We are still not taking charge of games, we are simply wearing the opposition down. Too many times when we are going forward, we either pass back or give the ball away. That puts pressure on us as we saw today.
We need to get back to the form we showed in December and get some bite back into the middle of the field. But what is our best midfield combination? Hernandez is our creative maestro, but he has been out-muscled in the last few games. O'Kane and Phillips are not good enough. Vieira is energetic and powerful but gives the ball away a lot. Bridcutt gives 110% but his distribution is erratic. Douks and Dallas have their moments, but too often, they seem to be supporting the defence when they should be leading the charge. Overall, there is talent in there, but it is nowhere near cohesive or consistent enough to put fear in the opposition.
We are being carried by the best defence we have seen since our days in the Premier League, but how can we tighten up around the middle, and create more chances in the final third?
12 games to go, 7 of which are away. The Championship is a division of fine margins and it does not take much to make a team better, or a whole lot worse. If we can sort out the midfield, we might be looking at more than a play-off place.
The midfield
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What. I said that we don't change our defence. Changing to three at the back isn't just changing the defence, it is changing the entire formation. We were talking about rotation of players, not changing formations.
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You come on here and act like what you do in your spare time makes you more important, or means that you have more authority to talk on tactics and football. I am sorry, but that is nonsense.
Not only is it nonsense, it is also pompous, arrogant and dissrespectful of fellow football fans who come here to talk about a club we love and share our opinions on said club. We shouldn't have to have you telling us who is wrong and who is right, all because you have more "experience" than we do.
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Jeez, handbags still being thrown around.
Admin, time to shut this one down, I think.
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How many different people have to call you pompous before you actually think, hang about, maybe I am pompous?
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I thought you said you were done with this conversation?