Quote Originally Posted by Shadrack the Red View Post
Sormaz not the problem ? then who is to blame for the complete january shambles ? , as I pointed out in an earlier post the january signings do not get near a first eleven , it was a joke of a window which put pay to any hopes this season about making the play offs and your comment about playing a flat back four makes us more defensive is laughable , I take it you were not at Oakwell last saturday where we had wingers attacking , it was a throw back to Hammell and Disco , it was attacking , we got players pushing forward in numbers and for the first time this season at home it was an actual pleasure to watch.
Then who is to blame - Neerav.
No I wasn?t at the game - but I?ve only missed two games this season.
We haven?t the quality of player to play a back 4 that can leave their position and attack.
Consequently all defenders in a back four defend.
The result of that is that is the team becomes predictable and less flexible.
Neither Freiser, Dike or Morris were wingers - but they played as an attacking 3.
Same as Humphreys, Dunn and Fabio did.
I would not describe any of those as wingers like Hammill and Disco.

Yes yer right - it was a pleasure to watch.
Although the formation was different in a 433 the team played more like a team than in any other game this season.
Notably:
There were 3 players involved in the high press that got amongst their defenders and cut down passes.
The midfielders supporting that high press.
And importantly our defence played as a single unit that caught Bolton offside a couple of times.