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Quoted from ska face

I think if we had a bit more quality and athleticism at left back/wing-back, you could potentially move to a 5-3-2, with three centre halves, attacking wing-backs, two in the middle with McAtee just behind a front two of Taylor and A.N.Other.


Crocombe

Longe-King     Waterfall     Pearson

Efete              Left wing-back

Clifton     Fox

McAtee

Taylor    No.9



But that’s obviously complete fantasy at the minute. You’re then needing two high-quality signings at LB and up top, you lose a lot of the attacking threat we have in Sousa and JMD as well as all the width in the attacking third. Unless, of course, you’ve got a mobile no.9 who can pull into wide positions leaving Taylor in the middle, but then what’s the point in having a goal scorer if he’s going to spend all his time outside the box?

Who’d be a football manager eh? Not me.

That may explain the signing of Amos and Smith and the possible signing of Hickman. PH did intimate in an interview that he was possibly looking to go in a different direction.

Three at the back with Smith as the one who can carry the ball out defence and sweep up around the back as he did on Saturday when Pearson slipped. Amos left wing back and Efete or a new signing as right wing back.

Don't know where Sousa, JMD and Wright fit into that scenario though, so maybe It's a non starter.

Effete provides zero width so it's a non starter with him. He doesn't cross from deep, he doesn't beat a man to get to the bye line, he does on occasion push forward and come inside. In this scenario the one thing he offers going forward would be negated by a crowded central area anyway.

This may be a controversial decision but I think if Efete and Clifton came into the team from last week, we will start scoring regular goals.

Crocombe
Efete, Waterfall, Pearson, Amos
JMD, Clifton, Fox, Sousa/ Wright
McAtee Taylor

The issue is that we don't have sufficient quality to cover for this 11, particularly upfront.

I think Wright creates more real chances than Sousa but there is something to be said for Sousa terrorising defences for 60 mins and then Max comes on to deliver the killer ball.

Quoted from toontown

Effete provides zero width so it's a non starter with him. He doesn't cross from deep, he doesn't beat a man to get to the bye line, he does on occasion push forward and come inside. In this scenario the one thing he offers going forward would be negated by a crowded central area anyway.

you must have watched different games from me

Sousa may not produce as many crosses, or good crosses, as Wright but he does create chances for others with his forward runs.  

He also won the corner from which McAtee scored with that spectacular volley.

At Halifax they put 2 players on him to nullify him.  This should have created space for our other players.

I'm an advocate of playing wingers who are a handful, even if they don't produce quite as much of a threat as they should. If he's playing well, Sousa's running and pace will cause problems and it helps tire the opposition defence out, allowing Wright to come on and have a bigger impact.

At least, that's the hope! Some players always seem to do better coming off the bench and it may be that Wright is destined to be one of those types.

Quoted from toontown

Effete provides zero width so it's a non starter with him. He doesn't cross from deep, he doesn't beat a man to get to the bye line, he does on occasion push forward and come inside. In this scenario the one thing he offers going forward would be negated by a crowded central area anyway.

i think Efete's been a good signing for us, been impressed with him when he's played

I think Efete looks a decent player but I think he has more to offer than he has shown. He's done well bursting through into attack on occasion, but doesn't do it often enough for me, something which I think Hurst has alluded to in interviews in the past. I don't think it is necessarily a fitness thing as he doesn't seem to be blowing most of the time. More a change of mindset required.

With JMD looking he will become a fixture on the right wing, we'll need to see Efete get forward and overlap more often he has been doing, once he's back to fitness.

Quoted from Maringer

I think Efete looks a decent player but I think he has more to offer than he has shown. He's done well bursting through into attack on occasion, but doesn't do it often enough for me, something which I think Hurst has alluded to in interviews in the past. I don't think it is necessarily a fitness thing as he doesn't seem to be blowing most of the time. More a change of mindset required.

With JMD looking he will become a fixture on the right wing, we'll need to see Efete get forward and overlap more often he has been doing, once he's back to fitness.

Agreed its not a fitness issue, he's got great stamina for a pretty big guy. But if your a wingback as opposed to a full back you have to be able to provide attacking width as your the only one that can, so either crosses coming in from wide or beating a man and crossing in. Efete is not inclined to do either.

He will get the ball drive forward and then a bit past the halfway line he stops and either passes it down the line and leaves it to sousa (he doesn't overlap much), or passes it square to a CM or on occasion drive inwards diagonally into the middle. This isn't play that would lend itself well to a wingback as there isn't a winger to pass forward to and the whole point is he doesn't go inside but offers width. He has had one game at home, can't remember who it was against, when he did drive forward in a wide position,was easily his best game for town but then it disappeared again. Even then tho it was more in the middle third than the final. Might be a confidence thing.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Sousa may not produce as many crosses, or good crosses, as Wright but he does create chances for others with his forward runs.  

He also won the corner from which McAtee scored with that spectacular volley.

At Halifax they put 2 players on him to nullify him.  This should have created space for our other players.

Sousa does create lots of space for other players but he doesn't use it and prefers to go it alone. If he learnt to pass at the crucial moment he would produce loads of assists.