With a forward to hold up the ball and some leadership in CM this team is fine. Maybe even good enough for 14th to 16th.
Surely, anyone who witnessed the two halves at Barrow will see: a) What can be done with these players and b) How not to play them.
This site brought attention this week to the dangers of playing a narrow five in midfield.
Guess what we did in the 2nd half! The logic in ceding control of the game totally escapes me.
The main reason we didn’t lose was that Barrow held onto the ball and kept playing around the outside of our box and they ignored dozens of opportunities to swing crosses in.
Winning the first half 2 – 0 would have been fair to us – winning the second half 6 – 0 was there for Barrow to claim.
Incidentally, if players are unwell – they can feel unwell covering the flanks rather than feeling unwell and playing narrow.
Our main problem remains the poor management of the team resources. With a half decent manager, this lot would have been a good half dozen places higher up the table.
