Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
Didn’t see it and admittedly apples had more options on the bench but under Holden we only ever seemed to get worse as the game went on and the subs were made - in game management I believe they call it - well we seemed to have had the opposite today which is a positive - and anybody challenging our sports science outfit can also only be a good thing
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
It will be 352 next so we can play 2 up front CBT will be wing back we will be countered down the exposed flanks.
Then we go back to 433 with the front 3 to far apart they are isolated and not effective.
Then back to 352 sack manager bring in another manger. Then they do same thing again. Repeat for another 3 years
The only way we can use the wingers CBT TC Kirk we have is in 442. Which you can’t play nowadays so either get rid of the wingers or play 443 with the front 3 closer to each other not on the wing.
Not one shot on target except pen how can you seriously say we deserved to win yesterday.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
ref was awful and we should have had more penalties than we did, but if pens are the only way you can register a shot on target then you're always going to struggle
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
By having Edun as a left footed LB that means CBT doesn't have to spend more time than needed as a defensive player other than when the opposition have a corner or set peice around our goal.
Being two footed Corey can play on the right as he has the the ability to go inside or use his speed on the outside. It may cause problems elsewhere if he goes right.
This is where Appleton will earn his money if he can set the team up to benefit the game changers and get steady performances out the rest. May need a miracle but IF we can get certain players on the field at the same time we can improve. Enough to be top 6 is really doubtful but we need to start with a team that knows their job. Over to you Apples and O'Donnell.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
Just look through the line ups of every team in league 1 that plays a 3 at the back. Pretty much every single one of them has a winger playing as one of the wing backs, it can work if you set it up properly
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
By having Edun as a left footed LB that means CBT doesn't have to spend more time than needed as a defensive player other than when the opposition have a corner or set peice around our goal.
Being two footed Corey can play on the right as he has the the ability to go inside or use his speed on the outside. It may cause problems elsewhere if he goes right.
This is where Appleton will earn his money if he can set the team up to benefit the game changers and get steady performances out the rest. May need a miracle but IF we can get certain players on the field at the same time we can improve. Enough to be top 6 is really doubtful but we just need to improve first.
Would that not be the same if he played on the right as we’ve got plenty of right footed defenders to play behind him. And that means we can get Edun in the team as well
ref was awful and we should have had more penalties than we did, but if pens are the only way you can register a shot on target then you're always going to struggle
Its possible that Anderson could easily have got a shot in at the very least if he hadn't been fouled - Same for Aneke, had the defender not punched it away.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
That’s the idea of it though, CBT is on the team sheet a wing back but doesn’t have to actually do the defensive part if you set it up right. We did this against Orient but for some reason Holden decided to scrap it. I would prefer us to set up in a 4-4-2 for now, but I can’t see Appleton doing that as I think he wants more possession and control of the game which you won’t get with a 2 man midfield.
It would look something like this in practice, with Ness/Abankwah playing RCB as they are comfortable at RB so CBT won’t have to worry about doing more defending. This is how we set up against Orient (CBT on the left with Thomas behind) and we got our only clean sheet and best performance of the season, so it definitely can work and is a way to get our best players on the pitch.
AMB Ness Hector Jones Edun Dobson Taylor CBT Campbell
Enjoyed reading Appleton's post match comments, glad to see he is challenging people, as on and off the pitch everyone involved in the first team part of our club needs shaking up to break the cycle of failure.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
That’s the idea of it though, CBT is on the team sheet a wing back but doesn’t have to actually do the defensive part if you set it up right. We did this against Orient but for some reason Holden decided to scrap it. I would prefer us to set up in a 4-4-2 for now, but I can’t see Appleton doing that as I think he wants more possession and control of the game which you won’t get with a 2 man midfield.
It would look something like this in practice, with Ness/Abankwah playing RCB as they are comfortable at RB so CBT won’t have to worry about doing more defending. This is how we set up against Orient (CBT on the left with Thomas behind) and we got our only clean sheet and best performance of the season, so it definitely can work and is a way to get our best players on the pitch.
AMB Ness Hector Jones Edun Dobson Taylor CBT Campbell
Leaburn May
But why can't we play 442 with someone on the right being tucked in to a more central role instead of playing out wide eg like Graham Stuart used to do in our PL days?
So the midfield 4 would be something like Taylor/Watson, Dobson, Fraser, B-T.
That would also use B-T in a position where he doesn't have to play as a wing back, which surely it most be evident to all that this is not his strength.
Whatver we do, we clearly need 2 up front. It would be utter madness not to utilise both May and Leaburn.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
That’s the idea of it though, CBT is on the team sheet a wing back but doesn’t have to actually do the defensive part if you set it up right. We did this against Orient but for some reason Holden decided to scrap it. I would prefer us to set up in a 4-4-2 for now, but I can’t see Appleton doing that as I think he wants more possession and control of the game which you won’t get with a 2 man midfield.
It would look something like this in practice, with Ness/Abankwah playing RCB as they are comfortable at RB so CBT won’t have to worry about doing more defending. This is how we set up against Orient (CBT on the left with Thomas behind) and we got our only clean sheet and best performance of the season, so it definitely can work and is a way to get our best players on the pitch.
AMB Ness Hector Jones Edun Dobson Taylor CBT Campbell
Leaburn May
But why can't we play 442 with someone on the right being tucked in to a more central role instead of playing out wide eg like Graham Stuart used to do in our PL days?
So the midfield 4 would be something like Taylor/Watson, Dobson, Fraser, B-T.
That would also use B-T in a position where he doesn't have to play as a wing back, which surely it most be evident to all that this is not his strength.
Whatver we do, we clearly need 2 up front. It would be utter madness not to utilise both May and Leaburn.
I believe Curbishley played Stuart on the right side of the midfield because he was more defensively solid than a traditional wide player, and he'd naturally sit more narrow than a touchline-hugging winger, but he wasn't deployed there to mark a third opposition central midfielder.
If the wide player in a 442 is required to cover that central space and pick up the extra midfielder, it leaves acres of space out wide. If a team plays a 442 in that way, and faces a 4231, then the opponent now has a 2v1 out wide because the wide player is marking the CM. At the very least they can get the ball to the edge of the box with a few passes.
Simeone is the only manager in the top leagues who is using the 442 with any success, and he does it by having the striker drop back to pick up the extra midfielder and ceding possession to the opposition.
The advantage of 433 is what ever the opposition play, unless its something totally bonkers, their spare man is always a center half. Which especially at this level shouldn't cause you defensive problems from open play.
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
That’s the idea of it though, CBT is on the team sheet a wing back but doesn’t have to actually do the defensive part if you set it up right. We did this against Orient but for some reason Holden decided to scrap it. I would prefer us to set up in a 4-4-2 for now, but I can’t see Appleton doing that as I think he wants more possession and control of the game which you won’t get with a 2 man midfield.
It would look something like this in practice, with Ness/Abankwah playing RCB as they are comfortable at RB so CBT won’t have to worry about doing more defending. This is how we set up against Orient (CBT on the left with Thomas behind) and we got our only clean sheet and best performance of the season, so it definitely can work and is a way to get our best players on the pitch.
AMB Ness Hector Jones Edun Dobson Taylor CBT Campbell
Leaburn May
But why can't we play 442 with someone on the right being tucked in to a more central role instead of playing out wide eg like Graham Stuart used to do in our PL days?
So the midfield 4 would be something like Taylor/Watson, Dobson, Fraser, B-T.
That would also use B-T in a position where he doesn't have to play as a wing back, which surely it most be evident to all that this is not his strength.
Whatver we do, we clearly need 2 up front. It would be utter madness not to utilise both May and Leaburn.
You can do that yes and that is a good idea, and you will essentially end up with a 3-5-2 doing that because your full back will provide the width on that side with the wide midfielder tucking in. Camara would be probably the best suited to this role and Tennai Watson could be that attacking full back providing the width.
We definitely need the 2 up front, but it is quite difficult to set the team up behind that and get our good players all on the pitch. 4-4-2 is what I would like to see but I’m just not sure Appleton will want to play that way
Leaburn is in just his 2nd season of men's football and surprise, Surprise, Miles will have games when the ball doesn't stick or he looks limited. More so if he gets isolated as a central striker in a 3.
Alway believed in tandem partnerships up front and at CB whatever the formation is in the rest of the team.
Leaburn and May can work off each other so obviously if we play a 3 with CBT on the field at the same time then Alfie and Miles will link while the X factor player Corey can be the wide man.
There surely can't be anyone that thinks if/when we play 3-5-2 that CBT is the LWB 🤦🏻♂️ With Edun available why would that happen!
16 man (17 for Cafc yesterday !) game over about 105 minutes so flexibility and fluidity is key which to those of us who started coaching with the youngest age groups where roll on and roll off subs was a requirement, were used to the chaos.
Never has a manager/Head coach and the analysts been so important as the game continues to evolve even if the skill levels don't improve in the mediocre 3rd tier.
🤞Fraser, May and Leaburn can be on the field at the same time soon.
What about CBT on the right and Edun on the left? It’s difficult to put a team together that has that front 2 but also gets our other talented players like CBT in. 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 are probably the only options and I think Appleton will want more control of the game than playing 4-4-2 offers
CBT IS NOT A WINGBACK. He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three. Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have. The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
He’s played well at wing back plenty of times, as you say the problem is us not having good enough centre backs behind him. But how else are we going to fit him in the team and get a front 2 on the pitch?
Loads of teams now play wingers as wing backs, but they have defenders in the back 3 comfortable covering out wide. We don’t have any on the left but Ness, Abankwah, Jones will all be more comfortable covering CBT if he’s playing on the right so he won’t even have to defend. The Orient home game was CBT’s best this season (and our best game as a team) and he was playing wing back so it can work, but we were set up so that he didn’t have to do any defending
I think 'a wingback who does not have to do any defending' is not a wingback. CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level. Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good. But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
That’s the idea of it though, CBT is on the team sheet a wing back but doesn’t have to actually do the defensive part if you set it up right. We did this against Orient but for some reason Holden decided to scrap it. I would prefer us to set up in a 4-4-2 for now, but I can’t see Appleton doing that as I think he wants more possession and control of the game which you won’t get with a 2 man midfield.
It would look something like this in practice, with Ness/Abankwah playing RCB as they are comfortable at RB so CBT won’t have to worry about doing more defending. This is how we set up against Orient (CBT on the left with Thomas behind) and we got our only clean sheet and best performance of the season, so it definitely can work and is a way to get our best players on the pitch.
AMB Ness Hector Jones Edun Dobson Taylor CBT Campbell
Leaburn May
But why can't we play 442 with someone on the right being tucked in to a more central role instead of playing out wide eg like Graham Stuart used to do in our PL days?
So the midfield 4 would be something like Taylor/Watson, Dobson, Fraser, B-T.
That would also use B-T in a position where he doesn't have to play as a wing back, which surely it most be evident to all that this is not his strength.
Whatver we do, we clearly need 2 up front. It would be utter madness not to utilise both May and Leaburn.
I believe Curbishley played Stuart on the right side of the midfield because he was more defensively solid than a traditional wide player, and he'd naturally sit more narrow than a touchline-hugging winger, but he wasn't deployed there to mark a third opposition central midfielder.
If the wide player in a 442 is required to cover that central space and pick up the extra midfielder, it leaves acres of space out wide. If a team plays a 442 in that way, and faces a 4231, then the opponent now has a 2v1 out wid because the wide player is marking the CM. At the very least they can get the ball to the edge of the box with a few passes.
Simeone is the only manager in the top leagues who is using the 442 with any success, and he does it by having the striker drop back to pick up the extra midfielder and ceding possession to the opposition.
I agree we need two up front, it would be mad to play only one considering the options we now have. We built for 352 so why not play it?
We did build for 3-5-2 but I don’t think we finished our building. If we’d signed a good left sided centre back then 3-5-2 would work perfectly, but Thomas is our only natural LCB and I’m not sure whether he is the level needed.
That’s why I’d swap CBT to the right because our RCB options are better so will be able to cover him
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He works in a 442 or a 433 as one of the front three.
Curbs ssid pretty much that postmatch yesterday when discussing what formation we should have going forward with the players we have.
The biggest problem MA has is that we do not seem to have even one consistently reliable centre back. A clean sheet looks impossible just now.
By having Edun as a left footed LB that means CBT doesn't have to spend more time than needed as a defensive player other than when the opposition have a corner or set peice around our goal.
Being two footed Corey can play on the right as he has the the ability to go inside or use his speed on the outside. It may cause problems elsewhere if he goes right.
This is where Appleton will earn his money if he can set the team up to benefit the game changers and get steady performances out the rest. May need a miracle but IF we can get certain players on the field at the same time we can improve.
Enough to be top 6 is really doubtful but we need to start with a team that knows their job.
Over to you Apples and O'Donnell.
CBT is a winger. He can play on the edge of a midfield 4 or a front 3. I think a front 3 of CBT, May and Leaburn/Aneke/Tadic would be pretty devastating at this level.
Also thought Watson L has a touch of the Gallaghers about him. A mid 3 of Dobson,Watson and Fraser could be good.
But the back 4 is just a mess. And it looks like we may have finally solved the left back problem but created a right back hole at the same time.
Ness Hector Jones
Edun
Dobson Taylor
CBT Campbell
So the midfield 4 would be something like Taylor/Watson, Dobson, Fraser, B-T.
That would also use B-T in a position where he doesn't have to play as a wing back, which surely it most be evident to all that this is not his strength.
Whatver we do, we clearly need 2 up front. It would be utter madness not to utilise both May and Leaburn.
If the wide player in a 442 is required to cover that central space and pick up the extra midfielder, it leaves acres of space out wide. If a team plays a 442 in that way, and faces a 4231, then the opponent now has a 2v1 out wide because the wide player is marking the CM. At the very least they can get the ball to the edge of the box with a few passes.
Simeone is the only manager in the top leagues who is using the 442 with any success, and he does it by having the striker drop back to pick up the extra midfielder and ceding possession to the opposition.
I agree we need two up front, it would be mad to play only one considering the options we now have. We built for 352 so why not play it?
We definitely need the 2 up front, but it is quite difficult to set the team up behind that and get our good players all on the pitch. 4-4-2 is what I would like to see but I’m just not sure Appleton will want to play that way
That’s why I’d swap CBT to the right because our RCB options are better so will be able to cover him