04-03-2020, 13:12
If you could simultaneously have been at home watching Billy Gilmour at 18 taking Liverpool apart you might have been more confident about Hutchinson coming on. Like Gilmour he now has to prove he can keep doing it.
I wonder if one of the things Pembo got wrong was starting Tyson. He seemed to benefit enormously from coming on as a sub against a defence that had already played almost 70 minutes when he scored his hat trick. He is 37 and the fact he has retained a bit of pace might be more advantageous nearer the end of games rather than the beginning. Equally Fondop is about the only player we have who has scored early goals for us …….. so maybe we should use him at the start with a view to Tyson replacing him.
We seem to have a penchant for centre back combinations who mirror each other's weaknesses. Ideally we ought to have someone quick on the turn alongside Evans, but that applied to Evo too didn't it? BUT if the defensive midfield were working properly would their turning circle even be an issue? I can remember playing behind two ageing centre backs who didn't get turned by a player running through with the ball because we had a fearsome tackler lying deep in midfield. Equally threading a pass through the middle of us was difficult, because our centre backs didn't get dragged out wide so they were in position, midfield was a genuine barrier and behind them I was ready to leave my line and clear up the odd danger ball. It's if you let play be open and your centre backs get dragged apart that their mobility becomes an issue. I suppose the fact that our full backs were two of our best and most mobile players meant that it was very difficult for forwards to create space and exploit any weaknesses we had.
Although we scored three and lost last night the most important thing we need to do now is go to Chorley and score. Despite the results both sides "achieved" last night if you're doing the prediction league the most likely result has to be 0-0. And we need the win.
I wonder if one of the things Pembo got wrong was starting Tyson. He seemed to benefit enormously from coming on as a sub against a defence that had already played almost 70 minutes when he scored his hat trick. He is 37 and the fact he has retained a bit of pace might be more advantageous nearer the end of games rather than the beginning. Equally Fondop is about the only player we have who has scored early goals for us …….. so maybe we should use him at the start with a view to Tyson replacing him.
We seem to have a penchant for centre back combinations who mirror each other's weaknesses. Ideally we ought to have someone quick on the turn alongside Evans, but that applied to Evo too didn't it? BUT if the defensive midfield were working properly would their turning circle even be an issue? I can remember playing behind two ageing centre backs who didn't get turned by a player running through with the ball because we had a fearsome tackler lying deep in midfield. Equally threading a pass through the middle of us was difficult, because our centre backs didn't get dragged out wide so they were in position, midfield was a genuine barrier and behind them I was ready to leave my line and clear up the odd danger ball. It's if you let play be open and your centre backs get dragged apart that their mobility becomes an issue. I suppose the fact that our full backs were two of our best and most mobile players meant that it was very difficult for forwards to create space and exploit any weaknesses we had.
Although we scored three and lost last night the most important thing we need to do now is go to Chorley and score. Despite the results both sides "achieved" last night if you're doing the prediction league the most likely result has to be 0-0. And we need the win.