Well that was a shit first half.
Defensively we are disjointed. The midfield is trying to press whilst the defence is sitting deep and that is leaving space between the two banks that Carvalho and Dias have exploited it numerous times. If Big Dave wants to continue this way defensively then he needs to drop Morrison back to a left centre midfield role, push Livermore a little bit forward to right centre midfield and then play Brunt in a central deep role behind the two banks of four. Then if the midfield four presses whilst the defensive four stays deep, Brunt is in the space in between to stop Forest playing a quick turnover and exploiting the space.
Going forward we should keep it as the 4231 but play with Phillips and Barnes wider and use the width to our advantage like we were doing towards the end of the half.
Defensively we are disjointed. The midfield is trying to press whilst the defence is sitting deep and that is leaving space between the two banks that Carvalho and Dias have exploited it numerous times. If Big Dave wants to continue this way defensively then he needs to drop Morrison back to a left centre midfield role, push Livermore a little bit forward to right centre midfield and then play Brunt in a central deep role behind the two banks of four. Then if the midfield four presses whilst the defensive four stays deep, Brunt is in the space in between to stop Forest playing a quick turnover and exploiting the space.
Going forward we should keep it as the 4231 but play with Phillips and Barnes wider and use the width to our advantage like we were doing towards the end of the half.