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I feel sorry for the guy. He has said himself he likes to play as a left sided central midfielder yet most of his appearances have come as a left winger or (even worse) right winger. Is it little wonder he looks cack. I think he could do a job on the left hand side of a midfield 3 if we play...

Good thread Les. The biggest problem that I think Chippy has to overcome is his tendency to go and pressuries the player in possession near the halfway line instead of sitting in front of the back four and pressurising the forwards thus helping out the back four. I noticed this at the end of...

The trouble is that we aren't overly blessed with either comodity. It is refreshing to hear Butters talking about going back to basics. There is a common theme amongst our more experienced players like Carpenter, Hart, Oatway and Butters. None are blessed with great pace, all are hardworking...

Re: Re: Re: Re: Players comments about team formations Say no more:bowdown:

Re: Re: Players comments about team formations I think (I could be wrong) the Press normally get their player quotes on a Thursday afternoon.

I am a bit disturbed by the amount of interviews over the past year or so with players that say they didn't know they where playing until an hour before the game or they don't know what formation they will be playing (Butters todays argus). Gary Hart has been quoted several times saying he was...

I would question the comment about knowing how to play 4-4-2. We haven't played 4-4-2 consistently since Adams arrived. The youth team under Wilkins played a lot of 4-3-3. Everytime we have tried to go to 4-4-2 we have ended up reverting to either 4-5-1 or 5-3-2. The biggest problem is the...

He was at the club at the same time as Terry Connor - now coaching at Wolves. I also remember an article about him talking to Paul McGuinness who played for us briefly and is now the assistant Directory of 17-21 year olds at Manchester United.

I think in the 4-3-3 formation this might not be such a bad thing. You are looking for the wide players to support the central striker and be a goal threat more than you are looking for them to hug the touchline and provide crosses. It would mean that the wide players would still get the ball...

I think the advantage Revell may have over McPhee is his height - I believe Revell is 6' 3". I have read a couple of reports on Revell saying he is mobile. One of McPhee's limitations is that he has no outstanding physical attribute - average height, average speed & average strength. With...

It was reported in the Argus that it is a 50-50 split between directors. Knight & Perry pro keeping McGhee whilst Chapman & Bloom want him out. If this is true, then there is no case of one man controlling the club. This arguement would only be valid if everyone other than Knight wanted McGhee out.

I was never a big Lloyd fan but after the intial relegation Division Three he did a pretty good goob of molding his own team. It wasn't until after he had gone that I realised how well he had done considering the circumstances. Totally agree. Give him the tools he needs and lets see what he...

I think part of the problem for Chippy is the way we are playing at the moment. With 2 centre backs at full back, the distribution is limited/poor from this area. Lynch keeps it simple and chips it down the line but El-Abd looks terrified when on the ball (especially when in a crossing...

IMHO, it appears that the board and MM have always got at least half an eye for the long term – Coca-cola money, bringing the youngsters in, reluctance to use money for short term fixes (i.e. experienced players on loan). I was wondering whether this approach should be applied to the formation...

I think the question could be should McPhee play over Gatting and should Hart be playing over CKR & Robinson. With Hart and Gatting, we have no threat to get in behind teams as Hart is not the whippet he once was. The unfortunate thing for McPhee is that whilst he is now much stronger than he...

Another perspective Shef Wed - Average attendance 24,000 Brighton - Average attendance 6,700 If you conservatively estimate the average ticket price to be £20 for us and £17 for Wednesday. That gives Wednesday around £270,000 more income a game. This is the reason we are struggling to...

Knight crossing - urban myth Knight's crossing was different to others but no better. His crosses would normally miss the first defender but clear the on coming forwards. This obviously looks better and more threatening but was no more effective. Knight and Carole are so similar - lots of...

I'm with Graz126 - Kenny Cooper at Man U sounds like he fits the bill.