Total failure by Jolley to strengthen Midfield

Quoted from sam gy

Does the through ball from Clifton to put Green through against Bradford count?

no....we scored from a corner, which is what i think is the main game plan...

Quoted from The Boys Paddock

i know enough to understand that if you dont get the front players in the game, via a creative middle, you dont win games.

We had 30 percent of possession, that says to me we can't really get a foothold in the middle of the park, Hess does very little from an attacking perspective, and ask yourself how many goals that current 3 will give us this season,,,id suspect 10 might be about it.

Whitehouse in fairness probably needs 15-20 games before an assessment is made, Cook isn't strong enough, and Vernam I think is better wide, bit wide players are not what Jolley wants

Whitehouse needs 15-20 games before an assessment is made but it’s OK to throw Pollock in with a handful of substitute appearances.

Right.

Quoted from The Boys Paddock

i know enough to understand that if you dont get the front players in the game, via a creative middle, you dont win games.

We had 30 percent of possession, that says to me we can't really get a foothold in the middle of the park, Hess does very little from an attacking perspective, and ask yourself how many goals that current 3 will give us this season,,,id suspect 10 might be about it.

Whitehouse in fairness probably needs 15-20 games before an assessment is made, Cook isn't strong enough, and Vernam I think is better wide, bit wide players are not what Jolley wants

Don't you??...think Lincoln smashed this league without a decent midfield last season?...
Granted, Premier league/Championship you need that creativity by virtue of the quality of defence they are up against but in league 2 the way in which the game is played is not pretty and never will be...
Our problem right now is we are playing too direct and not mixing it up, plus today we came up against a team that is renowned for possession so regardless of who we had in midfield would have made no difference...
On the balance of play we had more shots on target and more possibilities in the final third, just unfortunately we didn't manage to convert...

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Whitehouse needs 15-20 games before an assessment is made but it’s OK to throw Pollock in with a handful of substitute appearances.

Right.

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not sure that i was including Pollock in any assesment, way too young at this stage.  My criticism is of the manager for clearly going 4-3-3, and not providing the required quality of player to support that system.

Never mind, Hamson will get an award for most balls won in the air, so we can all party out on that

I think this is the strongest we have been for a while all over the pitch but i do think we lack a creative midfielder.

By no means a dig and happy the way we have played so far just a constructive observation.

Bring in a more creative midfielder and i cant think were we can complain.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

I think this is the strongest we have been for a while all over the pitch but i do think we lack a creative midfielder.

By no means a dig and happy the way we have played so far just a constructive observation.

Bring in a more creative midfielder and i cant think were we can complain.

so who would you drop? if such a creative player was found...

Id be dropping clifton

Quoted from Hagrid

Id be dropping clifton

be Hess for me, Clifton has the better engine, and is involved in the game.....might get 4-5 goals as well, which is more than Hessenthaler

Even i think it is far too early to start having a pop. very early days for a team with 5 or so new players against a well drilled side . Every team wants a midfield master but they dont come cheap and are few and far between at this level

Think this thread has run its course
Come back when u have calmed down or sobered up