Match Thread vs. Chesterfield 20.02.21 [NL]

[Elite_Pie]

I really don’t believe that the problem is with the strikers, as someone said earlier, we could have mbappe up front and still not score. The issue lies with the midfield in general and Doyle in particular.

I think it goes deeper than that. There is no doubting that we have an excellent defensive record, but at what cost? It's great not to concede because you can't lose, but the flip side is that if you don't score you can't win. Somewhere there is a balance between all out attack and dogged defence, and I think Ardley errs too much on the side of caution. I believe we have genuine attacking options if we give them the ball earlier in a bit more space. When the build up play is so slow, ponderous and predictable it means defenders have plenty of time to get back and mark. I think it has a very negative impact on the number of goals we score.

[irishpete]

I think it goes deeper than that. There is no doubting that we have an excellent defensive record, but at what cost? It's great not to concede because you can't lose, but the flip side is that if you don't score you can't win. Somewhere there is a balance between all out attack and dogged defence, and I think Ardley errs too much on the side of caution. I believe we have genuine attacking options if we give them the ball earlier in a bit more space. When the build up play is so slow, ponderous and predictable it means defenders have plenty of time to get back and mark. I think it has a very negative impact on the number of goals we score.

We have pace in the side & don't use it. Our play is that slow we put pressure on ourselves for no reason then get caught out

[matt_magpie]

I think it goes deeper than that. There is no doubting that we have an excellent defensive record, but at what cost? It's great not to concede because you can't lose, but the flip side is that if you don't score you can't win. Somewhere there is a balance between all out attack and dogged defence, and I think Ardley errs too much on the side of caution. I believe we have genuine attacking options if we give them the ball earlier in a bit more space. When the build up play is so slow, ponderous and predictable it means defenders have plenty of time to get back and mark. I think it has a very negative impact on the number of goals we score.

I'm not going to say too much more as I decided to have an early few bevvies for a change in optimism and realised I'm probably posting too much . I don't agree with KC, Pedro etc in Ardleys absolutely useless, I think he's competent hence why on a top 3 or 4 budget he's had us in the top 3 last season and this. He obviously hasn't shown the xfactor (not a Saturday night gag) in he didn't keep us up nor are we running away with it this season. It's a really tough one for rookie owners, in that Ardley could get us up as Champions through a pragmatic approach against limited/similar opposition or they roll the dice if they think that's a better option, all comes down to who and no one on here's suggested who either, tough one.