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Originally Posted by Phil Whalley
..... This suggests to me that the key is not necessarily the personnel but the organisation.
We need a qualified defensive coach. One assumes that they don’t come cheap, but it may be the best investment we could make with what we have.
Another thing we need to improve on is holding a game for a period. Our inability to do this is partly behind our lack of draws.
It’s a cautious strategy for sure .. but we have to evolve our game plan.
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Agree with the gist of what Phil is saying, and the pieces I've quoted would surely be the way forward, without, as he says, totally losing our attacking style.
Coleman's audacity in not closing games down in non-league times probably accelerated our move back to the league, winning games where most managers would settle for a draw.
But we never close games down, don't think we know how to, although we can sometimes hold on tenaciously.
We are, and always have been, susceptible to quick breaks, almost more prone to concede a goal at our own corners, than score one. But the inability to defend corners and set pieces really stands out in my mind, free headers especially.
As Phil says, we have to
evolve our game plan, I would certainly put forward an argument for Rocky as a capable defender at this level, alongside Roberts, but always feel you need at least 3 decent centre backs on the books.
Having a defensive coach could be a better use of our limited resources, to get the best out of what we have.