Quote Originally Posted by Acido View Post
As daft as it sounds Al, most of the time we didn't need a plan B because as we played and beat each team, they didn't know which way to turn and what to do against us.
But there were some games towards the end of the season where it became more of a struggle as teams started to find us out, and he was as stubborn as hell when something needed doing about it.
The Swansea Play off games are the big example here, he tried changing it in the 2nd leg away to them, when we had them on the back foot at the time and it was a case of too little far too late. And that as it turned out was his and Mowatt's last game with us!.

Get your point Acido but expectation will have gone through the roof too! Because of what Val achieved many appear now to be talking about promotion as opposed to avoiding the drop! Teams will work out the strategy but they would find it difficult still to overcome if players had quality which should shine through. There will be times when a ball over the top or a breakaway will work against the high press!

Plan B should not be difficult if like for like players on the bench are rotated. Diangana for example was on the bench today but when he came on - he looked electric and had more energy than some who started.

What Val did for Barnsley last year Acido was a miracle when you think where that team was when he took over.