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« Reply #140 on: September 14, 2021, 21:30:44 pm »

Third in the league with only 4 goals conceded in 7 games. Has to go down as a very decent start and the defensive unit (including McWilliams and Roberts) deserve a lot of credit.

However, we might be even better off right now if Brady could be a bit tactically braver and more fluid. We've still only scored two goals from open play in 7 games and we're still not creating many chances.

I'm sounding like a stuck record here, but I just simply don't know why he's sticking with 4-4-2. Our 4-4-2 is quite static and predictable and there's very little movement 'between the lines'. As others have said it reeks a lot of 2003 era Colin Calderwood.(There are certainly worse things, but the game has moved on.) The times when we looked most dangerous was when Koiki came forward on the overlap and got some dangerous crosses in, but McGowan didn't really do the same on the right so we looked a bit lopsided. Teams playing 3-4-3 or 4-3-3 end up with the equivalent of an extra man in midfield against us and the better sides (Rochdale, Forest Green) will make us pay.

The forwards have only scored two league goals between them and it's hard to see what they're contributing other than workrate. To be fair, Kabamba only had one headed chance and Rose was given absolutely nothing to feed off. Etete showed excellent hold-up play when he came on and I still think that he will punish teams at this level if we can get better service to him. I think he'd be more than capable of playing as a lone striker with some dynamic midfielders behind him as this is very much the dominant paradigm within Premier League coaching structures.

Ultimately, I think we'd lose very little and potentially gain a lot by switching one of the forwards for an extra midfielder. A switch like this would make us much less predictable and more fluid and I'm sure it wouldn't compromise our defensive solidity. Sowerby showed a range of passing far superior to any other midfielder and him and McWilliams could develop into an excellent pivot at the base of a 4-2-3-1/4-4-1-1.

Overall, a very solid and creditable start. However, if we have aspirations of beating the very top teams in this division, or establishing ourselves as a force eventually capable of sustaining League One football, or, dare I say it, of producing 'bums of seats' football then Brady needs to be a bit braver.


MCH said we should be more patient and I think he is right.
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