No Sharp. No Leonard???

[boltonblade]

Why?
Felt like we wouldn’t score in a brothel tonight BUT why not throw the kitchen sink at them.

I don’t get it.

Someone enlighten me.

[wavy_blade]

Billy deserved 10 mins for all he's done for this club , don't think he will be here for next years derby's .

[mwblade]

Billy deserved 10 mins for all he's done for this club , don't think he will be here for next years derby's .

Dont think Billy would have been effective under the circumstances. With the way they were defending Leonard who is noted for his ability to score goals from outside the box should have come on. Its a mystery why he didn't

Unless we can play at a higher tempo around the box and get someone in that can run at and take on defenders we will struggle to break teams down.

[boltonblade]

Leonard will be in for Lundstram 100% Lundstram was shocking tonight. Played a couple of crossfield balls but ultimately he was poor. It just didn’t happen tonight. So disappointed. Agree that if Duffy doesn’t play well then we struggle. Fleck was decent tonight and if we get an offer that’s north of £5milion I think he’ll go. Shame. Hate having so much expectation on our side haha

[JJBlade]

So as not too leave a gap at the back and lose the game.
It's not like it's not happened before and we nearly lost it at the death with another long range shot from nowhere because Reach wasn't closed down properly.

Sharp could have been brought on instead of Wilson I suppose, but I think we wanted to try to get him through the middle to outpace their defenders,

The problem with looking for that kind of play is the incisive cutting edge has gone from our play lately, we have plenty of possession but those clever little runs and through balls seem to have gone from our game.

Now it's get it out wide, mess about with it for 20 seconds, ignore the overlap, pass it back, go across the field, get it down the other wing, mess about for 20 seconds, ignore the overlap, pass it back, hit it long to Donaldson or Clarke.

It's a confidence thing and as much as we show glimmers of quality now and again our play is getting more laboured and looking like hard work.

[JonnyEdge]

Only caught a few minutes here and there but it looks like teams have worked us out. Get numbers behind the ball and choke us in the final third and try to hit on the break.
Unless Duffy pulls a rabbit out of the hat we struggle to break teams down.
We’re a good sufe overall but we lack that little bit of killer quality lately that makes the difference.

[seanbeanstattoo]

I think Leonard will come in for Lundstrum and Holmes will really push Duffy.
We have to stop f u c king about playing tikka takka for 5 minutes on each touchline once we've made the first/second overlap and get the ball in the box. That was the only times we looked like scoring.
Sharp would have been a reasonable shout,but he isn't a self starter like Donaldson,Clarke and to be fair Wilson and given the front 2 had w a n k to no decent ball tonight Billy would have had 15 mins of sitting on his arse coupled with wrestling with far bigger CB's.
Would have put Leonard on for Lundstrum at the same time as Wilson for Donaldson. God we needed drive from Midfield and Fleck needed help doing it.

We are too slow in the final third and it is clearly common knowledge to oponents. Not such a problem when playing on the break away but a huge issue at home. Hopefully Leonard and Holmes along with a returning Brooks will solve that and we will go on another great run..

Sat next to your Mrs' lads tonight JJ.

[woodysrightfoot]

Agree SBT while we are messing with ball at touchline give opposition time to get back also frustrates me with all these corners we have with no result need variety CW and staff need to look on tinternet and check what other teams around the world do when they have corners some real variety.

[JJBlade]

I think Leonard will come in for Lundstrum and Holmes will really push Duffy.
We have to stop f u c king about playing tikka takka for 5 minutes on each touchline once we've made the first/second overlap and get the ball in the box. That was the only times we looked like scoring.
Sharp would have been a reasonable shout,but he isn't a self starter like Donaldson,Clarke and to be fair Wilson and given the front 2 had w a n k to no decent ball tonight Billy would have had 15 mins of sitting on his arse coupled with wrestling with far bigger CB's.
Would have put Leonard on for Lundstrum at the same time as Wilson for Donaldson. God we needed drive from Midfield and Fleck needed help doing it.

We are too slow in the final third and it is clearly common knowledge to oponents. Not such a problem when playing on the break away but a huge issue at home. Hopefully Leonard and Holmes along with a returning Brooks will solve that and we will go on another great run..

Sat next to your Mrs' lads tonight JJ.

Yes, they seemed to enjoy themselves as one of them called us at 4.00 this morning to come and pick him up from the Wicker.
I rolled over and went back to sleep, but their mother got up, got in the car and went out and fetched him.

Mothers eh ?

[shorehamoldboy]

i agree with sbts second paragraph too tippy tappy got it out wide plenty of times but just came back inside when we had chance to cross it anything can happen when you put ball in box and we just didnt do it enough dissapointing thought it might be a draw before kick off but we would have beat these easily 2 months ago maybe a change in set up ???