Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
One daft defensive mistake and a VAR intervention cost us a point or three.

We will survive.
We have a massive issue in that the midfield is so rigid in shape and style of play that they can’t / won’t or aren’t allowed to get far enough up the field to support Wood / Mcneil in the opposition s final third , our central pair don’t beat a man and are always looking to offload the ball but not with any structure or method or kick it in the air and hope.

When was the last time anyone can remember our midfield getting beyond a forward to contribute, we are so reliant now on wood holding the ball in the channels , he gets crowded out and can’t compete with generally 2-3 opposition players.

On the wing we have a wide man JBG who cannot deliver any sort of ball with his right foot , he’s easy to mark as he has to check back and lay the ball off every time he receives it , he also cannot attack a full back and refuses to do so I’m unsure why.

Mcneil switches off and leaves runners but in his defence we are asking a lot of him to be the creative spark and make lung bursting defensive runs after an attack breaks down.

His delivery yesterday were over hit , but I still think Wood should be central if you continue to play the way we are.

Vydra is intelligent mobile and a much better forward than the other s we have he simply has to start - cornet is also a decent footballer looking at his debut he wants to get it down and play give and go s and one twos etc and you can see he wants to run at people which is all positive to me.

Midfield is the downfall and Dyche has no answer at the minute - we won’t score enough goals playing how we do at the moment to survive so we d better start experimenting and with the strongest 11 , it’s all about comfortable for me I think players know they’re starting games and that isn’t healthy as a football team.