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Originally Posted by ASFC1019
We quite often this season played only one striker?
As for 5 at the back, it made us look solid but extremely unlikely to score (and yes I know we didn’t look like scoring this Saturday neither). Particularly at Gillingham away where if we were still playing now probably wouldn’t have scored.
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If we get it right in the middle, rarely will we need to play 5 at the back ever again.
Lately I’ve noticed our tempo is a lot slower. We seem to be scared of playing a pass out wide or a through ball , taking time to assess the situation, before playing the same ball we’ve spent too long thinking about, thus becoming ineffective and losing the opportunity.
Same with goal kicks. One thing I loved when Chappy was with us is how quickly he played the ball out from the back, and it really worked well last season. This season, teams are pressing us much higher from our goal kicks, but leaving so much space down the middle that our midfielders just aren’t using.
Also, when we do get the ball out wide, we aren’t giving Sean/Clicker any options in the box. I personally think Billy has been playing some of his best football by dropping deeper, but our midfielders/2nd striker just aren’t overloading the box or giving options on the edge of the area for them to pull it back too.
Feels like we are just missing that one piece of the jigsaw in the middle