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Originally Posted by cashman
Have to disagree, hows it a valid tactic when yeh aint got the midfielders we had last season? that fact alone to me means try other stuff,
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I think Coley has been let down by players who possess more quality than they've cared/dared to show. The main culprits being O'Sullivan, Clarke and Kee who have been profligate at best and absent at their worst. Don't get me started on McCartan who is light years away from the Ballon d'Or winner he thinks he is. I like Billy, and he can be excused to a degree owing to his injury problems, but he needs to dig deeper or adapt his game if he is to reach his best levels.
However I half agree as if something clearly isn't working (ie relying on skilled players to support a quality striker with chances and goals), you have to go back to basics and build the nice stuff up from there. We could go 4-4-2 but we don't have any natural wingers, and our forwards aren't exactly mobile. Formations are largely irrelevant but for me we need to find a way to get tight at the back first and foremost which includes getting the goalkeeping situation sorted; it has been one of the biggest but less mentioned problems this season.