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Reply | Norwich City v Swansea City : Mach day thread
at 17:42 26 Jan 2025
With the new Centre half and Darling back in the team I would venture to going to three at the back at times during games, with Grimes further up the park.
Alternatively go for a flat back four with Grimes still further up the park.
If you go for three at the back you have to use the fullbacks as wingbacks ditching the use of wingers and using the two defensive and two attacking midfielders and one up top as done with Martin.
If you go four at the back then while you encourage full backs forward their main job is the protect the flank, at the moment their mind set is they must get forward to win games and we cannot do without them further up the park hence they throw caution to the wind and make some really awful decisions. |
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Reply | Williams now has no choice but to get a new captain.
at 21:48 25 Jan 2025
I agree, we end up taking too much time in the ball in the defence, making too many attempts to try and control the ball in the midfield when facing our goalie instead of using one touch as and when needed but providing the support they need, you will never stop players making mistakes but being in a formation to cover for those mistakes is paramount at the moment we are playing high risk football with very little safe guards in place |
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Reply | Williams now has no choice but to get a new captain.
at 21:20 25 Jan 2025
Grimes movement, pressing forward into space and pass tp Key led to his cross for Cullen to score our goal, three players who when they get their game right seem to have good points going for them, 30 seconds later that came crumbling down, Tymon's fault or just what is being asked of them.
I expected a defence that would ne a bit shaky with the new play in place but generally we had the game within our grasp until the inevitable lack of concentration which resulted in the first and them the soul destroying second, and the mistakes just kept on coming.
Grimes is not a defensive midfielder he hasn't the pace for it, we see players sizing up players knowing the ones they can outstrip as they push the ball passed them, Rodon on the ball being chased by Cullen springs to mind. Two slow players linking up the midfield doesn't work until they commit forward but they can't if the fullbackks have pressed on.
Fullbacks down the wings or in the midfield, with the Captian struck deep in between to centrehalves all the time is crazy, if the centrebacks can't see a out ball they still have the goalie they don't need fullbacks crowding the wingers out they need quick balls to the wingers with support in the middle of the park from the midfield. They can switch play using the fullbacks and don't have to got through Grimes.
I would have Franco as our defensive midfield anchor man over Grimes any day of the week, sorry Captian and midfield anchor man.
Time for a change in the middle someone who sees the gaps as they appear and is talking to his players all the time while organising. |
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Reply | First half table
at 18:30 25 Jan 2025
This just shows that when teams need to work us out they can, today's game we were well in it getting back to even the game but the notion of packing the midfield should be done by the forward players not the fullbacks ,for an example we levelled a game Darling then playing fullback straight after the restart was pushing forward without any thought of defensive shape and that was exactly where the opposition goal came almost directly after the restart again. A case of players being unfamiliar with the role they are being asked to play.
I thought in the first half today both Key and Tymon played better as fullbacks than they have for some time but it obvious mistakes have happen with the roles they are being asked to play with poor decision making on their part. [Post edited 25 Jan 18:38]
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Reply | Liam Smith
at 16:16 25 Jan 2025
Nor do I but if anything showed us the midfield is weak is the fact we are trying to use fullbacks in the midfield it obviously confuses them as to what they should be doing. |
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Reply | Norwich City v Swansea City : Mach day thread
at 16:00 25 Jan 2025
Delacroix did play well up to a point,covered Cabango mistakes as Cabango seemed to trying too hard.Sad to see it end so badly for him and the team given his mistake but seemed comfortable for the most part at this level.
Something fundamentally wrong with a team that keeps on giving hard fought points away instantly after seemingly getting back into games. |
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Reply | Norwich City v Swansea City : Mach day thread
at 14:44 25 Jan 2025
Midfield and front players chasing shadows,
fullbacks who don't know the concepts of safety first and keep the ball moving.
If an area of the pitch is too tight to play the passing game then you get it to areas of the pitch which are safe, The forwards were making runs constantly off the ball being ignored.
A defensive midfielder who will not or cannot play the role effectively.
Their second goal just knocked the stuffing out of the team and the fans, we had seen it all before with Martin.
Now at the point where I would be happy to see the back of both Grimes and Williams. [Post edited 25 Jan 14:45]
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Reply | Norwich City v Swansea City : Mach day thread
at 14:01 25 Jan 2025
That is the trouble when you try and get them to play as midfielders one moment and defenders the next, we just got back in the game needs to be holding your defensive shape.
Norwich look a poor team who have just bided their time. |
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Reply | Norwich City v Swansea City : Mach day thread
at 13:29 25 Jan 2025
Not enough movement from the initial player on the ball for pass and go, frightened to do it deep in our half because everyone knows what could happen and not enough space once Norwich drop into their defensive shape,balls not played quick enough because of lack of support or we even crowd out the area ourselves making it easy to defend and passing harder to complete successfully, a couple of driving runs into the heart of their defence with support close at hand to pick up the pieces, instead of pass the parcel at the edge of the box. [Post edited 25 Jan 13:32]
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Reply | Wilson to be in the squad for Norwich City
at 09:41 25 Jan 2025
If a youngster is good enough then they need to be given chances at the higher level of first team senior football but who ever they play for be it ours or on loan they have to learn to work on their weaknesses at the moment our first team seem unable to correct some of the weaknesses that must be evident to their coaches as they are to the fans, if you play a youngster in a team that is inherently weak are they going to learn with others around them making school boy errors. |
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