Quote Originally Posted by Notts78 View Post
Chesterfield can probably afford a better squad than us after saving money through furlough.
My gut is that we are being ran to a budget whilst Chesterfield and Wrexham throw money at it.
Yesterday and to a large degree the season to date, we have under performed. Yet we remain unbeaten. The squad we have can’t play the system being implemented IMO. We don’t have wing backs, yet play a full back and a winger in what is a specialist position. I put in another thread about the system, and with the current squad the system that IMO would suit us more (4-3-3). How we have a player like Ruben and we can’t him on the ball enough is beyond me.
Exactly this. You play 5-3-2 when you have exceptional wing backs who can defend and attack equally well. I like Chicksen's attitude, but I've yet to see an attack-minded wing back in him who makes things happen. Nemane, conversely, is a winger who struggles with the defensive side of the game. Taylor blows hot and cold, and who knows what Toby is like.

There can be something very passive about 5-3-2 when you don't have the right players for it, which we clearly don't. I'd go for a flat back four, midfield three of Palmer, Rodrigues and the hard-running, ball-winning midfielder we still don't have (and I don't think Vincent is the answer either), and a fluid front three of Langstaff, Scott and Austin.