Quote Originally Posted by utd4me View Post
We really struggle against teams who organise their defence and midfield like Arbroath did today. The team that Robbie sent out looked one paced and devoid of any idea of how to break down Arbroath's defence. It was only when he introduced pace and width did we look like we could get in behind them. IMO, the Arbroath defence that had looked rock solid all day, started to panic a bit as soon as someone ran directly at them. This then opens open up the question as to why was pace and width not on from the start.
Sporle, McMullan and Chalmers all ran at the defence and Sporle in particular spread them wide. A very welcome but slightly fortunate 3 points. Arbroath will cause problems for other teams but only if teams play a narrow game against them.
Side note, what the feck do we do about our defence, Reynolds was brutal today and we definitely need Butcher in midfield, it's a bit of a problem.
'Slightly fortunate' - lol!