And, come to that, the debate as to whether Wiseman, McNulty and possibly Golbourne are good enough for this league. Let's look at the players that are. Davies and Tudgay up front - yep. O'Brien, Mellis, Crainie, Buszaky, Greening - yep RNL, Dawson probably, Done possibly but not on current form. Out of that lot we should be taking games to the opposition. Teams that score first win matches. We are always on the back foot because we so rarely do. I am not happy with the back four - far from it - but if we can force errors from the opposing team rather than standing off them like we do it would take a lot of the scrutiny off them. When was the last time you saw the individual defenders' responsibilities for a goal dissected to death when it was the opposition's consolation goal in a 3-1 Reds win? I honestly believe with the new signings, we have 2 good forwards and almost an embarassment of riches in midfield. These players will create chances and win games but only if they set out to do so! You've got your men, Keith, back them with a tactical shift and try to break Burnley down on Tuesday, right from the first whistle.
If you're saying the main problem is not the playing personnel, but the style of play and the tactics then I would wholeheartedly agree with you.
When you start a home game with two holding midfield players, one of them so deep he is virtually a third centre half, you're not going to cause the opposition many problems going forward. Hill has to banish the fear factor and stop giving visiting sides too much respect. As you say, he now has the tools at his disposal. It's time to put them to proper use.
