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That makes no sense.
In previous seasons he’s had to play the same amount of games, at the same level, but in a side of less quality whilst holding down a second job. This season he can concentrate full time on training, preparation, rest and recovery but he’s ran out of steam?1 user thanked author for this post.
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.2 users thanked author for this post.
I also thought Evans was one of the few to come out with any credit last night, won an awful lot in the air and got in front of his man to win the ball repeatedly. He also looked up for the physical battle which it was always going to be.
Fitz made a few saves and his distribution was outstanding.
I can’t think of any other positives.
We never looked like winning and against a technically limited side who were well drilled, well prepared, motivated and managed the game like a team who just know how to grind out results.
People say Jimmy hasn’t gat a plan B but I honestly couldn’t tell you what plan A is right now. We’re just so slow and ponderous once we get the ball 10 yards past the half way line, it gives teams time to get set and we then can’t pass through them so we just knock it side ways until someone ultimately miss controls it or plays a poor pass and we lose posession.
We also look so lightweight in the middle of the pitch.3 users thanked author for this post.
In fairness to Eric Dier he spent 10 years between the ages of 7 and 17 living in Portugal so I think his accent has always been a little bit unusual.
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I must say it was a strange one, we arrived at the ground about an hour before kick off and the rain was steady but not torrential, it looked a lot worse than it was because the wind made it horizontal but the actual amount of rain coming down wasn’t too bad.
The way the stadium is laid out you enter the away end on one side of the ground near the corner flag and the seating is on the other side of the pitch so we walked almost half way round the pitch via the away end and no part of it was waterlogged and there were no signs of standing water. Players were warming up across the entire pitch (our keeper even occupying the supposed problematic centre circle for kicking practice with Fitz), the Darlo players were doing some pass and move drills down in front of us and the pitch looked fine, it was cutting up a bit but the ball was travelling without any issue, our players were doing the same in the opposite corner.
To be honest at no point did we or anyone around us have any inkling that the game was in doubt so when someone said it was off I actually thought they were joking, by this time the rain had stopped, the skies were clear of cloud and the forecast was getting better.
I’m no expert and I’m not saying there wasn’t water somewhere on the pitch but based on what we saw it must have been confined to a pretty small area of the pitch which perhaps could’ve been dealt with especially with no more rain coming down?
Anyway it can’t be helped and I’m sure the decision was taken in good faith but I’ve never experienced anything quite like it.1 user thanked author for this post.
