Post by andyl on Feb 1, 2016 12:03:20 GMT
What can we expect at Molineux- home now to Le Fondre and Mason? Today the talk is of how many players wil leave. Hopefully tomorrow it will be about football. This is certainly a venue in which we can win and one which at times has been positive for us. Charlton potted Rotherham . That has to help. But whether we can close the gap must be very doubtful.
As ever I personally want to see Neil select a team that has a decent chance of victory and not just churn out the same old team with its inbuilt failure.
It seems to me that most of the time when we have defended deeply we have averted goals against and that most of the games we've lost have featured counter attacks where one or another of Feeney, Silva, Madine, Davies or Pratley have lost the ball cheaply but upfield having committed teammates in support. This has led other teams who have prepared for this to spring away with counter attacks and as often as not speed away and expose great gaps in our slow moving defence. Better by far to cut all this out and rely on our counter attacks and set pieces- this on away grounds
So the team
He must start with Rachubka in goal. He did not disgrace himself in two appearances and actually distributed the ball really well. He has clear weaknesses of physique but Amos is shot to pieces and his distribution plays into opposition hands. he is letting in a goal a game. Some errors/non responses have been so bad that on current form he is the poorest keeper I have seen in 50 years. Such a shame becuase he rightly kept Bogdan and Lonergan out of the team last year for a while and looked full of promise. One saving has to be dismissal of goalkeeping coach? Seldom has anyone deeriorated so rapidly?
Dervite is a disaster. Prince has gone because Neil found him too error prone. That's farcical when picking Dervite, n'est-ce pas. Once on Sat he typically kicked the ball out carelessly to them, ran out and sold himself and was passed with ease. he looks a little better with Holding alongside but Holding might be better off without him altogether. They were both lost on the 2nd goal but at least Holding had the sense not to bring his man down and get dismissed. Holding is not a centre half exclusively. His best asset is in forward movement. Moxey has no competition despite having a shocker on sat. such a shame neil sent Casado to the naughty corner and away. Vela has no competition but he wasn't good on Saturday. Shame Neil sent Wilson to the naughty corner and now out on loan but I suppose he was error prone . Derik is apparently off the boil according to Neil but I would say he could try plugging him in. If the plug fails maybe Eddie D could get a spare.
Defence Rachubka, Vela, Derik Holding, Moxey
There is no point playing both Silva and Feeney. It never works and they leave the defence far too exposed. The choice is to play two upfront with one winger or indeed to do without them and leave defensive plkayers to dovetail and cross. Or one upfront with a packed midfield.. Here also I would fully take on board Joanna's point about our bench not being up to task. A reason for this is that Neil seldom picks one which covers eventualities but also has gamechanging potential- presumably becuase he does not believe in tactical substitution or ' extra legs' . We have one of the best imaginable bench players: Feeney- who is great on the counter attack and very good at advancing us up the pitch. the same perhaps goes for Silva . Both have pace useful for a second half. Madine has a goal in him provided he has 5 seconds to turn and shoot but cannot play upfront on his own from the off and resembles more a beached whale and an angry inflatable one at that rather than an aggressive bigger boat demanding one- liberty of reference here but he does look more like a benign whale than a ferocious shark?
So rest of proprsed team is A: Pratley, Spearing . Trotter , Twardzik ( who can defend, tackle, head and take free kicks and cross a ball and has a wish to play centre half someday- many of which skills which have thus far stood in the way of selection much as they did for Trotter) Heskey Woolery
or
B Pratley, Spearing, Danns, Trotter, Twardzik, Woolery
On the bench we have Amos Madine ( or Heskey if B) Silva, Feeney, Davies , Finney or Taylor, Danns
I am completely happy for Neil if we are level or behind to revert to something more akin to his usual front foot team at the 60 minute mark or even half time.
I am planning to go. I bet I can predict the team Neil will pick!!!!And it isn't the one above!!
I think that team would set up better and give us a chance. It could still lose but the usual suspects from Saturday have little chance and from what I couold see will. I am assuming Clough isn't fit and Pratley is. Usually though these broadcasts lie and the revers e could be true.
As ever I personally want to see Neil select a team that has a decent chance of victory and not just churn out the same old team with its inbuilt failure.
It seems to me that most of the time when we have defended deeply we have averted goals against and that most of the games we've lost have featured counter attacks where one or another of Feeney, Silva, Madine, Davies or Pratley have lost the ball cheaply but upfield having committed teammates in support. This has led other teams who have prepared for this to spring away with counter attacks and as often as not speed away and expose great gaps in our slow moving defence. Better by far to cut all this out and rely on our counter attacks and set pieces- this on away grounds
So the team
He must start with Rachubka in goal. He did not disgrace himself in two appearances and actually distributed the ball really well. He has clear weaknesses of physique but Amos is shot to pieces and his distribution plays into opposition hands. he is letting in a goal a game. Some errors/non responses have been so bad that on current form he is the poorest keeper I have seen in 50 years. Such a shame becuase he rightly kept Bogdan and Lonergan out of the team last year for a while and looked full of promise. One saving has to be dismissal of goalkeeping coach? Seldom has anyone deeriorated so rapidly?
Dervite is a disaster. Prince has gone because Neil found him too error prone. That's farcical when picking Dervite, n'est-ce pas. Once on Sat he typically kicked the ball out carelessly to them, ran out and sold himself and was passed with ease. he looks a little better with Holding alongside but Holding might be better off without him altogether. They were both lost on the 2nd goal but at least Holding had the sense not to bring his man down and get dismissed. Holding is not a centre half exclusively. His best asset is in forward movement. Moxey has no competition despite having a shocker on sat. such a shame neil sent Casado to the naughty corner and away. Vela has no competition but he wasn't good on Saturday. Shame Neil sent Wilson to the naughty corner and now out on loan but I suppose he was error prone . Derik is apparently off the boil according to Neil but I would say he could try plugging him in. If the plug fails maybe Eddie D could get a spare.
Defence Rachubka, Vela, Derik Holding, Moxey
There is no point playing both Silva and Feeney. It never works and they leave the defence far too exposed. The choice is to play two upfront with one winger or indeed to do without them and leave defensive plkayers to dovetail and cross. Or one upfront with a packed midfield.. Here also I would fully take on board Joanna's point about our bench not being up to task. A reason for this is that Neil seldom picks one which covers eventualities but also has gamechanging potential- presumably becuase he does not believe in tactical substitution or ' extra legs' . We have one of the best imaginable bench players: Feeney- who is great on the counter attack and very good at advancing us up the pitch. the same perhaps goes for Silva . Both have pace useful for a second half. Madine has a goal in him provided he has 5 seconds to turn and shoot but cannot play upfront on his own from the off and resembles more a beached whale and an angry inflatable one at that rather than an aggressive bigger boat demanding one- liberty of reference here but he does look more like a benign whale than a ferocious shark?
So rest of proprsed team is A: Pratley, Spearing . Trotter , Twardzik ( who can defend, tackle, head and take free kicks and cross a ball and has a wish to play centre half someday- many of which skills which have thus far stood in the way of selection much as they did for Trotter) Heskey Woolery
or
B Pratley, Spearing, Danns, Trotter, Twardzik, Woolery
On the bench we have Amos Madine ( or Heskey if B) Silva, Feeney, Davies , Finney or Taylor, Danns
I am completely happy for Neil if we are level or behind to revert to something more akin to his usual front foot team at the 60 minute mark or even half time.
I am planning to go. I bet I can predict the team Neil will pick!!!!And it isn't the one above!!
I think that team would set up better and give us a chance. It could still lose but the usual suspects from Saturday have little chance and from what I couold see will. I am assuming Clough isn't fit and Pratley is. Usually though these broadcasts lie and the revers e could be true.
