01-03-2022, 04:43 PM
Ronnie, you're an intelligent bloke and know your onions
Do you not see the opposition are completely changing how they play against us since Luton, Sheff Utd etc? Milwall and Peterborough were the two to start it and I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying with the exception of Blackpool, where we created loads, and Fulham who are a good side, every team we've played has gone 3 centre halves against us and matched us up?
Now, you're right to say the onus is on us to change our approach and to me we have, initially VI was all about press, harry, husstle, win the ball high, make it unfomfortable for the opposition however now we get 50-60% possession pretty much every game, sides sit off us, give our three front players no space to run in behind and allow our midfield two and wing backs to have the ball as our creativity is pretty poor from these areas
We are a lot more patient in our build up, certainly play more football than Barnsley ever did, the general feeling of the Cov fans I was with when we went there was Albion were the best side to go their this season, for me we're not a million miles away, Dike will help massively and if we can get a central midfielder in to work with Mowatt this will help our creativity. I'd also like to see Phillips given a go at RWB, especially at home
I've never known our fan base so split and unsuportive as we are currently, this isn't just down to Val for me, it's anger at last season, bringing Sam in who was unpopular, getting rid of Bilic without backing, overlooking Wilder due to Lai then not backing Val in the summer, bringing in tripe like Hugill, average players such as Reach and Moloumby, we all see the league is shite and we all see we're struggling in 4th when we really should be in the top 2
Part of me feels for Val as he's never quite had the backing of the fans, we liked it early but as soon as we drew a few we quickly got frustrated and our support level dwindled, in volume if not in numbers
I've had a lot of frustrations this season and at times I've been unhappy but I'm still behind Val, let's judge at the end of this window and next season whatever league we're in when he's had a full summer and a window to get players in he wants. Defensively we're decent, we've a keeper who doesn't really want to be here and we should cash in, we now have a number 9 and a saleable asset moving forward given his age and potential, we have some good youth players who Val has shown will get opportunities, we have all sides throughout the club playing the same system, a lot of positives are overlooked, it's hard at times but keep the faith would be my message
Cuzer
Do you not see the opposition are completely changing how they play against us since Luton, Sheff Utd etc? Milwall and Peterborough were the two to start it and I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying with the exception of Blackpool, where we created loads, and Fulham who are a good side, every team we've played has gone 3 centre halves against us and matched us up?
Now, you're right to say the onus is on us to change our approach and to me we have, initially VI was all about press, harry, husstle, win the ball high, make it unfomfortable for the opposition however now we get 50-60% possession pretty much every game, sides sit off us, give our three front players no space to run in behind and allow our midfield two and wing backs to have the ball as our creativity is pretty poor from these areas
We are a lot more patient in our build up, certainly play more football than Barnsley ever did, the general feeling of the Cov fans I was with when we went there was Albion were the best side to go their this season, for me we're not a million miles away, Dike will help massively and if we can get a central midfielder in to work with Mowatt this will help our creativity. I'd also like to see Phillips given a go at RWB, especially at home
I've never known our fan base so split and unsuportive as we are currently, this isn't just down to Val for me, it's anger at last season, bringing Sam in who was unpopular, getting rid of Bilic without backing, overlooking Wilder due to Lai then not backing Val in the summer, bringing in tripe like Hugill, average players such as Reach and Moloumby, we all see the league is shite and we all see we're struggling in 4th when we really should be in the top 2
Part of me feels for Val as he's never quite had the backing of the fans, we liked it early but as soon as we drew a few we quickly got frustrated and our support level dwindled, in volume if not in numbers
I've had a lot of frustrations this season and at times I've been unhappy but I'm still behind Val, let's judge at the end of this window and next season whatever league we're in when he's had a full summer and a window to get players in he wants. Defensively we're decent, we've a keeper who doesn't really want to be here and we should cash in, we now have a number 9 and a saleable asset moving forward given his age and potential, we have some good youth players who Val has shown will get opportunities, we have all sides throughout the club playing the same system, a lot of positives are overlooked, it's hard at times but keep the faith would be my message
Cuzer
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