Nuttalls Mint Toes
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So presumably our only option on Saturday is to bring Ethan Robson in? Any other changes?
How did we miss him? Out of curiosity?A few options.
Mitchell an obvious one who deserves more starts.
Turton in, push Gabriel forward ( he was poor defensively last night).
Really missed Turton last night ( but rested for Sunderland?)
Husband in, push Garbutt up.
Kaikai in a more roving role. He struggled last night, as did everyone!
He can see a good pass into midfield, or, can carry the ball into midfield and set up a good forward move. His vision is very good.How did we miss him? Out of curiosity?
Attacking wise? No, he's useless going forward. He's put about 4 good crosses in across the season. Not scored either.
We had a clean sheet.
Loan expires 31/5.Is Embleton signed past the Play off dates? Will be unable to play in either the semi's or the final if we play Sunderland.
Hope not.He won't bring Robson in. He'll bring Mitchell in.
And Turton will come on for Gabriel.
Gabriel it is then.Garbutt is a midfield player who can play LB. He should push Kaikai into the centre, Garbutt on the left and Ward on the right. Whoever plays at RB will have McGeady to contend with.
Are we talking about Turton here?He can see a good pass into midfield, or, can carry the ball into midfield and set up a good forward move. His vision is very good.
Absolutely not taking the proverbial. It's funny how we see things differently.Are we talking about Turton here?
When he gets the ball to bring out of defence he usually gets closed down and passes back, and then we start again down the left.
Not sure it's the time to be experimenting with formation, whatever we did against Gillingham it worked and I wouldn't be dropping Simms either.
So I'd go
Maxwell
Turton Ballard Viking Garbutt
Gabriel Dougall Ward Kaikai
Yates Simms
Gabriel and Turton could double upon McGeady if neccessary (if he plays on that side) and we'll have to keep an eye on Wyke in the middle.
Mitchell could be used if Kaikai decides not to turn up
Someone who is prepared to carry the ball forwards. One of our best moves last night was when - with all the passing options covered by Accy - Embleton carried the ball through them and set up a good move on the left. I think we need more of that because, if you can get past a player or two, the rest of the defensive covering begins to crumble.
Totally agree with you, maybe a bit harsh on Simms but the 4 4 2 is hit and miss.Gillingham is the only win in 7 home games playing 4-4-2. Surely that's a reason to 'experiment' with a formation? 4-2-3-1 isn't an experiment in any case. We improved massively in the second half against Burton and produced a cracking performance against Posh. This is why I find it very strange that Critchley stuck with 4-4-2 against Accy for the full 90 mins. It was obvious early on that the performance was just a carbon copy of all those other draws at home.
In my opinion, we need to improve at home otherwise we won't make the play-offs. I doubt we can keep this fantastic away record up as nice as it would be.