The only way we will stop up

Is if we keep using the 3-5-2 formation with wing backs. Unfortunately we haven't got the personel to utilize the formation thanks to Golbourne's injury and Stones moving on.
I suppose Wiseman would do a job in that position only, although i would rather see Delap there.
It's the Left back position which is leaving us up **** creek. Unless we bring someone in sharpish, i just can't see us winning the required amount of games to keep us in the league.

Whatever combination Flitcroft tries at the back, we will always ship in too many goals, we have a league 1 defence at best, and that should have been rectified at the start of the season, but that's another story altogether. I fear for our future.

 

I personally can't see anything wrong with trying Kennedy at left wing back. It might not work, but I think it has a hell of a lot better chance of working than Cywka in that position or Etuhu as right wing back or O'Grady on the left side of midfield.

I think we're doomed if we play 4-4-2. Flitcroft simply hasn't got good enough players to choose from for that formation to work. It's not his fault, he's inherited the squad. He deployed a system which did work, but was unfortunate that he lost the best two wing backs in the squad. But I don't think that means we should abandon the formation and go back to something we know doesn't work for these players. 3-5-2 works for us, so give Kennedy and Wiseman a go in the wing back roles and see how they get on.

 

Forgot how many times I've said this, selling Stones now and not in the summer could be a massive factor if we go down! He should have only been sold with a loan to come straight back.

 

Flickers done a great job in keeping REDS in with a chance of staying up.

But he's gotta stop tinkering and stick with what works and that was a 5-3-2.

Also should have put Tunnicliffe in a taxi from Etihad to Old Trafford......I've seen nothing in him to make me believe he will contribute to our relegation scrap. Not a thing.

We need Dawson back in scrapping for us......he's our talisman.

 

If Tunnicliffe plays these next 2 games then I will be convinced that his loan came with the condition that he had to play.

And if that is the case then we will have dropped one almighty bollock in agreeing to that.

 

Agree about Dawson but Flitcroft should have more than a 3 month contract on what hes done so far would make a super number 2 in premiership.

 

I think that Man Utd will try and insist on regular starts, which is why I think he'll play on Tues.

Personally, I thought Etuhu looked much better in that central midfield role........but then of course I'm only a fan.

 

I dont really think losing Stones was the key factor cos we kept the run going after he'd gone and Golbourne has had as many bad games as good this season. For me the key has been that when the run ended, as everybody knew it would eventually, Flitcroft went into panic mode with all his changes and stupid formation/tactics and drastic changes in working/training environment.

 

But it may open the door to other things next season.....so it may be better to look longer term on this one....with the prospect of us been at the front of the Que in the summer.....and if we go down that may be priceless in us coming back up...

 

Tunnicliffe didn't play Tuesday. So that can't be true. Anyway, at the risk of being ridiculed I thought he had a pretty good second half. Nearly scored a cracking goal. I presume that,ability to get in to the box was the reason he was brought in, just hasn't shown enough of it

 

Guesswork.

 

How about based on our results in the previous games you would not have expected us to get the points we have from our games with Flicker in charge. It is therefore sensible to afford some of the credit for the upturn to Flitcroft. Given that we are still bottom of the league despite our run of form it is also sensible to say that we would have been in real trouble if we had not had the upturn in form. Seeing as we are giving Flitcroft the credit for the upturn in form, it's fair to say that if he had not come in we would have been in the ****.

You may say that we could have had a similar upturn with a different manager, but there's no evidence to support this, and given our form prior to Flicker it's difficult to see us having gotten more points over his games in charge.

But we've lost a couple of games and been trounced by the Premiership champions so of course he's a clueless ******.

 

That's it, you go ahead and put words in my posts.

I merely said guesswork. Nothing more, nothing less.

The team had some great results initially under Flitcroft, and I praised him and the players. I didn't want him as manager, but gladly ate humble pie and gave him my backing. He still has my backing. I just refuse to accept that he's immune to criticism.

He's had a lot of luck in some games, and some rotten luck also. Especially the injury to Golbourne. But that's football.

I credit him for the upturn in results/displays since taking charge, although it wasn't hard to do better than what we witnessed for months beforehand.

But I don't buy into the theory that only he could have done it. As I said, it's guesswork, speculation.


If Flitcroft picks our best players in each position we should stay up, IMO.

Fingers crossed.