by redrobo » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:22 am
Can't fault the endeavour of the starting 11 but are the players actually happy playing under the current system? As was pointed out to me yesterday I'm no football tactician but whilst Jim has done an excellent job in this summer's recruitment ( acknowledged by numerous footballing experts in the media) bringing in players with fine pedigrees supplemented by a couple of fine young prospects, which far execeded expectations within the constraints of his budget, it appears at times that the players are not playing with the freedom or confidence in the system that I'm sure is of concern to the management team. Rightly or wrongly, I believe that a system that suits the collective is of paramount importance. I like others, do have concerns about the single striker we appear to favour particularly at home and like others wonder why JB persists with Oliver who for all his efforts yesterday was often isolated with no support what so ever. So whilst the performance of the team overall was an improvement on the last game, I still feel that the players will perform to their maximum within a system that they feel comfortable with and that the 119 days without a goal would be but a distant and somewhat painful memory.