by Little Shrimp » Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:04 pm
Utterly dismal. I really cannot fathom what goes through Jim's head when he picks the starting 11. We're playing with two CMs and lining three men up top sitting on FGR's defence so we need to be able to shuttle the ball from defence to attack. How do we do that? NOT WITH ROSE AND KENYON! I am sick to death of this, it's a CM combo that has literally no ability to move the ball up the pitch and attack. We NEED Fleming in there to carry the ball and string some passes and get some bloody movement in there. Kenyon is just a complete oaf and should only be played in a three man midfield as a defensive screen as he has no ability to play the ball. I like Rose but we have to be realistic with his abilities, lovely passer of the ball but he's 34/35 so obviously, has slightly limited mobility. Yes we create a big massive defensive block but we constantly lose the ball every time we turn over possession and no matter how good our defence we will inevitably concede if we can't keep the ball. Our pressing from the front three was shocking and there was no coordination, it was a complete mess. As previously mentioned about Wylde, he was being forced into the centre of the park where he didn't have a clue.
McGurk's second half introduction helped us as he came and offered a link between defence and attack a bit more but my god, he's a bloody striker who we're forcing into the middle of the park to ferry the ball! What a joke. The game was screaming for Fleming to add some spark to our lifeless midfield.
We scrambled a point because, stupidly, FGR decided to sit on their one goal lead. They were playing neat passing football and were dancing rings around our midfield and could probably have nabbed one or two more had they kept up their attacking style.