Best midfield in the division?

Spot on, our midfield looks like they are making it up as they go along. Goodness knows why we have more coaches than Wallace Arnold they should be able to get the midfield playing as a unit.

 

Our Scouse superstar Luca Connell looked really good when he first arrived, but since then he’s been pretty ineffective and living on past glories. He’s not the first!

 

Asked my mate on tuesday night if Connell"s not as good as we thought he was. Put him back to his role in front of the back line and bring Benson in for Craig or Phillips ( at present Phillips)
Prefer Lofthouse at LWB and DKD up with Humphrys..Robbo as Captain.

 

styles?

 

Kane more likely.

 

The bloke who struggles to get in Huddersfield’s team and is terrible when he does seems unlikely.

We need a progressive passer certainly but a fit Benson is the guy surely

 

For me Connell & Phillips are amongst the best midfielders in the Division. It's too early to make that assessment for Craig. A fully fit Benson could well reach the same level as Luca and Adam.

 

I agree the midfield needs to either/ ors for me too. I think Clarke is making the mistake Johnson did of trying to make too many players happy. It should be Craig or Connell or Hourihane. Phillips or DKD. Benson or Russell etc.

When fit I'd say our best three is Connell, Phillips and Russell.

 

If I had a choice, and I obviously don't, I'd choose Phillips, Connell & Hourihane. Other midfield options are available.

 

I’d say that’s pretty harsh considering they won the first few so he rightly had to wait for his chance & then had a hamstring injury. It’s not like all of our new signings have acclimatised straight away.

I’d be very surprised if he’s not a regular later in the season.

And also in my time following Barnsley many of our best players do bugger all when they move to new clubs so I don’t really care if he never plays a minute for Huddersfield. He was still brilliant for us in the past two seasons.

 

Connell needs reigning in. Since he's been made captain he's played higher up the pitch and it isn't working. He's taking pot shots from 30 yards out when a pass is on, his passing has been both negative and wayward in the last few games too.

Craig needs dropping completely, and we need to put Connell back into the position where he's most effective, CDM. That will allow DKD and Phillips to play in the advanced midfield positions where I think we'll see the most from DKD.

For some reason, we're trying to accommodate Connell further up the pitch, and it's causing a knock on with the rest of the first 11 where they're playing out of position, or a position that just doesn't play to their strengths.

Next lineup should be (imo);

GK - Slonina
RWB - Cotter
RCB - Pines
LCB - Roberts
LB - Gent
CDM - Connell
RCM - Phillips
LCM - DKD
LW - Humphrys
ST - Cosgrove
RW - Jalo

Subs: Killip, MDG, Earl, Nwakali, Benson, O'Keeffe, Marsh

Go 4-3-3 and have a right go at them, not hoofball!

 

Connell has struggled since he missed at Wembley. Pass completion has been really poor. Very disappointed at how ineffective our midfield has been this season both offensively and defensively. No where near the best midfield in this division.