Reply With QuoteAnd yes, I do believe there's many moments we don't take attack and take a chance if there's a risk we could lose possession and the opposition could counter. Absolutely main on head.
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He hoped to 'nick one' aucks, ie a bit of luck. You can't play on that basis, hoping for luck all the time. You have to be dynamic. We weren't.
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And yes, I do believe there's many moments we don't take attack and take a chance if there's a risk we could lose possession and the opposition could counter. Absolutely main on head.
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Nail. . .
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He didn't mean he hoped to "nick one" from the start. He was clearly saying that, given the nature of the game and the way Gillingham set up, that was the only possibility of three points in the final quarter
The majority of football matches are draws or decided by one goal. This notion that we should be battering teams is not realistic, especially as most of them simply come in with the intention of frustrating us.
You haven't come up with a different team, so presumably your argument is that if Mowbray TOLD them to be positive, instead of negative, we would be winning four-nil!
You must see that makes no sense at all. Why wouldn't he be doing it!?
In any case, Wigan have won one more game than us. Where is the evidence of total negativity?
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Wigan go at teams and are ruthless. We score then appear to choose to play on the counter, absorbing pressure. I'd understand that in the premier league, but this is league one man!
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Even on a bad day, against Gillingham, we had 63% of possession. That doesn't fit your description.Originally Posted by Saxo1man41
Wigan had a spell where they had three nil-nil draws in four games. It happens. And different teams have different styles. So what? Playing the two holding midfielders and allowing Armstrong, Dack and Graham considerable freedom in front of them has worked very well on the whole.
You still haven't said what the set-up would be that would change the same ten or eleven players into an unstoppable, free-scoring battering-ram. Can you tell me now?
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Rays
Bennett mulgrew lenihan Williams
Evans Smallwood
Armstrong Dack Payne
Graham
And allow them the freedom to play as they got against Walsall. We battered them, could have been 8-0. Mowbrays post match reaction? He was happy but it was 'too gung ho' for his liking.
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As I said, the front three HAVE been granted that freedom. As for Payne, he's been a bit disappointing. When he was signed I thought he would be the key player, but Armstrong has turned out to be much more consistent.
Incidentally, if we do beat Bristol Rovers comfortably, using Mowbray's NEGATIVE methods, what will you say? Will it be down to the players, instead of the manager?
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Whenever Conway is on the team sheet, its about defensive shape. Everyone know this but you aucks it seems.
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