| So what's the problem? 17:59 - Feb 6 with 2110 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
We clearly have issues against sides who decide to put 10 men behind the ball and then try to hit us on the break. It's been clearly pointed out that we seem to concede from the first shot on target all the time so whats the issue?
Walton is out of form for me, when Cambridge scored, I have to admit from the angle I saw the goal from, my immediate feeling was, "this time last year Walton would have got to that", but what else?
Are we short of real creativity? We have, on paper anyway, enough quality in the team to unpick sides like Cambridge, but we are falling short against those sides. If Keough is in there, can we afford Edmundson to step out of defence, or does Morsy or Evans need to come deeper and collect the ball rather than leaving Keough's 'older' legs against a counter?
Do we need to move the ball faster? I would argue we do need to do this and hit sides with a bit of pace. I'm honestly just interested in peoples ideas as to how our shape or tactics need to change. |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 18:06 - Feb 6 with 2062 views | FrimleyBlue |
Whilst I agree Walton hasn't been great.
I don't think he had much chance with the shot. The movement of the defenders infront couldn't have helped with the view either.
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| So what's the problem? on 18:10 - Feb 6 with 2052 views | Illinoisblue |
I think the players we rotate in and out are all reliable 7/10 players but we don’t have enough spark or ingenuity to unlock stubborn teams |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 18:13 - Feb 6 with 2042 views | MattinLondon |
The problem is very simple - our striker(s) and attacking players in general don’t take their changes with half-changes never taken.
The defence isn’t perfect but every time we miss a change it puts pressure on the defence.
The style isn’t the problem it’s just the very simple fact that the team panics in front goal. |  | | |
| So what's the problem? on 18:22 - Feb 6 with 2012 views | ArnieM |
We almost seem to lack self belief snd have s poor mental strength in the big “ must win” games. I really do think we need sports psychological input asap , or we will fade away as the season progresses. I don’t think it’s about footballing techniques, skills etc … but we do seem to literally
“ freeze” |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 20:07 - Feb 6 with 1883 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| So what's the problem? on 18:13 - Feb 6 by MattinLondon |
The problem is very simple - our striker(s) and attacking players in general don’t take their changes with half-changes never taken.
The defence isn’t perfect but every time we miss a change it puts pressure on the defence.
The style isn’t the problem it’s just the very simple fact that the team panics in front goal. |
How are you auto correcting 'chance' to change? | |
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| So what's the problem? on 20:32 - Feb 6 with 1831 views | Herbivore |
Don't think any version of Walton was ever getting to that Cambridge goal. |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 20:38 - Feb 6 with 1809 views | HARRY10 |
I think it is probably the way we are playing that is the problem,
rather than us being issued with anything, unless someone is issuing tranquilizers to the players unbeknown to them |  | | |
| So what's the problem? on 20:40 - Feb 6 with 1804 views | portmanking |
| So what's the problem? on 18:10 - Feb 6 by Illinoisblue |
I think the players we rotate in and out are all reliable 7/10 players but we don’t have enough spark or ingenuity to unlock stubborn teams |
I think this is a big issue.
We don't have a midfielder that genuinely thrives off picking locks and threading balls a la Magilton or someone of that ilk.
Morsy has never been that guy, even if McKenna thinks he can be more forward-thinking and Evans is becoming easier and easier for teams to nullify just by closing him down.
I'm not sure Luongo is either, really and it's a lot to ask of Humphreys. In McKenna's system, it's more about wide overloads, but that's quickly nullified in away games at many League 1 pitches that are simply too narrow to get the system working. On tight pitches, it's simply not good enough to try and do Plan A better when there's no way of physically making the pitch wider. | | | |
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| So what's the problem? on 20:52 - Feb 6 with 1764 views | Illinoisblue |
| So what's the problem? on 20:40 - Feb 6 by portmanking |
I think this is a big issue.
We don't have a midfielder that genuinely thrives off picking locks and threading balls a la Magilton or someone of that ilk.
Morsy has never been that guy, even if McKenna thinks he can be more forward-thinking and Evans is becoming easier and easier for teams to nullify just by closing him down.
I'm not sure Luongo is either, really and it's a lot to ask of Humphreys. In McKenna's system, it's more about wide overloads, but that's quickly nullified in away games at many League 1 pitches that are simply too narrow to get the system working. On tight pitches, it's simply not good enough to try and do Plan A better when there's no way of physically making the pitch wider. |
I think Evans is meant to be that player but he seems to be struggling a bit since he came back from injury. And he seems to thrive on diagonals in the middle third as opposed to unlocking in the final third. And yes, it would be a lot to ask of a kid like Humphreys to be the creative spark. That said, I would use him more than we have been doing.
I think the other problem we face is everyone wants to slap the big club. We’re the big-spending well-supported club that everyone wants to take down. Smaller teams raise their game 10% when they play us which means we need to be even cleverer when we play them. And for three months now we haven’t been very clever. | |
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| So what's the problem? on 21:01 - Feb 6 with 1728 views | ArnieM |
| So what's the problem? on 20:52 - Feb 6 by Illinoisblue |
I think Evans is meant to be that player but he seems to be struggling a bit since he came back from injury. And he seems to thrive on diagonals in the middle third as opposed to unlocking in the final third. And yes, it would be a lot to ask of a kid like Humphreys to be the creative spark. That said, I would use him more than we have been doing.
I think the other problem we face is everyone wants to slap the big club. We’re the big-spending well-supported club that everyone wants to take down. Smaller teams raise their game 10% when they play us which means we need to be even cleverer when we play them. And for three months now we haven’t been very clever. |
What about our Aussie midfielder signing? | |
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| So what's the problem? on 21:04 - Feb 6 with 1714 views | Illinoisblue |
| So what's the problem? on 21:01 - Feb 6 by ArnieM |
What about our Aussie midfielder signing? |
He did well v Burnley at home. Imagine we’ll see him and Humphreys tomorrow | |
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| So what's the problem? on 10:37 - Feb 7 with 1397 views | Garv |
It's not the sole problem, obviously, but could you see us scoring the goal Knibbs scored?
We don't score goals out of nothing or of great quality.
Ironically our best bet these days is a corner. |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 10:42 - Feb 7 with 1383 views | ArnieM |
| So what's the problem? on 10:37 - Feb 7 by Garv |
It's not the sole problem, obviously, but could you see us scoring the goal Knibbs scored?
We don't score goals out of nothing or of great quality.
Ironically our best bet these days is a corner. |
You have to make a conscious decision to shoot, to stand d as my chance of scoring . We prefer to pass it around … it looks so much nicer don’t you think ! 🙄 | |
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| So what's the problem? on 10:56 - Feb 7 with 1314 views | JammyDodgerrr |
We are underperforming, basically. If you look at the stats we are top on almost every metric except actually being top of the league - here is one doing the rounds this morning:
Some of it is being unlucky - it feels like every time is scoring a worldie against us and they only generally get one shot a game and some of it is players just not delivering. |  |
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| So what's the problem? on 13:52 - Feb 7 with 1174 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
I don't think there's so much as a standing problem overall, but I do think we got what we deserved in the first half by not moving the ball with intensity and being very passive.
For me, where we can let ourselves down is through a lack of intensity and moving the ball quick enough to move the opposition around.
A squad issue for me is maybe lacking options for those who can go 1 v 1. Aside from Kyle Edwards and Wes Burns, we don't have that in the squad. We have a lot of ball to feet players, but not players who can take a man on and beat him. That's probably why teams sit off and block the centre knowing we don't have that type of threat out wide. |  |
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