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United packed midfield with just RVP up front and this was in some ways quite respectful as they clearly wanted to stop us passing the ball around. It worked well and we floundered. We then went plan B after half time pushing higher and playing longer (nit something RM would of tried), it looked more promising but the second goal killed it as a game.
Re plan B Holt got isolated too easily, we seem to struggle to get closer to him as none of our midfield are particularly attacking by nature. Plan B needs work.
Defensivly we did ok, Crainey did a job on Zaha.
all in all something to build on.
PS Mclean, a promising debut.
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A fair assessment.
I thought there were good and bad points to our play but when you consider that was against the Premier League champions then there is more than enough good points to build on going into the season.
A record hammering could of left us feeling completely different.
People have previously criticised Martinez on this board for being too negative in his chosen styles of play for us.
I saw things completely different in that we were constantly pressed high up the pitch and on the attack when in possession but we were not prepared to waste the possession on a half chance something might come off.
I think the comments accusing of negativity in our play were down to the fact generally Wiganer’s don’t like passing unless it is going forward where as I see the insisted possession as a positive rather than a negative showing trust in our players abilities to do so rather than playing schoolboy football and hoping for the best.
From what I can gather up to now Coyle may be prepared to set up a team in a more defensive manner if he thinks they post a greater attacking threat e.g. Man Utd.
However I think we will play a very attacking formation for the majority of the season while trying to keep a standard back four in place behind the midfield and attack rather than having attacking full backs in a back four or five like under Martinez.
Grant up on his own was probably correct for Wembley. The link with midfield was Maloney, who I thought had a quiet game.
In the Championship, we can probably commit more men forward – perhaps Holt and Fortune together.
We have a big choice in midfield. Perhaps Watson, McArthur, McCarthy and Maloney would give a balance between attack and defence. But we also have two wingers – McManaman and McClean – to choose from as well as Gomez, Espinoza and McCann. Fyvie may well be ready to step up to the Championship, but he may find his opportunities limited.
Perhaps Coyle will play with a winger, as he did at Wembley. If McManaman plays, would McClean be one of the substitutes? Would he come on in place of McManaman, or might he come on as a second winger? Playing two wingers seems unlikely.
Perhaps Coyle will rotate the midfield. Perhaps he will play a more attacking formation at home. We shall have to wait and see.
I’m assuming that we’ll play a conventional back four.
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