Quote Originally Posted by nw6pie View Post
Having Reeves or Doyle collect the ball from the centre halves means our starting position is always too deep. We need a ball-playing centre half to do that job and get the midfield where they should be - in the middle of the pitch. None of that will matter, though, if we remain so static in possession.
You're bang on the mark, but ball-playing centre-halves are a big ask at this level...
Aldershot had everything covered and just let Ellis and Turner have it (made us miss the high press ,even!) Very smart.
Even if it was Rawlinson and Lacey, it would've been much the same.
Years gone by a defender would have charged into the space, committing their markers and freeing up players further forward - now it's all risk-free football-by-numbers. All that passing among themselves was just about the most tedious, frustrating, pointless football I've ever seen...
Waiting for IB to train them in patterns of play just depresses me further - 0-1 down for 87mins, players' instincts should be all that was needed to change the pattern of the game to move the play near the opposition's goal.