Where are the goals coming from

[miserableoldgit]

I thought Matsuki might have got more of a chance after his fantastic goal against Norwich.....

[trousers]

11 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said:

I thought Matsuki might have got more of a chance after his fantastic goal against Norwich.....

Yep, same here. Didn't occur to me at the time to question his whereabouts when the matchday squad was announced on Sunday, but he's just the sort of tenacious 'have a go' type midfielder we were missing versus PCFC, IMO. Defo think he should get more of a look in, but I guess Azaz has knocked him down the pecking order somewhat. 

Edited 2 hours ago by trousers

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

Paul Onuachu? 

Yeah, he doesn't play for us anymore, and even when he did, he was strangely not that strong or great in the air despite being 6 foot 8 or whatever he was. Plus we hardly ever seemed to put any crosses in for him. 

Why is it seemingly so hard for us to apply the basic common sense principles: 

- If we're going to play long balls forward in the air and/ or lots of aerial crosses: need to do it to a big strong CF who can win a battle and a header. 

- If we're going to play through balls and play off the shoulder: need to do it along the ground to someone quick with good feet who can run in behind and finish. 

Last season we played Tall Paul then never crossed it to him, and this season we've played teeny tiny Adam Armstrong or Cam Archer and then hoofed long high balls and crosses up to them. 

Your average non-league manager would coach their team to play to these obvious basic strengths, yet we've had a succession of managers who don't seem to be able to do it. It's bizarre. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Midfield_General