We beat Leeds playing four four two with done and wireman playing on the wings to give the width and cover. Yesterday we played four two one with the other three not having a clue what position they are in. The best strike partnership at the club is Davies and ricardo yet yesterday they played in a bizarre midfield role. Daggers seems lost playing in the positions he has found his self in last two games Millwall were utter dog **** very one dimensional and played the numbers game. Made us look silly. Next game is against a team that doesn't concede many away from home. Concerned? Just a bit.
Yes, it was confusing. Even for the players. But how the LB gets picked is the biggest head-scratcher for me. Id like a playmaker in before Derby
becuase there different teams, that play a different way. He tried to strengthen the middle. Trotters very under rated i think. abdou and they seemed had someone else in middle too. Whitey, i think jay got too wound up. He went crazy at linesman after pen. And in the second half he kept having digs at the lino. Now the fireyness his something thats good in jays game but he cant let him affect him for 70 plus mins.
I can't remember one game under Hill where we have played out and out 4-4-2. Prior to Butterfield's injury it was 4-5-1 with Jacob playing in the hole behind Davies and since then it's been the Barca/ChelseaunderMourinho style 4-3-3 with the ball 4-5-1 without it, for example at Leicester, Drinkwater, Perks and Addision central Vaz wide left left and Daggers wide right with Gray down the middle. Vaz Te has certainly never played as an out and out striker. I thought yesterday was similar although It was never clear to me or the front 3 themselves who was supposed to be dropping back into midfield which is why which is why we never really got our foot on it. The wind didn't help either though. 4-4-2 is dead for passing teams, you can't control the midfield and that's why I think we struggled yesterday. Either that or I'm talking *****.
Do you honestly think that playing three STRIKERS in midfield strengthens it in any way shape or form? Strengthening it would have meant playing doyle or even hassell in there, maybe even playing a fairly strong defensive player like wiseman on the wing. Strengthening the midfield certainly isnt ignoring these optoons and sticking a load of strikers in the middle
Jay's emotions are no excuse for knocking cross after cross into row z. Or his inability to use his right peg. Or his lack of tackling. He just backs off until Perks comes in and does it for him. He has odd flashes that give you the feeling that there is a decent player in there. But his overall game is League 2 level at best. Yesterday, he did a great impression of Paul Gibbs
There wasn't 3 striker's playing in midfield though were there? In my opinion for what it's worth Hill was one change off having the correct line up, it should have been Done starting in place of either Gray or Davies. Strengthening is always about brute force, do you honestly wish we had Addision AND Doyle/Hassell? That would be guaranteed flowing football I'm sure. Addison does his job well, as does Perkins we just lacked something extra centrally and not enough cover from wide areas when we lost the ball.
Among his bad crosses I thought he put one in which Bobby had a header on the far post and didn`t he put in the cross where Addison went up with keeper which led to a scramble where Fozzie missed out, Taylor also chipped a good one in for Gray at the end otherwise it was a terrible day weather wise for crossing a ball although Millwall had 2/3 free headers before they went in front in the first half.
