For me the front three idea is the problem.
We have no central striker suited to it and the support striker/winger/wide forwards we have are out of form, or injured/unfit.
To compound this, the only two midfielders we have with any energy and drive are now either out injured or playing centre half.
The three in midfield haven't really looked effective for a couple of months, but we've been in games and creating chances that we should have taken.
We are a second tier professional club who have spent somewhere over £80 million on players in the last four seasons?
We currently have no fully fit and trusted centre halves, one left back, three inconsistent wingbacks, one of whom never plays and one of whom never produces anything but frustration. Three pretty similar centre midfielders who rarely deliver a good performance (especially all three together) who can't really be dropped or rotated as we have nobody to switch out. No really competent first choice goalkeeper, or another competent keeper to challenge him.
Our first eleven when fit, on form and if one of the forwards has an 'on' day and takes a chance or two is decent and capable of going on a run of games.
When nobody is taking their chances, the keeper is letting shots through him, Tav, Fry & Fletcher aren't available, the midfield trio are leggy and ineffective and the new creative players are unfit or unable to start back to back games and hurt the opposition, then we are workman like and really struggle.
I really think we need to change to a formation to try and get the most out of what players we have available and fit, but God knows what that is currently.
I feel Betenelli, Britt, Hall, Akpom, Saville, Watmore, Spence, Coulson and Johnson are barely worth a start currently added to the injured and unfit, that doesn't leave us much choice.
I feel a bit lost and hopeless as to where we go from here, Neil has his work cut out.
That said, typical fan, if we have a good win next game and results go our way I'll be looking at play off hotels.......
In Warnock we trust (except Lizards of course
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