24-02-2018, 19:14
(This post was last modified: 24-02-2018, 19:15 by Slick_Footwork.)
Pardew has to be the least tactically astute manage that we have had at the club for some time. I thought Irvine was bad, but this guy really takes the cake.
How you can play a rigid 4-4-2 with Rondon and Rodriguez up front is beyond me. Neither can trap a long ball. Both excel at being played in behind yet we have nobody operating in between the lines - like Pritchard did for Huddersfield - to get into a position to slip them through.
Playing 4-5-1 with Phillips off 1 of the forwards and Burke on the wing would make us 10 times better. Unfortunately Pardew simply can't see the wood from the trees. Every sub is a 'like for like' change leaving us reliant on new personnel to improve the game, but no new strategy or thinking.
Have no idea why Brunt is always on the bench when he's shown on numerous occasions that he's the only midfielder who can play a penetrative pass. I understand playing McClean this week, because he run his balls off last week, but the guy simply isn't good enough. As for Barry, you get you deserve when you recruit a 36 year old to help a midfield that was drastically short on legs last season. Oh, happy 37th birthday Gaz
Brunt should be picked in front of both of these. If we played 4-5-1, a central 3 of Krychowiak, Brunt and Phillips would actually have some semblance of balance. I think Phillips might actually chip in with a few goals if he was actually allowed to roam.
Oh well, the only positive is that Pardew will now be sacked. Clearly he isn't the man to rebuild this squad with his primitive thinking.
How you can play a rigid 4-4-2 with Rondon and Rodriguez up front is beyond me. Neither can trap a long ball. Both excel at being played in behind yet we have nobody operating in between the lines - like Pritchard did for Huddersfield - to get into a position to slip them through.
Playing 4-5-1 with Phillips off 1 of the forwards and Burke on the wing would make us 10 times better. Unfortunately Pardew simply can't see the wood from the trees. Every sub is a 'like for like' change leaving us reliant on new personnel to improve the game, but no new strategy or thinking.
Have no idea why Brunt is always on the bench when he's shown on numerous occasions that he's the only midfielder who can play a penetrative pass. I understand playing McClean this week, because he run his balls off last week, but the guy simply isn't good enough. As for Barry, you get you deserve when you recruit a 36 year old to help a midfield that was drastically short on legs last season. Oh, happy 37th birthday Gaz
Brunt should be picked in front of both of these. If we played 4-5-1, a central 3 of Krychowiak, Brunt and Phillips would actually have some semblance of balance. I think Phillips might actually chip in with a few goals if he was actually allowed to roam.
Oh well, the only positive is that Pardew will now be sacked. Clearly he isn't the man to rebuild this squad with his primitive thinking.