Carrick needs to go back to basics

We're only missing 3 main players from when Carrick took over.

Dieng is a good replacement for Steffen.

We're still figuring out Giles' position.

Then there's Akpom.

Bar that, you can field 8 of the 11 that had us winning games at the start of Carrick's time here.

But I'm not sure making a whole host of changes between matches again is going to help, and Howson's been one of the biggest weaknesses this season.
 
TeaCider said:
We're only missing 3 main players from when Carrick took over.

Dieng is a good replacement for Steffen.

We're still figuring out Giles' position.

Then there's Akpom.

Bar that, you can field 8 of the 11 that had us winning games at the start of Carrick's time here.

But I'm not sure making a whole host of changes between matches again is going to help, and Howson's been one of the biggest weaknesses this season.
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Exactly
 
Evolution

—————-Dieng—————-
?????—Fry—Lenihan—?????
——Howson?—-Hackney——
—Jones—Crooks—McGree—
—————Forss——-———-

—————-Dieng—————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB
——Howson?—-Hackney——
—Forss—Crooks—McGree—
—————Coburn——-———-

—————-Dieng—————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB
——Hackney—O’Brien———
—Forss—Crooks—McGree—
—————Coburn——-——-

—————-Dieng—————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB
Agyemang—O’Brien—Hackney
—Forss—Crooks—McGree—

—————-Dieng—————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB—
Agyemang—Crooks—Hackney
—Forss—Coburn—McGree—

—————-Dieng—————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB—
—Crooks—Hackney—McGree
—Forss—Coburn—Rogers—-

—————-—-Dieng————————-
Jones—Fry—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
——McGree—Crooks—Hackney——-—
—————Forss—Rogers——————

—————-—-Dieng——————
Jones—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
—McGree—Crooks—Hackney——-
———Forss—Latte Laff—Rogers—

—————-—-Dieng——————
Jones—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
————Crooks—Hackney———-
———Forss—Latte Laff—Rogers—
————-—Greenwood—————

—————-—-Dieng——————
Jones—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
————Hackney—O’Brien———-
———Forss—Latte Laff—Rogers—
————-—Greenwood—————

—————-—-Dieng——————
Jones—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
————Hackney—O’Brien———-
———Silvera—Latte Laff—Rogers—
————-—Greenwood—————

—————-—-Dieng——————
Jones—Lenihan—RVDB—Bangura
—-—Agyemang—Hackney————-
——Silvera—Latte Laff—Rogers——
————-—Greenwood—-————

Who knoas? Seat of the pants stuff..
Warnock knows!!
 
Personally I think he needs to flood the midfield and start with us being hard to beat.

Howson/O'Brien/Hackney in the middle.

Get rid of the #10 and let O'Brien/Hackney get involved when attacking.

Have McGree/Forss on the wings. Or Jones.

Latte/Coburn up top.

Just make us hard to play against and hard to breakdown.
 
TeaCider said:
Dieng is a good replacement for Steffen.
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I don't think he is.

Steffan was a better keeper and really helped with retaining possession and our attacking play, as he wasn't just happy to receive the ball & pass it on, he was comfortable to hold on to it long enough to draw in a forward to close him down, he then passed it well creating opportunities for overloads further up the pitch.

He's 4th keeper at Man City & working his way back from injury, I'd be happy resigning him in January.
 
newusername said:
I don't think he is.

Steffan was a better keeper and really helped with retaining possession and our attacking play, as he wasn't just happy to receive the ball & pass it on, he was comfortable to hold on to it long enough to draw in a forward to close him down, he then passed it well creating opportunities for overloads further up the pitch.

He's 4th keeper at Man City & working his way back from injury, I'd be happy resigning him in January.
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I didn't say he was better than Steffen, I said he was a good replacement.

Dieng's quite happy to hold on to the ball too, as you can tell from the home crowd booing him for not hoofing it immediately at recent matches.

The difference right now is that the rest of our team is playing like ****, so it amounts to nothing.

Dieng's better at making saves so far compared to what we saw from Steffen.

We've signed 3 keepers this summer, we're not signing a 4th in January.
 
Almost like there is more to it than the manager just going "Alright lads, stand in these positions!" and nothing else, isn't it.
 
TeaCider said:
We're only missing 3 main players from when Carrick took over.

Dieng is a good replacement for Steffen.

We're still figuring out Giles' position.

Then there's Akpom.

Bar that, you can field 8 of the 11 that had us winning games at the start of Carrick's time here.

But I'm not sure making a whole host of changes between matches again is going to help, and Howson's been one of the biggest weaknesses this season.
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The trouble is one of those players we are missing has probably been more important to the way we play than any other player we have had in my entire time watching the club.
More goals than anyone since the 1950s. Half the life of the club. And able to hold the ball and turn which moved us 20 yards up the pitch and allowed us to build and maintain attacking possession.

If you look at our points per game with akpom and without akpom it becomes clear that he was the vital component.

The only comparable situation was when we lost viduka and boateng in one season. Though in truth George had been waning for a little while. I sincerely hope that the club did all it could to keep him at the club, rather than just taking the money to spend on magic beans.
 
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