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Originally Posted by Pendle Red

Lets have a look more closely where it all went wrong, this is purely my point of view as somebody watching the game Today:

Bull's Left Back was there for the taking did we have a right sided midfielder playing there no we had a central midfielder.

Coley say's we don't hoof well I lost count of how many times the ball dissappeared out of my eyeline over the top of the Clayton End Roof.

Ball from centre of defence goes like a boommerang sideways and like a boomerang it usually comes straight back at us.

I made a point of watching basic player movement today just to see if I can fathom out positional play and I have to say we don't look difficult to suss out or break down, the centre of midfield just dosn't work often going for the same ball, when one goes the other should sit, the back four usually bypass the middle of the park looking for the long ball and Symes to hold it up.

The wide players usually have to check back to revert to their natural positions and playing styles rather than skinning the full backs and getting to the bye line and pinging the ball in.

Keeper now that is a problem area positionally poor, not strong enough shouts for the defence at times, shotstopping is strong, distribution is usually poor not often do we throw out and go straight on the counter attack, kicks tend to be one sided just look at the position of players from kicks out of hands.

When we did get the ball down and passed it around and kept a little possession Today we looked decent and created a threat, that was as far as I can remember of how we put that great run together earlier in the Season.

Then we worked as a unit from front to back with chasing back, good distribution, the front two were almost telepahthic in their understanding of each other but now even the basics of trying to string four or five passes together without losing posession through either over hitting it or playing it into the wrong area, it's hurting we are better than that!

I can only call it as I see it

I am no expert but I think I watch enough footie live to have a basic knowledge of how teams operate.

Pendle, you have my vote for coach. You read the game better than others.