The most obvious is our lack of chances created, this has been the same throughout the season even during the better results. We play one isolated player up top the 2 wide forwards are far too wide to make an impact with the striker. If you want to play that way then invert the wingers. The very few good moments from Edwards this season have been on the left.
The way we play backwards so often. Ball retention is important in football but so is attacking intent and mixing the pace of place with passages play trained into the team. The way that we play a 1st time ball backwards so often is madness. It must be so easy to play again because it is so obvious and doesn't mean the opposition have to be tested by something different. Football is about taking the ball on the half turn and catching the opposition off guard. The way we play in back either screams it has been drilled in and the freedom has been removed or it shows an arrogance that we don't have to try something else because we can play safe and win.
The playing out from the back, obvious again but not working and too many times it results it a punt to an isolated front man. Our midfield sits so deep to try and play out and then we punt it.
Balance of the side, too often we play similar players and then wonder why we are predictable. Steady wide players like sears and judge or 2 stoppers like Wilson and nsiala or 2 raw big CBs like woolf and McG. Our balance in defence is wrong 2 aging full backs and inexpensive in the middle. It is no coincidence that woolf is struggling more without Chambers as a central partner.
Playing to strengths, we have Jackson as a sellable asset and Edwards as well. Neither have been played to their limited strengths. You have to build players in a team around them to make up for their lack of retention and to allow them the freedom to gamble. This is similar for Dozzell he is a rolls Royce at this level in passing but he shouldn't have play with players like judge as his protection, his 2 partners need to press high to give him the space behind. Too often he is having to find the space in our back 4.
The lack of youngsters, it is frightening how restricted we are. He hates the youngsters potentially showing something different. He wants the well drilled pros giving the steady performances
The problems are probably blindingly obvious but they aren't going away and they are there throughout the reign even during the winning streaks |  |
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