I'd say we need defenders that don't give the ball away every time we get it. We need a keeper that can keep out shots from edge of area, we need a midfield that actually creates chances for the forwards, we need to score from corners and free kicks, we need the mf to score some goals, we need some youth to be pressing for first team places. But you seem very obsessed with laying the blame at the forwards door. -- SW6.doc

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Date Posted: Monday, April 21, 09:48:55am
Author: Jim © (The Devon IP)
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Subject: I'd say we need defenders that don't give the ball away every time we get it. We need a keeper that can keep out shots from edge of area, we need a midfield that actually creates chances for the forwards, we need to score from corners and free kicks, we need the mf to score some goals, we need some youth to be pressing for first team places. But you seem very obsessed with laying the blame at the forwards door.
In reply to: Waterboy 's message, "We just need some natural goalscorers to help out as we cant put anyone to bed when we are on top in games. The defence will then not be under 90 mins of pressure and you will see much better results. All these late goals have cost us dearly but they all seem from trying to hang on in games" on Monday, April 21, 09:30:06am

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Re: I'd say we need defenders that don't give the ball away every time we get it. We need a keeper that can keep out shots from edge of area, we need a midfield that actually creates chances for the forwards, we need to score from corners and free kicks, we need the mf to score some goals, we need some youth to be pressing for first team places. But you seem very obsessed with laying the blame at the forwards door. (NT) -- CFC 2 CMF players cost around 100m each, Monday, April 21, 10:10:33am (host-2-102-161-56.as13285.net/2.102.161.56)
Agree, Jim, which is why I believe Silva deserves so much credit for the results we’ve achieved so far. One thing that puzzles me with him though, is his insistence on playing out from the back and using Bassey and Robinson so much in that. Seems 75% of our building up play goes to the left, yet neither of those two are particularly comfortable on the ball. Robbo especially scares the life out of me, great athlete, but very limited when asked to do the simple stuff and pass the ball (NT) -- Spencer, Monday, April 21, 11:04:52am (cpc115930-epso6-2-0-cust526.6-3.cable.virginm.net/81.107.246.15)
- I’d imagine the idea is probably to draw oppo players to rhe ball that side, him give it to someone inside, ideally Anderson, then Robbo use his pace to get in the space the oppo players have left on their right. It’s become quite predictable though and teams have worked it out, we need a more athletic RB to offer more threat from that side and someone in the middle who’s better at connecting defence to attack if teams number up out wide to counter our full backs. (NT) -- Henry1879, Monday, April 21, 12:34:11pm (cpc113812-lea23-2-0-cust213.6-3.cable.virginm.net/86.26.216.214)
- It started to wind me up yesterday as spencer said it was all going left, to come straight back. Not sure Leno is the brightest, Andersen was having a bit of a go at him yesterday. (NT) -- Jim © (The Devon IP), Monday, April 21, 03:55:24pm (host86-186-60-22.range86-186.btcentralplus.com/86.186.60.22)
Agree very much re defenders. With Bassey we're seeing why we wanted Andersen so badly Last season we were susceptible to the high press. Tosin refused to sign and Ream left even after signing an extension. It left us very vulnerable with Diop bad with long passing and Bassey frequently losing the ball. Why Andersen was so needed. Also highlights challenges with younger players. They aren't the final article. Otherwise, I agree with OP. A good season. No need for handwringing (NT) -- eganonoa, Monday, April 21, 09:33:32pm (pool-108-18-149-21.washdc.fios.verizon.net/108.18.149.21)

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