15-09-2021, 00:40
(This post was last modified: 15-09-2021, 00:44 by Slick_Footwork.)
Pretty disappointed this evening...
Feels like we have come back down to earth with a bang in the last 2 games. It's going to be a tough season with this wafer thin squad of players and lack of genuine quality.
I thought we were poor against Millwall, but put it down to them being big, tough and spoiling...
After watching Blues bully Derby on Friday, I thought we would walk all over them with our blood and thunder tactics. But at this moment, it feels like we might have been found out.
First 45 minutes we didn't turn up again. Endless aimless hoofball. Wingers offering nothing. What's the point in Karlan Grant? Can't trap a ball, can't beat a man, can't pass, no pace.
Second half after introducing Hugill we were better. We huffed and puffed and did deserve to win.
But the fact a poor side like Derby managed to keep us out, despite being soft and having a pair of geriatrics at the back leads me to believe this will be a common theme.
With tactics of simply "bombard", I think you need all 3 of you centres halfs to all be a threat in the box. We're missing Clarke and O'Shea.
We don't have the quality in the squad for a plan B, so I think we're going to see a lot of games like this. Mowatt is a real shining light in terms of quality, but otherwise we look very ordinary. I think the squads that Bilic and Moore had were far superior to this. So if we do manage to get promoted this season, Ismael will have worked wonders with this set of players.
Hugill has to start the next game flanked by Robbo and Phillips IMO. Grady and Grant just aren't doing enough for me. The latter I'd be happy to drop right down the pecking order.
Feels like we have come back down to earth with a bang in the last 2 games. It's going to be a tough season with this wafer thin squad of players and lack of genuine quality.
I thought we were poor against Millwall, but put it down to them being big, tough and spoiling...
After watching Blues bully Derby on Friday, I thought we would walk all over them with our blood and thunder tactics. But at this moment, it feels like we might have been found out.
First 45 minutes we didn't turn up again. Endless aimless hoofball. Wingers offering nothing. What's the point in Karlan Grant? Can't trap a ball, can't beat a man, can't pass, no pace.
Second half after introducing Hugill we were better. We huffed and puffed and did deserve to win.
But the fact a poor side like Derby managed to keep us out, despite being soft and having a pair of geriatrics at the back leads me to believe this will be a common theme.
With tactics of simply "bombard", I think you need all 3 of you centres halfs to all be a threat in the box. We're missing Clarke and O'Shea.
We don't have the quality in the squad for a plan B, so I think we're going to see a lot of games like this. Mowatt is a real shining light in terms of quality, but otherwise we look very ordinary. I think the squads that Bilic and Moore had were far superior to this. So if we do manage to get promoted this season, Ismael will have worked wonders with this set of players.
Hugill has to start the next game flanked by Robbo and Phillips IMO. Grady and Grant just aren't doing enough for me. The latter I'd be happy to drop right down the pecking order.