Being blessed with an abundance of forwards who cannot miss at the moment i can understand why we are not giving Stuart FLeetwood a run out.................
If only. Why is he not getting a go. Parky is saying "I had a chat with him and I did not want his season to just peter out. I wanted him to finish on a high" and sending him off on loan yet again.
I believe good finnishers only do well when they are confident. Given the hardly prolific scorring record of the current 1st team, give him a start and ask him to prove himself. We have nothing to loose (literally) and it will maybe get him in the swing for next season.
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Back to square one. I think we need to start preparing for next season now if we dont want a nasty suprise in 09/10
It's something we're going to see next season. Not every signings going to work out as hoped and we'll realise how much better players like Fortune (as an example, he might stay) were compared to their replacements.
And yeah he's on loan at Exeter anyway. As said it's not like he scored many for Cheltenham and Brighton.
but Cody MacDonald has gone from lower in the structure to Narwich, scored once in the first team as a sub, played well on other occasions and has been banging them in for their resereves and has been credited by Bryan Gunn for giving the whole place a lift. Perhaps if Fleets had been given a chance he may have banged one it, confidence soars and that rubs off on the other no-hopers.
I don't expect to see him play for the first team.........just like his nemesis Cory Gibbs.
Our team is set up to score goals from midfield. That's handy to have - but for crying out loud, we must put crosses in to the box.
When was the last time we won a penalty? How many goals do our forwards score from knock downs and tap ins.
That's the problem.
His dad's the security guard at the company I work for.
Agree up to a point, Oggy, at least about creating chances. But it matters a lot who is upfront to convert them, surely? . However many chances we create, you know Burton's conversation rate is going to be very low. Kandol's and Izale's quite a bit higher. Dickson still not sure.
And Fleetwood I'm even less sure about. He seemed to have a good pre-season - almost ever-present in the friendlies. And we haven't seen him since - even on the bench.I must admit with one eye on next season I would have given him a run in these last few meaningless games to see what he can do.
The team is set up to score goals from midfield - the front man is sacrificed to run himself into the ground, provide lay offs and take the bruises, thus creating space and openings for midfielders to run through and exploit.
That's the tactic.
Just because we think of a player as a forward, doesn't mean he's instructed to play as principle goal-scorer.
In a Parkinsella 4-5-1, the lone front runner role can be played by Kandol or Burton, - but not by Fleetwood.
Given that they are likely to form the basis of our forward line next year should be a major cause for concern. If we are going to challenge for promotion then one of that lot is going to have to score a lot of goals and I can't see any of them getting into double figures.
Overall many of our players are as good as most players at other clubs in the Championship.
So it's the balance of the side that needs adjusting if we're to score goals.
Without creating a plentitude of chances, goals are going to be relatively hard to come by - or we need someone who's an exceptional goalscorer up front. They tend to beyond the budget of Championship and, of course, Third Division clubs.
Next season, we must play 2 up front, more or less together with at least one pacy/tricky winger who is able to cross the ball or create chances. Fleetwood or Dickson, operating in tandem with someone like Kandol could work well at that level if they get the service and support.
But then we also need a tight, solid back four that communicates well with each other and the keeper. And the midfield engine also needs to do the job. So more or less a total rebuild, lol
With so many players out of contract or being moved on for financial reasons, and the fear of losing removed with the start of a new season, we'll get the rebuild we need and maybe more adventurous tactics bringing out the the qualities of individual players within the team unit.
We can only hope so.
I appreciate the match against bristol went pear shaped but that seemed to be after conceeding weakly, then losing shape rather than the fundamental tactics
Now what would a pear shaped formation be? 3-5-2?
I guess it depends on how ripe the pear is? Maybe 5-3-2?
But I wouldnt have said 4-4-2 or 4-5-1.
But then I suppose the goalie would be the stalk which f*cks the whole thing up a bit.
Anyway note to Parky. Has he thought of going bananas!
Yep, I agree that we need a 20 goal plus striker, but with the players at our disposal only Gray I think would get near to scoring 20 goals, but that depends on him staying and I don't think he has settled in London/at Charlton.