02-13-2019, 09:02 PM
(02-13-2019, 08:37 PM)We Statto Wrote: The next two seasons are pivotal, but as I've said elsewhere, the magnificent work done to turn around the shambles and malaise from 12 months ago is often ignored when we'd be nowhere near this without it.
The three at the back didn't help defensively but we scored freely. Since we switched to a four we've been as good as most in a league where there are loads of goals and the actual stats are that we have four clean sheets in our last nine league games. If we continue that to the end of the season that's decent in this league.
I agree on Jones because he promotes taking risks, but it allows us to switch play better than in previous years and get the ball into wide areas high up the pitch. This has led to a number of goals.
Sadly and this has been my argument preseason and all the way through although what DM has done is commendable but it’s a job with a time bomb attached so sentiment / understanding isn’t that useful to diffuse things. For all the nice things fans said at the beginning of his tenure the knee jerk, angry booing type will forget all that if results fall away.
Personally I think teams should get the defence right first then build from there. At the moment I think we are much better than we were but it’s so frustrating that with the qualities (no nonsense, quality defenders for this level) that our central defence have that we don’t play to their strengths. It has got better but we are never too far from over playing and putting ourselves under pressure particularly at home. Any sensible coach knows that if they sit back when out of possession and allow two or three to press us high we struggle to break them down and then we give it away.
I think we are doing above average given the circumstances but rarely does a manager have a perfect platform to succeed and DM won’t have anymore patience than any other manager.