of football that is appealling to the eye, to attract the next generation of support. The problem with this is that you need to have the back-up to come in and do a job to a decent level and you can only do that if the rotation is right. Leaving a player on the bench for 5 games or so and then expecting him to play as if he's been there all season is not going to happen.
john@staustell wrote:We are clearly utterly fucked and our best players are injured.
Even so, if Liverpool had played as many games as we have, if they hadn't had all the luck going, including at Norwich where that shot rebounded over Ruddy, they would be knackered and well behind us.
And we'd win the PL, and everything would be rosy. (Which we still may)
Fine lines.
Ted Hughes wrote:And I would add, that if we'd kept Barry, we would now be pretty much champions.
Cocacolajojo wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:And I would add, that if we'd kept Barry, we would now be pretty much champions.
Barry in that two man midfield would have ground to a halt, literally, stuck in the grass. It's the system, not the players (at this point of the season anyway).
Ted Hughes wrote:Cocacolajojo wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:And I would add, that if we'd kept Barry, we would now be pretty much champions.
Barry in that two man midfield would have ground to a halt, literally, stuck in the grass. It's the system, not the players (at this point of the season anyway).
It's not ideal for him, but he did it many times successfully with Yaya or Nige. Barry is on another planet compared to Garcia for instance, when it comes to reading the game. Garcia has to make full length sliding tackles to do stuff Barry would do without breaking sweat, because he's already read it. He makes those around him play better, by doing shit they would have to do, because he sees it so early.
No comparison imo.
Wooders wrote:Pelllers will refresh the squad (if ffp lets him) over the summer with players he trusts to put in a rotating system - we've also got burndown issues because of injuries to our backup players
Ted Hughes wrote:Wooders wrote:Pelllers will refresh the squad (if ffp lets him) over the summer with players he trusts to put in a rotating system - we've also got burndown issues because of injuries to our backup players
All true, so in the meantime, when we are winning the game, he sees Aguero & Nasri both stood with their hands on their hips 40 yards upfield, Silva struggling to stay with runners, Fernandinho in an advanced positiion next to Dzeko & WBA with five players running at/past Garcia at our dodgy back 4, why doesn't he just stiffen up the midfield, settle for the win & perhaps even a chance of more goals on the counter attack ?
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