18-08-2023, 23:23
(This post was last modified: 18-08-2023, 23:28 by Slick_Footwork.)
1-1.
I suppose you have to be pleased with a point on the road considering how abject our performance was.
The worry is, with this personnel, I don't think that abject performance will be a one off...
Some of the players we have in this side are absolutely dreadful.
Kipre in the last minute tonight, under no pressure could've just brought the ball down and we draw, but instead just punts it straight to the Leeds lad who fortunately puts it wide. What's wrong with these players? It's like they are robots just programmed to hoof the thing when it's the end of the game, even when they are under no pressure at all. Yet if it's in the first half, they will play hospital balls in their own box even when they have no passes on and it's crying out to clear the thing.
And is there a zombie infection at the Hawthorns that takes over all of our managers and forces them to play 3 at the back?
Year after year, manager after manager, it's the same rubbish. Square pegs in round holes. No forward options because we have too many defenders on the pitch. We've seen it time and time again with this personnel and they are not good enough. If you are going to play 3 at the back, you need ball playing centre halves. Wing backs who can actually play. We don't have them. We didn't have them when Bruce tried it. And now we have even less accomplished players after losing O'Shea.
Last season Corberan got results by getting back to basics. 4 at the back. Centre backs who could head the ball and would chip in with a goal at the other end. Remember Bartley scoring a couple of winners in Corberan's early games when we dug a couple of 1-0 wins out?
Now we're seeing similar to what Bruce served up. Full backs in a back 3. Bog standard full backs being asked to play further forwards, despite being completely inept on the ball. Or wingers being asked to play too deep. So many square pegs in round holes. I'd rather have another forward option on than have a full back as an extra centre half. For me, more numbers at the back doesn't mean you defend better, especially when they can't head the ball.
I was really impressed by Corberan last season and thought he performed miracles, but his selections so far this season are starting to make me think he either got lucky or has lost the plot...
And considering we've got no cash and are desperate for more loans, we might want to consider starting Sarmiento. Who is going to loan us players when we don't give game time to the guys we have on loan already?
I suppose you have to be pleased with a point on the road considering how abject our performance was.
The worry is, with this personnel, I don't think that abject performance will be a one off...
Some of the players we have in this side are absolutely dreadful.
Kipre in the last minute tonight, under no pressure could've just brought the ball down and we draw, but instead just punts it straight to the Leeds lad who fortunately puts it wide. What's wrong with these players? It's like they are robots just programmed to hoof the thing when it's the end of the game, even when they are under no pressure at all. Yet if it's in the first half, they will play hospital balls in their own box even when they have no passes on and it's crying out to clear the thing.
And is there a zombie infection at the Hawthorns that takes over all of our managers and forces them to play 3 at the back?
Year after year, manager after manager, it's the same rubbish. Square pegs in round holes. No forward options because we have too many defenders on the pitch. We've seen it time and time again with this personnel and they are not good enough. If you are going to play 3 at the back, you need ball playing centre halves. Wing backs who can actually play. We don't have them. We didn't have them when Bruce tried it. And now we have even less accomplished players after losing O'Shea.
Last season Corberan got results by getting back to basics. 4 at the back. Centre backs who could head the ball and would chip in with a goal at the other end. Remember Bartley scoring a couple of winners in Corberan's early games when we dug a couple of 1-0 wins out?
Now we're seeing similar to what Bruce served up. Full backs in a back 3. Bog standard full backs being asked to play further forwards, despite being completely inept on the ball. Or wingers being asked to play too deep. So many square pegs in round holes. I'd rather have another forward option on than have a full back as an extra centre half. For me, more numbers at the back doesn't mean you defend better, especially when they can't head the ball.
I was really impressed by Corberan last season and thought he performed miracles, but his selections so far this season are starting to make me think he either got lucky or has lost the plot...
And considering we've got no cash and are desperate for more loans, we might want to consider starting Sarmiento. Who is going to loan us players when we don't give game time to the guys we have on loan already?