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Even thousands of miles away, it seems strange not to be 'on your marks' for the Alex to kick. In fact we'll be checking in as the Alex kick off on Monday night so I'm hoping the airport WiFi is up to scratch.
I really don't know what to expect from this game. With the exception of the very first meeting at Gresty Road, these encounters have always been closed. Defensively, they seem to be well organised so the Alex will have to get their tactics spot on this time. This really will mean an aggressive high press to win the ball high up the pitch. To do this they have to be well-drilled. Leaving March alone up front with a huge gap behind is just never going to work. So March needs another player to back home up. Maybe a 4-4-2/4-3-3 would work. Lankester could link up with him and sometimes switch outside. O'Reilly could operate wide midfield and push on either inside or outside Lankester. There's no Agius so bring in Rankine. Whatever, don't push March wide. It's important he operates down the middle.
Alternatively, give O'Reilly a rest, drop Lankester into wide midfield and put Tezgel with March.
You could go straight 4-3-3 with Lankester and Rankine wide and Lunt down the middle behind the front line.
It's absolutely essential that we don't give their back line time on the ball.
Will it happen?😏
So a 1-1 draw. If we score first.
I really don't know what to expect from this game. With the exception of the very first meeting at Gresty Road, these encounters have always been closed. Defensively, they seem to be well organised so the Alex will have to get their tactics spot on this time. This really will mean an aggressive high press to win the ball high up the pitch. To do this they have to be well-drilled. Leaving March alone up front with a huge gap behind is just never going to work. So March needs another player to back home up. Maybe a 4-4-2/4-3-3 would work. Lankester could link up with him and sometimes switch outside. O'Reilly could operate wide midfield and push on either inside or outside Lankester. There's no Agius so bring in Rankine. Whatever, don't push March wide. It's important he operates down the middle.
Alternatively, give O'Reilly a rest, drop Lankester into wide midfield and put Tezgel with March.
You could go straight 4-3-3 with Lankester and Rankine wide and Lunt down the middle behind the front line.
It's absolutely essential that we don't give their back line time on the ball.
Will it happen?😏
So a 1-1 draw. If we score first.
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