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In Topic: Any Rumours?
Today, 08:41 AM
metallilad, on 30 May 2024 - 06:26 AM, said:For crying out loud, how many times does it have to be said by the management team that they knew the style of football last season left the defence isolated but went all out to outscore the opponents.
The tactics people, it was virtually all the tactics why we conceded so many goals. You have got to trust a manager that wins championships.
Sorry, but that?s a load of hog wash. Tactics are the structure by which the team plays, the team has to successfully deploy those tactics which means it?s reliant upon the skills and decisions of the players on the pitch for 90 minutes. The argument here is a simple one, that we are more likely to face a better standard of opposition in league two than we were in the National League, both defensively and offensively. Therefore, without any change, it is likely that our goals scored will be reduced and our goals conceded increased- with hopefully obvious implications. Whilst we?ve changed potentially some of the attacking options in the team, we have not changed any of the defensive options.
This isn?t something new, the management know that we need to improve our defence,, and have stated this in interviews, so I?m not sure why people are getting a little bit upset when this is pointed out. After all, this discussion was sparked by somebody stating that the management team didn?t know what they were doing.. -
In Topic: Any Rumours?
Yesterday, 06:24 PM
Cosmo Kramer, on 29 May 2024 - 05:06 PM, said:I may just be mis-remembering but I feel like we actually looked more solid against the better teams and strikers than we did against the lesser lights where we thought we could defend 10 yards in to their half. I'm not saying that we don't need some added quality at the back, we do, but I think it will also be interesting to see what an adjustment in tactics might do to improve our solidity next year. We hardly looked over-run versus higher league teams in the cup, did we?
You might be wanting to take a look at the goals conceded against the top 6-7 sides. We shipped quite a few goals against them. -
In Topic: Any Rumours?
Yesterday, 06:19 PM
RN Blue, on 29 May 2024 - 05:08 PM, said:We only conceded 40 goals in league 2 when Cooky took us up, big ask to cut out a third of goals against this coming season with our current back 3/4/5.
Exactly. Half of the national league had a better defensive record than what we managed last season. -
In Topic: Any Rumours?
Yesterday, 04:41 PM
monte, on 29 May 2024 - 02:56 PM, said:I know we need strengthening at Centre Back but Grimes was in the national league team of the season this year.
I guess Cook doesn't know what he's doing brining in players and developing players who were already here...
You think Cook doesn?t know what he?s doing?
Personally I?d be replacing the entire back 4. None good enough to ensure promotion next year. Grimes was exposed against the better strikers in the conference, just that there aren?t that many of them, and that challenge will only be more frequent with the step up. -
In Topic: Joe Hart
17 May 2024 - 09:57 PM
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