I hadn't noticed

Serious question. What do we need to get/change in order to improve our awful home record. It is holding us back!

It is funny but at home a lot of teams are now sitting back against us when in the past they might of thought to come out. They know our strongest weapon is quick counter attacks, particularly to Wilf who will skin the majority of defenders in the league. That is a credit to us but doesn't get us the wins. When away the pressure is naturally on the home side to come out and play as we all know. Now this will probably continue until we sort out the issues ourselves as it is an achilles heel at home. Solutions could be a creative attacking midfielder employed, with 1 oppo centre forward reverting to 3 at the back, stick 2 big centre forwards or little and large up front and pepper them with high balls. All of these could be possible with our squad. Gambles but that is what we may need to do. Hoping that at least we are trying to do something for next season as will we probably stagger over the line this season, due to a well drilled defence with an occassional rick in them and a strong counter attacking away threat.

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I think winning 4/5 leagues could be pushing it this year the way we are going. It’s frustrating as my 2 sons only want to go to away games now.
Next year might be a tough sell.

I would agree . We are too predictable at home and it appears easy to play against . We need to mix it up and change formations and personnel for different opponents .
The counter attacking set up works for us away but why do we play the same team at home against sides that defend deep .
At least give us two strikers ,what have we got to loose ?

And we still need a striker

It is so obvious the problem re our home form. Meyer apart all our midfield players are defensive. We need someone who can make the play in the final third the way Cabaye did. Someone like Jack Grealish would be a great buy. Roy Hodgson is too defensively minded which is ideal away from home but poor watching at Selhurst.