I’d love to find out Big Dave’s reasonings for playing both Rodriguez and Robson-Kanu. During pre-season he has played 4231 with Morrison or Harper as the 10 and a 4141 with Livermore and Field as the central 2 with Brunt behind as the anchor. When Robson-Kanu and Rodriguez both played in the same team Rodriguez played off the left side of midfield.
To go through pre-season playing 4231 (with a pure 10) and 4141 and then make the decision to set up with 2 strikers (either as a duo or 1 behind the other) is baffling and in my opinion naïve. A big trap that British managers constantly fall into is changing from the system with 1 striker that works (4231, 4141 etc) to a system with two strikers such as 442 just because the opposition is not at the same level and you’re at home. Roy Hodgson used to do it a lot and he was vastly experienced at the time. Big Dave is a young Coach and is learning as he goes along so there’s no need to panic but having Graeme Jones as Assistant is supposed to help him make the right decisions.
I love Big Dave and I really want him to succeed at the club and to succeed, he needs to learn from these mistakes as we go forward. It’s only the first match of the season so it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things but today was a chance to make a fast start.
Morrison has to start as the 10 against Forest with Rodriguez or Robson-Kanu making way.
To go through pre-season playing 4231 (with a pure 10) and 4141 and then make the decision to set up with 2 strikers (either as a duo or 1 behind the other) is baffling and in my opinion naïve. A big trap that British managers constantly fall into is changing from the system with 1 striker that works (4231, 4141 etc) to a system with two strikers such as 442 just because the opposition is not at the same level and you’re at home. Roy Hodgson used to do it a lot and he was vastly experienced at the time. Big Dave is a young Coach and is learning as he goes along so there’s no need to panic but having Graeme Jones as Assistant is supposed to help him make the right decisions.
I love Big Dave and I really want him to succeed at the club and to succeed, he needs to learn from these mistakes as we go forward. It’s only the first match of the season so it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things but today was a chance to make a fast start.
Morrison has to start as the 10 against Forest with Rodriguez or Robson-Kanu making way.