I have too many questions.
Is our much maligned defence more oven ready than our much vaunted attack?
Does Yates offer more than Hardie?
Will Lubala be an upgrade on Kaikai?
Why is Shaw not deemed good enough for the match day squad when he clearly is?
Why move Robson to left back when Shaw could come on if selected?
Is Ward a luxury player?
Could Sarkic have unpicked the packed defence?
How does Accrington create a team out of nothing?
Is Michael Appleton a good manager/coach?
The midfield/attack is part of why the defence does ok. We keep the ball well, don't turn over possession cheaply and defend from the front.
Yates offers more than Hardie as a team player. As a goal scorer, maybe not but he looked very poor and prone to wander about not influencing the game at all when I've seen him. He's a different player at Plymouth but I can only judge on a few minutes YouTube clips.
Lubala is nowhere near the all round player Kaikai is. He has probably got more application but Kaikai is far more attuned to the team game. It'll depend how Bez adapts to not simply "running and shooting" every single time.
Shaw, not sure, I agree totally.
Ward wasn't a luxury on sat, he's the fit midfielder who fits the space in the team when Virtue has been out and Sarkic is crocked. I think if everyone is fit, I'd play Ward or Keshi, not both. If everything is in the right place, maybe he is.
Maybe Sarkic is the missing link. There was one and it might have been him.
Coleman knows exactly what he wants and is little short of genius in what he does. Critch knows how to coach, for sure, and seems very certain but he's not yet learned what mistakes he's made. Accy have an odd strength in their position, like we had in KO years, in that no player goes there for the luxury, but in that austerity, there's a chance for players who might not otherwise get one and if you get the right characters they thrive.
Appleton. I dunno. I think he'll take a team so far but no further. He's sort of an anti Critch in a way. When he had us, he didn't seem to want to work with what he had (a load of flair and a recent history of great football) and to apply a strict and very organised system and grind it out with hard work. Seems that way everytime I've seen his work since. It'll work sometimes.