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Morsy MoM?
What? He was the one weak link in a very attacking performance.
Massey was massive – pun intended.
Powell made such a difference.
Jacobs fought and fought.
Walton actually pulled off a world class save.
Robinson looked confident.
James as always was sublime.
Robinson used hsis pace, which has been lacking when he has appeared.“5-2, even Leon scored …..”
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evansAnd if we can’t win with 18 on the pitch then we really are rubbish ;)
And that’s the reason why he has to go, if he stays then I can only think that the IEC have another agenda with our club and ground and “Bake-off Final” live from pitch side along with “Monster Trucking” and even Crufts might be on the cardsUltimately Cook may get hounded out, but he could try to doggedly carry on. It has been a wuff time recently, and it’s a relentless league so there’s no time for paws. People may cur-se him, but life’s a bitch they say.
I don’t think we’re differing here.
In “the old days” wingers were forwards. Full-backs (including the #5) were defenders.
You would never have expected Ray Wilson, George Cohen, Gerry Byrne, Alex Parker et al to go charging upfield.I concluded that the game of the 50s would be outwitted by todays formations and tactics, and as ridiculous as it may sound, my mate and I tried it on the Xbox. Throwing men forward in the 50s style meant you could have as many as 6 or 7 players high up the field. We found that a modern day side with pacey players could easily break away to score and win quite convincingly. The 50s formation of 2-3-5 was only good in possession, if you got the ball in and around the area. It could be effective, but you were also so vulnerable at the back, like I say.The only thing I’d say there, Dave, is that from the 20s no-one played 2-3-5. There was a change in the offside rule then that meant teams needed to put 3 at the back, so the centre-half #5 became a centre-back stopper (Ron Yeats, Brian Labone, Jack Charlton).
Until Ramsey changed things, in England at least, the #7 and #11 wingers had free rein down the flanks (Stanley Matthews, Peter Thompson et al), while “up front” you had the big centre forward, supported by the inside forwards who operated alongside or slightly behind the big powerful #9, Nat Lofthouse, Dixie Dean and our own Joe Royle being a prime examples.
The formation was called WM, effectively 3-2-2-3, although in modern parlance it may even have been more a 3-2-2-2-1 with the second 2 (the wingers) far more fluid than we see today, and the thrid “2” often sitting alongside the #9.
If you play out a pure 2-3-5 (even though that’s how programmes printed teams) then you would hit problems, but a deeper midfield of WM and the fluidity wouldn’t be so easily over-run.
“Read in the non-League paper how well they are doing”?
Maybe that’s because they are playing non-league, not Championship.
When even Will Grigg struggled in the Championship I don’t think the fact that someone is banging them in for Altrincham or Rochdale or whoever means much.
Let’s look at Bolton’s position today.
No, we don’t like them, but no fans should have their club in this position.
And at the moment we are unlikely to fall into that position.Yes it was then relegated back.
Hope they do achieve their aim of premier league football again but I won’t be nipping down the bookies.
Apologies but just don’t think they have the club’s interests first and arent particularly bothered about the club or the fans.I have heard very different.
Nonsense.
You are judging people who were in different jobs 21 years ago? I’m glad I’m not judged now on what I did 21 years ago.
Managing a team and being on a board of directors, having spent many of those intervening years gaining experience in those backseat roles, are hugely different.
While Joe’s son, Darren, who was a kid back then is to be written off?
Give your head a wobble.
