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Originally Posted by shakermaker
I simply can't fathom why - when we have a more than capable left winger in Dennehy - Coleman continues with this idiotic formation.
We've got a 4-4-2 with three central midfielders and one natural winger - playing on the wrong flank of course.
And why is Roscoe still getting a starting place ahead of McGivern??
It's going to be a long long season.
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The answer, I think Shakermaker, is that Coley sees Harris, Craney and Proctor as must-starts, and would probably put Toddy in that bracket too while he's here. If you play Dennehey on the left and Toddy on the right, which one of Proccy, Craney or Harris are you going to drop?
I've not seen enough of Dennehey to argue that he's more than capable, but if he is, one answer might be to play 4-4-1-1 with a midfield of Dennehey, Harris, Proctor and Todd, and play Craney in the hole with Mullin as a lone striker.
The one big plus from yesterday was the application of King, who is clearly good enough to fulfil either the left-back or left wing-back roles. We have solved the left-back problem with this lad, and this opens the possibility of three in the middle with Leam/Edwards and King on the flanks.
Harris makes an impact wherever he plays, but he should be in the middle, no doubt, we did look vulnerable to the counter through the middle yesterday. I'd also agree with the poster who argued that Rocky was recalled to cope with the pace of Dickinson. And while Rocky didn't exactly stand out, neither did Roberts. Elding's off-the-ball movement was superb and he found space at will. If Stockport had a decent crosser of the ball Elding would have had a hat-trick from free headers, rather than just the one. Apart from a spell after we had conceded the first, we just didn't look like getting back into it. It was just one of those afternoons, beaten by a better side on the day.