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View silvertop's Profile silvertop Flag Portishead 24 Feb 21 10.28am Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Originally posted by Robk

Will do even better when Wilf is back....

Yes, they have not had a chance to play together yet and it may need a few games before they find some simpatico.

Rumours of them linking well in training bode well...

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 24 Feb 21 10.31am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Bexley Eagle

Wilf doesn’t play like that and will rarely if ever put in a first time cross.

Which is one of the reasons why the top 4 wouldn’t pay the transfer fee and his £120k or more wages.

 


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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 24 Feb 21 10.35am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by TheBigToePunt

I've been thinking about formations that get Zaha, Eze and Mateta in the team, but don't leave us overrun in midfield.

Eze on the left with the other two up top might work but both Zaha and Mateta want it to feet, and neither runs behind off the ball. That's where we desperately miss Schlupp. Not a brilliant player but he runs forward off the ball a lot. Even so, thats a 442 and we've not really got the midfield energy for that perhaps.

A 433 with Zaha and Eze either side, floating around might work, but that means both of them have to track back. I can't see any midfield three we could pick having the mobility to cover for them.

Eze, Zaha and a n other behind Mateta in a 4231 sounds good, but that's just 451 by another name, especially when we lose the ball, so again at least one of them has to track back.

No reason why every player shouldn't do their defensive work of course, but it might not get the best out of Eze and Zaha, plus they're pretty bad at it, especially Eze.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (23 Feb 2021 10.41pm)

Yes the age of the squad catches up with us more and more, plus our taste for def mids.

 


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View beak's Profile beak Flag croydon 24 Feb 21 10.45am Send a Private Message to beak Add beak as a friend

Originally posted by silvertop

Yes, they have not had a chance to play together yet and it may need a few games before they find some simpatico.

Rumours of them linking well in training bode well...

Wilf is back in training?

 

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jeeagles Flag 24 Feb 21 10.53am

Originally posted by doombear


Sorry to be pedantic but Andros did stand up the ball from the right for Wilf's goal in the Soton game and a beautiful cross it was too, and, of course he was there to score our first goal against Man U, but since those opening two games against half-cooked opposition you're not wrong Jeeagles.

No issues with being pedantic. I was far too lazy to look at the stats.

As TBTP had eluded to, we need a formation that gets the best out of everyone.

Playing Townsend, Eze, and Zaha behind the striker in a fluid formation seems to be the ideal combo. Ayew would compliment the system nicely.

Mateta or Benteke up front, wouldn't expect either to last 90mins for guys their size. Who ever it is, get them helping out with the defensive work a bit more. Teams need to defend with 11 men.

We has a successful and robust system under Freedman, Pulis, Pardew, and BFS. Why did we change it?

 

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View Lanzo-Ad's Profile Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 12 Apr 21 2.06pm Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

Can anyone tell me why he is not playing he is absolute class, all goals against decent opposition in the German league, and playing for an average team

 


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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 12 Apr 21 2.09pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Roy didn't like the back heel. Benteke defends corners better.

 


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View Spiderman's Profile Spiderman Flag Horsham 12 Apr 21 2.14pm Send a Private Message to Spiderman Add Spiderman as a friend

Has scored 2 cracking headers in 2 minutes for U23. Both from very good crosses from Hanaam

 

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View Fatherken's Profile Fatherken Flag 12 Apr 21 2.36pm Send a Private Message to Fatherken Add Fatherken as a friend

scored 2 headers from crosses . the first team don't cross the ball that often , otherwise big ben would have scored more this season

 

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View Robk's Profile Robk Flag 12 Apr 21 3.19pm Send a Private Message to Robk Add Robk as a friend

I’m sure he’ll get his chance... he’s got to play a full match though.. none of the bringing on for 10/15 mins....

 

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View Elphers40's Profile Elphers40 Flag Northants 12 Apr 21 8.49pm Send a Private Message to Elphers40 Add Elphers40 as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Roy didn't like the back heel. Benteke defends corners better.

This had me chuckling! But the defending comment IS actually true - Mateta could be brilliant but if he can’t defend it’s a no from Roy!

 

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