A few words about yesterday..

Redstar · Mar 3, 2013

GloucesterRedsBigBro said: ↑

correct me if i'm wrong, the last 2 games have seen just steele kennedy crainie perkins and dagnall have been the only players to play these 2 games and all the unbeaten run and there for me lies the problem, too many changes
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Agree. Tinkering too much. I can see we need to keep players fresh but keeping a settled side is key in getting the results we want.

Could really use a LWB/LB on loan. Over to the owner to make it happen....

Homer · Mar 4, 2013

Come on Flicker you'll get it right my son. All up for Burnley and three points Will leave team to your choice

Django · Mar 4, 2013

Whitey said: ↑

I've heard/seen Flitcroft's interview, and a few things worry me.

When speaking about the first half performance - "it's everything that I'm not as a person..."

He's trotted that line out a few times now, as did his mate before him.

He then explained his decision to select Etuhu at RWB/RB - "I had no cover there so asked Kelvin to do a job"

No cover? Seriously, he's suggesting we'd no other option at RWB/RB?
He had Scott Wiseman playing centre half - a RWB/RB by trade. He had Bobby Hassell on the bench - a player that's played RB/RWB for this club for years.
He also had Stephen Foster on the bench - our best centre half. And Martin Cranie can operate - and has - at RB.

So I'd suggest we did actually have cover/options at RWB/RB. In fact, most sane people with a BFC persuasion would probably have played Wiseman at RWB/RB, and gone with Foster or Hassell at centre half.

But, as Flitcroft stated in his interview - "we went with Wisey in there because we needed his pace.. he was outstanding"

If we're now at the point where we're picking a bad defender because he's quick, we may as well get Usain Bolt down Grove Street for a trial..
Personally, I prefer my defenders to be able to defend in the first instance - Hassell and Foster are proven 'defenders' at this level, hence our continued stay in this division.

Central midfield yesterday was a joke.

Because Flitcroft decided we needed Wiseman's pace at centre half, and because he decided we had no other options at RWB/RB, we had Tunnicliffe in midfield. Which I find bizarre.
Etuhu was flourishing in there, but no, he sticks him out wide.

Then there's Jim O'Brien. A decent winger on his day. However, a central midfielder he most certainly isn't. As he showed last week in Bristol.
But Flitcroft again selected him in there, again ignoring Jacob Mellis. The man with over 10 assists and 4 goals to his name this season. The man who can unlock defences.

It's bizarre, head-scratching, and the sort of selection policy that led me to eventually wanting his mate out.

Is it wrong of me to want our best players to be picked, and in their best positions?

The last 3 games, we've gone in at half time behind - 1-0 vs Wolves, and 2-0 in Bristol and yesterday at Oakwell.
We've kind of fought back in the second period, and fair play to the manager/players for that. But it's my opinion that we've given ourselves too much to do by half time because the manager has got his team selection/tactics wrong.
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Great post.

I'd agree with all of that apart from Foster been our best defender.

For me Cranie's our best centre back by a country mile, I know football's all about opinions but I can't see how anyone else we've got get's near him.

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