Team v Halifax

[the_anticlough]

The handling of Sam by IB after that red hot run was strange without a doubt.

But the Taylor situation is very different for me, unfortunately i wasn't there that day but I wonder bar a fantastic strike for his goal did he play well against Maidenhead? You can't keep a player in the side cos of a rare long range wonder strike unless he played well over the 90 mins.

I don't think he pulled up any trees, but did an OK all-round job on the wrong side of the pitch for him by all accounts - and was in other highlights apart from the goal too. Anyway, I think confidence for any sportsman or woman is a precious commodity and I'd like to have seen him retain his place.

Another point I want to make about wing-backs..... I'm not saying he's the answer, but Nemane can do a job for you there, whereas Chicksen on the other side absolutely can't.

If a player like Nemane goes forward, there's no shortage of cover in a 5-3-2 behind him

- the right sided centre-back shouldn't be a stranger to defending out wide and can slide over
- in fact the whole of the defensive unit can slide over if need be to make a four
- the idea of a player like Francis (or Bajrami) is to drop into the defence and the team gets defensive cover that way

But who, in a 5-3-2, is going to 'cover' for Chicksen if he doesn't get into the attacking third? The answer is nobody will cover that job. The opposition will have in effect a wall built a third of the way across their defensive line and can then concentrate on defending the centre.
I hope LW follows the wishes of most on this thread and reverts to a back 4, but if he doesn't I hope he has the courage to play Taylor and Nemane. And let us see what we have with TAR soon enough.

[matt_magpie]

From listening to LW and I think Langstaff said it himself he wants Langstaff central and constantly in the box and from seeing him I totally agree as he’s a very good finisher and LW also said with palmer in the team means he can have 2 up front such as the job palmer does and I think he’s desperate to get Scott involved, though I think Mitchell will get his chances this season and I hope he does well. I would have Austin and Ruben right and left of centre in midfield and Palmer holding centrally a bit deeper. So on that basis I think 532 can work, the winbacks don’t then need to be flying forward all the time as we will have 4 very attack minded players, but they can support when needed.