09-10-2015, 17:41
Isn't the problem that we haven't adequately replaced Ryan? Take out Morsy too and the defensive capability seems to be reduced even further.
Maybe Saunders should just pick his best eleven players and build a system around them ...... which would probably mean Evatt, Hird and Raglan all in the team at once. But then we do appear to be in that dreadful failing situation in which we need to have 12 players on the pitch. One up front is never quite enough, because the player operating the loan role isn't good enough. If we shift to two up front we are overrun in midfield, and once that happens our defence is fire-fighting instead of defending. And once your defence is reduced to fire-fighting the ball doesn't come forward in a controlled enough way for your attack to work properly ........... It's a vicious circle.
Nowhere on the pitch are we good enough to cope with another part of the team fighting a losing battle. And the reason is that the money we made selling players didn't come back into the team in sufficient quantities. We're left with promise but very little delivery and unless something changes tomorrow could be a very difficult game.
Maybe Saunders should just pick his best eleven players and build a system around them ...... which would probably mean Evatt, Hird and Raglan all in the team at once. But then we do appear to be in that dreadful failing situation in which we need to have 12 players on the pitch. One up front is never quite enough, because the player operating the loan role isn't good enough. If we shift to two up front we are overrun in midfield, and once that happens our defence is fire-fighting instead of defending. And once your defence is reduced to fire-fighting the ball doesn't come forward in a controlled enough way for your attack to work properly ........... It's a vicious circle.
Nowhere on the pitch are we good enough to cope with another part of the team fighting a losing battle. And the reason is that the money we made selling players didn't come back into the team in sufficient quantities. We're left with promise but very little delivery and unless something changes tomorrow could be a very difficult game.