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Post by chiefdelilah on Aug 23, 2016 12:27:02 GMT
I think Wollscheid has been our best defender in the last two games. Not saying a lot, and I don't see him as first choice long-term, but wouldn't point the finger at him especially for the start to the season. Bardsley was appalling at Boro but generally ok Saturday I thought. Ryan is struggling, Pieters is horrendous at the moment, and our defending as a unit is hideous. Wollscheid was the best defender against 'Boro and typically horrendous again on Saturday. You say its not the personnel but you just can't keep the conceding the goals we do with the same rotten performances and make fun of and continue to exclude another defender who has had far, far more better games than some of those involved at present. I flat out don't agree he has had more, better games though. Do you think it is just the personnel?
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 23, 2016 12:35:49 GMT
Wollscheid was the best defender against 'Boro and typically horrendous again on Saturday. You say its not the personnel but you just can't keep the conceding the goals we do with the same rotten performances and make fun of and continue to exclude another defender who has had far, far more better games than some of those involved at present. I flat out don't agree he has had more, better games though. Do you think it is just the personnel? Well he's played as part of better defenses than this current one. I'm not sure what you mean by personnel Rob unless you're hinting that Wilson's daft spouting wasn't too far from the mark? The fact is the current personnel are playing horrifically individually and as a group,
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Post by chiefdelilah on Aug 23, 2016 12:49:41 GMT
I flat out don't agree he has had more, better games though. Do you think it is just the personnel? Well he's played as part of better defenses than this current one. I'm not sure what you mean by personnel Rob unless you're hinting that Wilson's daft spouting wasn't too far from the mark? The fact is the current personnel are playing horrifically individually and as a group, I never thought Wilson didn't have a point, I just thought he was an idiot for saying it publicly. How much of what he claimed was true we don't know, but we're not well organised or drilled at all, we frequently don't seem to know who's supposed to be doing what, and having a high line with a slow defence - and persisting with it - seems insane to me.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Aug 23, 2016 16:03:33 GMT
I think MH is trying to evolve the team tactically. There is no set way of playing. We will set up differently for Tottenham at home as opposed to West Brom at home. We will set up differently for Liverpool away as opposed to Sunderland away. Home and away tactics are already different. At home, I would love to see Joey and Gianni in the two, taking it in turns to get forward, a bit like Viera and Petit. One goes, the other one sits. We don't need the double DM role as much, and it might help us to break teams down. Away, so many options. I think he'll play a kind of 4-1-4-1 against Everton, with Glenn screening and Arnie and SJW in the wide midfield positions to double up on Everton's threat down the flanks. He's already talked about tactical flexibilty with the 3-5-2 experiment. We've got good, clever footballers. Let's get some variety into our play and keep our opponents guessing. That was partly the secret to the stunning performance and victory over Manchester City last season. Wise words mate. Agree with that. The unpredictability is a little unnerving, but as you say it'll be a poser for the opposition. Hughes has effectively trialed every formation known. Also got to get used to the fact that he'll always go all out for a win, exciting times.
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