The team is not limited - the manager is. There is a very fitting proverb - a bad workman blames his tools. We have so many players that will thrive with a formation change however Ince refuses to accept it. I have a feeling Ince wants his son to be the main man by having him the only ball carrier o...
When nobody is either comfortable on the ball or confident receiving it anywhere on the pitch but you’ve got an Andy Carroll up top, the hoof ball to him is an attractive option. That’s all well and good (well, it’s not really) but not having runners anywhere near him to take advantage of his prodi...
Didn't the EFL have to sign off on our signings? So if we were to break the business plan they would have allowed it to happen? As we got a FA cup money and we have had a ok amount of SKY fixtures - I would like to think we get a 6 figure sum every time we play on SKY and the FA cup must have given ...
Ince is stubborn - he wont change his style until it works out so he can go - see told you....we may lose every game till then. I am having flashbacks to the end of VP tbh unwavering to failing tactics. Awful team choices. Fully expecting this. ..................Lumley Hoilet MBengue Sarr McIntrye B...
Couldn't go / watch due to having a life outside football. But it sounds like we set up like usual with slow players and using Carroll as a target man. But as soon as we put a bit of pace on the pitch and set up a bit more positive and use the players correctly, we looked like a mid table side? Also...
Dann - passed it. Shouldn't be a CB to be regularly called upon, Squad filler at best. Carroll - he could be effective - reality is, he really isn't. Ok so he wins headers 35-50 yards from goal big whoop. Strikers are to score goals or at least threat to score. He is too slow and has a turning circl...
Must win game. Need to play with pace and purpose. So I expect to see Dann, Carroll, Hoilett and Baba in the starting line up. With Meite, Azeez NGW and Fornah on the bench. Ince with go with his tried and tested the tactic of long balls in the general direction of Carroll to scrap it out. Hendrick ...
Thought they were very good when we played them at home, although we were equally bad. I think that game was one of the worst applications of a tactic I have seen - punting long balls for Joao to challenge for was pathetic to watch. Hopefully we will have more luck with the tactic of booting it up ...
I think Carroll's better at bringing others in to the game than Meite, and seems to be first choice. But hard to pick from the forwards for sure. Don't know on Casadei. But he's big, strong and seems to like a challenge. I thought he looked to have more of the holding attributes than Fornah or Hend...
Reckon Ince will go: ........................Lumley ......Mbengue, Holmes, McIntyre Yiadom, .........Casadei, .........Hoilett ..............Hendrick......, Ince ....................Carroll, Long Personally be very tempted to switch our shape up big time. And I'd like to see Fornah slot in, but not...
Theres a lot to wonder about if our experienced defenders actually stayed fit that Holmes and Tmac would have developed better. Dann, Sarr and Hutchinson are the old heads been there done that. They should be out in the middle guiding Holmes, M'bengue, McIntyre through the games.. But they spend maj...
Very shakey first half, no one played well. Loum was stand out shocker for me. Watford showed there quality but thankfully a lot didn't quite click for them either. 2nd half we had a bit of purpose better passing - kept the ball more. After the subs we grew into the game. I think a draw was a fair r...
Looking forward to us lining up with out Carroll up front tbh. We looked such a better team when Yids played at RWB just that extra bit of energy. With out Hoilet and Carroll in the side we lose that bit of quality, however it makes us a more adaptable / dynamic team Dont think Fornah will feature w...
Holmes has been ok. I cant help but feel we do better when McIntyre is not in the team. We have other players to come in and he needs to be benched. TBH the whole left side has been pretty shakey all season. As I mentioned before maybe a coasting Baba really stitches him up.
It smacks that Ince doesn't see the defence as the problem - constantly chopping the front line up but its always the same defenders, same Baba doing the bare minimum to get by. The same out of form, sluggish looking Hoilet at RWB. Yids, even though he has looked ok at CB he is still a Rb and fairly...
In Ince's favour is the fact he's come out called it pretty much how we saw it, isn't making up excuses or refusing to speak to the media. It now remains to be seen what he can and will do about it. Other managers would have a list of excuses lined up in advance. Ince does not mince his words and I...
Former Port Vale teammate Tom Pope stated that Hugill had an excellent attitude and "was desperate to learn and improve". In other words the complete opposite of Lucas Joao Source: Wikipedia Since then he has scored a whopping 67 goals in all competitions in 9 years. Not exactly learnt mu...
Hard pass. We have target men. We have the probably the best header of the ball in the league in Carroll yet still dont use him effectively. Meite also can be a lump target man who does win his fair share of headers. Long also puts himself about enough. A player that has gone to 7 clubs in 7 seasons...
I have a feeling that people getting offended by players taking the knee read a certain type of newspaper that vilifies asylum seekers. The point of taking knee is raise awareness - you'll never change the mind of a 18+ year old bigot, but the younger generation might be inclined to learn a thing or...