Simoes, Styles and Mowatt. Very capable in midfield, and comfortable on the ball. Defensibly we looked nice. In attack we still looked weak. A couple of decent strikers and we'd be a different proposition.
I honestly thought Mowatt was one of our worst performers. He never carried the ball aggressively like we needed him to. It was all so passive. He didn't do anything wrong, but for that position I feel like we need more intent. Especially when there's so much of the pitch open to whoever is playing in that position.
We could have Premier League strikers and still struggle unless they made a goal for themselves. Midfield is the major problem, unbalanced and seriously lacking in quality. The tactics and selections haven't helped, create chances for Woodrow and Chaplin and you will get goals.
Very tired and very poor. We lack the kind of player that Mpenza is for Luton. Someone who grabs the ball and gallops 30/40 yards with it from central midfield and only takes four or five steps. That strength, physicality, etc. It showed against Luton and it showed again today in my opinion.
We’ve got lots of nice footballers. Not enough pace, not enough athleticism and not one who can fcukking tackle. We’re not far off being good enough for this league, but we’ll churn another squad and replace the same way and hey presto, we’ll not go crazy. Like yo yoing between divisions isn’t crazy
Lacking pace physicality and composure and a playing a system that offers no width and rarely looks like scoring.
Very true. We have limited creativity in midfield - we rely too much on Mowatt who at best is hesitant and dosen’t release the ball quickly enough. Watch how many touches he needs before releasing the ball. When any midfielder who has that role gets the ball the rest of the midfield and forward line should EXPLODE running into space. That’s not happening because Mowatt takes 3,4 or 5 touches before releasing the ball. Striker opportunities have been snuffed out by defenders by that time. Mowatt is far too slow for that role. We have two good quality strikers in Woodrow and Chaplin but everything breaks down when the ball gets to the winger come strKier Brown. Mowatt and Brown are just not Championship players.
I'm sorry but we have looked very poor in all positions. Weve shown 1 or 2 good bits of play here and there, some have paid off some not. But we are bottom for a reason. The board and management have made some terrible decisions this season, weve released dougall, loaned out mcgeechan yet ritzmaier is starting .we seem to have now found our best gk but persisted with radlinger who was *****.we play our only striker in midfield . Play 2 absolute jokers as full backs (both williams) Got what we deserved I think
