I find the midfield setup in general totally bizarre, considering we play a three the amount of empty space in the middle of the pitch is incredible. Earlier on in the year I remember a goal kick that bounced in the centre circle completely unchallenged!
The oddest thing though is that there doesn’t seem to be any positional discipline between whichever three are on the pitch, at one point on Saturday Clunan was sat just in front of the back four, Scales just to his right, Butterfield at right back and Ogle was hugging the touchline on the wing. It’s no wonder the lone striker always looks so isolated.
We really lack physicality in the middle of the pitch too and need someone more imposing in there who just gets through the dirty work, wins the ball and breaks things up (a Jim Goodwin type). Unfortunately from what I’ve seen I don’t think we have such a player in the squad.
