Willo of Whiteley

Bazunu out. Tonda out. GET RID OF FIVE AT THE BACK/THREE CBs.

I know we won’t, but absolute get rid.

POPADOM WRISTS!!!!

POPADOM WRISTS IS AT IT AGAIN

FIVE AT THE BACK LADS!!!!!! OUR DEFENCE IS FUCKNG UNBREACHABLE!

Tonda has been found out.

I absolutely sussed his tactics out after watching us at home to West Brom. So I wonder what analysts from other clubs have sussed out.

Let’s establish some very fair facts: - Three CB’s is cowardly against a relegation threatened team, you limit your own attacking options. - Counter attacking football is not the best system for our players, we have one of the best technical squads in the league (supposedly). - The manager doesn’t change formation when shit hits the fan. - This IS NOT BETTER than we were under Russell Martin two years ago.

Science off - ok we’re done attacking now. Settled for a point.

I had a season ticket and we got promoted. Good season all round. 😂 You cannot be thinking this is better to watch than this time two years ago?!

I actually miss Russell Martin football. At least we were pretty much guaranteed to outscore the opposition, four at the back and would be pushing to score again and again.

tTHB our second best attacking player in the team

It cannot be difficult surely?!?!

Edit: And three CB’s still works a treat.

People disagreeing with me on the previous page about “five at the back”, but seriously what is the point in three CBs? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have an additional attacking player? I’m sure most on here wouldn’t be playing three CBs.

This is really poor. Again. We play so slowly, and are unbelievably naive and rash when it comes to shooting. No composure whatsoever.

YAY FIVE AT THE BACK AGAINST RELEGATION FODDER

1-1, both them and us aren’t great in our own ways.

Jonathan Forte’s quick fire brace against MK Dons, then he vanished and we never saw him again. 😂

An odd one, but the second goal against Coventry (2012, Jose Fonte). It was a cagey opening twenty minutes and we got that first goal through a deflection, and the second came minutes later. After that goal went in it was almost a sense of “yep that’s it, we’re up”.

The bit I don’t understand is our best form of defence has always been to attack. We’ve always created chances over the last decade but finishing them has been the issue. We’ve never been a team that can sit deep and defend for ninety minutes like your Burnley of-old, defensive teams that are physical and can grind out points. We’re in a position as a club in a league where we should be dominating comfortably with the attacking players we have, which begs the question, why don’t we? Why don’t we have that additional player higher up the pitch? What benefit is there in having another CB five yards away from the GK, especially when the other two CBs are either side and we tend to have two CMs dropping deep for the ball? We just immediately play and set up to not concede, and yet we still do.

Just listened to Tonda’s presser, also heard the five at the back question, definitely not going to change from it, is he. Absolutely wedded to a formation and tactics which arguably don’t play to our strengths. He’s definitely learnt how to give politicians answers quickly in the last six weeks.

One gets beaten at his near post from the tightest of angles every time but can occasionally come for a cross and punch a ball away. The other is great with his feet, not something I’m looking for from a GK, and makes excellent saves very rarely - normally in light of some fuck up he has done a few seconds before.

I’ve already openly admitted I said he was fine for the Championship. The good thing is the goalkeeper position has proven to be one of the ones that needs urgent investment. I’ve also said before how picking between Bazunu and McCarthy is like being offered the choice of stepping in cow shit or dog shit.

Calling bollocks on this immediately. Spending big with Sport Republic doesn’t even mean spending smartly. 😂