Quote Originally Posted by jacobncfc View Post
I think we keep getting outnumbered and overrun in midfield. We’re an absolute nightmare for teams when we’ve got it and are attacking, but we are very easy to get at when we lose it. The defence and midfield has a tough job on at the best of times, the switch to 4-2-3-1 last night made that even more obvious IMO.

I’m not sure Palmer and Francis are physically imposing enough to play as what is basically a straight midfield two (when Roberts or Rodrigues are nominally playing there, they don’t do a lot without the ball). I wonder whether our best system might be three from Palmer, Francis, O’Brien and Vincent, with three from Wootton, Roberts, Rodrigues and Mitchell ahead of them.
I’d agree with that re the midfield four and the front four options. It’s interesting that Vincent isn’t even making the bench right now, because I’d be curious to see what a midfield of him, Francis and Palmer would be like, with Mitchell, Wootton and Roberts ahead of them.