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Old 21-10-2012, 08:48   #2
maccawozzagod
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Re: Too many loanees?

well I thought this a couple of weeks but was persuaded otherwise by folk who think its good for competition within the squad etc but the stats are:

1 loanee played win
1 loanee played won
1 loanee played lost
1 loanee played won
1 loanee played Drew
2 loanees played drew
4 loanees played lost
5 loanees played won
5 loanees played won
3 loanees played lost
5 loanees played lost
4 loanees played lost

Chesterfield away seems to have been a watershed for playing loanees, up to that game we had only featured two loanees on one occasion but only one each game before that. Since that game nearly half the team has been borrowed - and results have dipped, and goals have shipped.

They may very well be better players individually than what we have (debatable) but are they carrying out the instructions given?

Miller and Hatfield played the first six games together and we lost only one.
In the six games since Miller lost his place to Schofield we have lost four (conceding 16 goals).
Hatfield has only played two of the six games that Miller missed - we won them both.

Now i don't particularly understand all the tacticary of the game to the 9th degree, and who is doing what, but it would appear that the stats prove loanees have upset the balance of the team and that Joyce and Miller offer better protection than Joyce and Schofield - and somehow Hatfield is linking the game better from the defensive midfielders.

And results seem improved when Liddle plays at the back with Molyneux or Chippendale (left footers) in front of him.
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