Our attack

[philevs]

We need to get something going up front for the last two games.
OK, we have had a very good run of 7 points from our last 4 games under Dewsnip and Nance. But it has to be said that our attacking potency has gone down to a very low level. Hardie in particular has been worryingly ineffective lately and should not have started today in my view, and Whittaker is completely out of sorts. Mumba doesn’t look like threatening the goal. Waine looks the part and should have started today in my view, but doesn’t look a real threat on goal. Bundu currently looks the most dangerous.
We can’t afford to go into the last 2 games trying to play without a viable attacking force, which really is what we saw against Stoke today.
To be quite honest I would consider starting with Scarr up front as a target man to win headers, and see if that can turn things around a bit. No-one else up front can win the ball in the air, and our passing movements going forwards are almost all breaking down before we get a shot away.
We certainly need to change something.

 

[jimsing]

We need to get something going up front for the last two games.
OK, we have had a very good run of 7 points from our last 4 games under Dewsnip and Nance, but it has to be said that our attacking potency has really gone down to a very low level. Hardie in particular has been worryingly ineffective lately and should not have started today in my view, and Whittaker is completely out of sorts.
We can’t afford to go into the last 2 games trying to play without a viable attacking force, which is what we saw against Stoke today.

You have to give the opposition some praise for not allowing them to play.

 

[Frank Butcher]

Sorry phil, what was that? Our attack?

 

[Lancastergreen]

We need to get something going up front for the last two games.
OK, we have had a very good run of 7 points from our last 4 games under Dewsnip and Nance, but it has to be said that our attacking potency has really gone down to a very low level. Hardie in particular has been worryingly ineffective lately and should not have started today in my view, and Whittaker is completely out of sorts.
We can’t afford to go into the last 2 games trying to play without a viable attacking force, which is what we saw against Stoke today.

Ok let's drop Hardie and Whittaker...
So who are you selecting instead?

 

[argylecowboy]

When was the last time that Hardie had a good game ?

 

[Lancastergreen]

When was the last time Hardie had any service?

 

[IPA]

Ok let's drop Hardie and Whittaker...
So who are you selecting instead?

I'd pack the midfield against Millwall and play Waine up front on his own.

Hardie has always been a better player coming off the bench in my opinion and Morg's needs firing up somehow!

 

[Tom Cobbley]

When was the last time that Hardie had a good game ?

The last time he wasnt left isolated and we didnt hoof hopeful balls in his general direction

 

[Koala Green]

We need to get something going up front for the last two games.
OK, we have had a very good run of 7 points from our last 4 games under Dewsnip and Nance, but it has to be said that our attacking potency has really gone down to a very low level. Hardie in particular has been worryingly ineffective lately and should not have started today in my view, and Whittaker is completely out of sorts.
We can’t afford to go into the last 2 games trying to play without a viable attacking force, which is what we saw against Stoke today.

The problem is we cannot get the ball to our front players, the fluency in the middle third seems to have disappeared. Then when we do get into the final third, everyone is either taking one touch too many (Bundu, Mumba, Morgs), delaying a pass or shooting (causing players to run offisde in promising positions) or shooting from miles out (Morgs, Bundu and Devine all took daft shots today).

Watching Cundle today he picked up pockets of space and threaded through ball after ball, move it quickly and it was well weighted. Thats the sort of play we have lost really since SS left.

 

[IPA]

When was the last time Hardie had any service?

He had very good service at Blackburn and Norwich but fluffed his lines!

 

[Born green]

When was the last time Hardie had any service?

He's wasted loads of chances since January....

 

[djg145]

Ermm we need something in MIDFIELD that is the main problem - with poor passing, poor ball retention.

 

[Mexijan1]

Ermm we need something in MIDFIELD that is the main problem - with poor passing, poor ball retention.

This we were completely over run in midfield today with Forshaw injured we are getting bare bones in the middle now.

 

[philevs]

Seems to me that we need our attacking players to hold on to possession so we can get something going in attack. We continually get the ball out of defence only for it to come straight back again because no-one can hold onto possession up front. That’s what’s putting pressure on our defence, and it wasn’t just against Stoke today, it’s been the case for weeks.

 

[philevs]

Ok let's drop Hardie and Whittaker...
So who are you selecting instead?

We need to get Hardie and Morgs (or whoever is played up front) to hold onto the ball and not give possession away, which is putting all the pressure immediately back on our defence.