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Look on the bright side, at least you didn't draw with relegation bound Cov. They look dire.
Reporter for SSN last night (think it was Salako) and The Mirror's match reporter both said Cov fully deserved their point.
Look on the bright side, at least you didn't draw with relegation bound Cov. They look dire.
Reporter for SSN last night (think it was Salako) and The Mirror's match reporter both said Cov fully deserved their point.
Reporter for SSN last night (think it was Salako) and The Mirror's match reporter both said Cov fully deserved their point.
Could just mean Cardiff were that bad as well.
I think the combination of over-exuberant full back play and a lightweight midfield have been our undoing.
2 attacking full backs paired with 2 wingers leaves the midfield too much to do.
I think the combination of over-exuberant full back play and a lightweight midfield have been our undoing.
2 attacking full backs paired with 2 wingers leaves the midfield too much to do.
I think the combination of over-exuberant full back play and a lightweight midfield have been our undoing.
2 attacking full backs paired with 2 wingers leaves the midfield too much to do.
And the really strange thing is that Pearson of all managers should adopt this approach. Possible he has thought that the only hope of making up ground is to go for that type of (lightweight) attacking style.
Previous versions of his sides have had very defensive fullbacks. Berner, Morrison, Neilson all spring to mind. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of St Ledger or Bamba move to right back full time soon.
Say what you will about Sven, his squad was built to use fullbacks as an attacking presence and leave at least one holding midfielder in to mop up. That's why he signed a surfeit of midfielders, he knew he would be using at least 3 a game.
The squad was not built to play 442. What I've found disappointing is that Pearson hasn't built a formation that fits the squad, instead he has put square pegs in round holes. Things will be much better when Pearson can sign the players he needs to fit the system, but as it stands he has shown a rigidity that has been a bit costly.
A Yuki Abe perhaps to sit in front of the back four.
Or a Gelson Fernandes.
I will never understand why Pearson never game him a chance.
It looks like nigel is doing a Boothroyd.I think he was terrific for you and did a decent job for us but seems to have run out of steam?luck?
Will he have to relocate for Wycombe?
I will never understand why Pearson never game him a chance.
Suspect Fernandes wasn't interested In which case it isn't Pearson's fault. Whenever I saw him play he was our best midfielder.
I don't think there's any suspicion about it. He asked for his loan to be terminated early once Sven left - he just wasn't remotely interested in playing for us once SGE had gone.
Worry about Barmby. Two wins in ten is it?
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Manchester C | 9 | 23 |
2 | Liverpool | 9 | 22 |
3 | Arsenal | 9 | 18 |
4 | Aston Villa | 9 | 18 |
5 | Chelsea | 9 | 17 |
6 | Brighton | 9 | 16 |
7 | Nottm F | 9 | 16 |
8 | Tottenham | 9 | 13 |
9 | Brentford | 9 | 13 |
10 | Fulham | 9 | 12 |
11 | Bournemouth | 9 | 12 |
12 | Newcastle | 9 | 12 |
13 | West Ham | 9 | 11 |
14 | Manchester U | 9 | 11 |
15 | Leicester | 9 | 9 |
16 | Everton | 9 | 9 |
17 | Palace | 9 | 6 |
18 | Ipswich | 9 | 4 |
19 | Wolves | 9 | 2 |
20 | Southampton | 9 | 1 |