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I don’t know why people think Hurst should have a supernatural ability to find a 30 goal, fast, target man when the other 23 managers in L2 appear to be facing the same problems.
If you look at the L2 top scorers chart it’s a pretty dispiriting list, headed by an attacking midfielder and Andy Cook (last seen in the Blundell Park dressing room, sucking his thumb and being rocked to sleep by Mark Hughes).
Harry Clifton is 11th top scorer despite many on here spending early season moaning Harry couldn’t even finish a wänk. Taylor’s only one goal off appearing on the list himself.
If we had limitless cash, I’m not convinced I’d take any striker I’ve seen play against Town so far this season. Mandron maybe, but he’s not exactly prolific himself.
I know I sound like a broken record but the PL/Championship academies have spent the last few years pumping out false 9s and inverted wingers rather than strikers who can lead the line. That’s why there is a shortage.
Also the issue that the standard formation is now 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 (with a McAtee esque player), so there are just fewer strikers around, notwithstanding if PL academics have been creating False 9’s. The old fashioned No9 has gone out of the game, Haaland is something of a throwback as well as a freak but most of the top sides don’t play with a proper striker anymore. It does mean, if you can somehow find one, it will take you onto a different stratosphere because barely anyone else has one. |
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Reasonable debate about what we lack up front and the only two posts out of the whole thread that mention a 30 goal striker are the two posters moaning about posters demanding 30 goal strikers, which is zero in this thread. Talk about moaning for moaning's sake..
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I felt for Taylor last night. Just didn’t have the time to implement anything on the game as he was using an OS map and a compass trying to find anyone remotely close to him
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I felt for Taylor last night. Just didn’t have the time to implement anything on the game as he was using an OS map and a compass trying to find anyone remotely close to him
You’ve arrived at the most important bit. Only McAtee makes the first run. When a midfielder gets a pass off to Taylor, McAtee is on the run. Of this season’s crop only Richardson has got it, the rest are on their heels. It’s like we played around Tony Rees. Gilbert, Childs, Cunnington etc were on the move. |
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There will certainly be younger, more mobile players who can perform a similar role to Taylor, perhaps with a little more goal threat. Just not playing as low as League Two.
Taylor would start most games for me if fit, but it doesn't change the fact that we're lacking a plan 'B' up front. The fact we don't have anybody using the No. 9 shirt shows that the coaching staff know this as well.
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You’ve arrived at the most important bit. Only McAtee makes the first run. When a midfielder gets a pass off to Taylor, McAtee is on the run. Of this season’s crop only Richardson has got it, the rest are on their heels. It’s like we played around Tony Rees. Gilbert, Childs, Cunnington etc were on the move.
I always thought that Taylor was very much in that ilk too. Though, can we get Taylor some back heel coaching |
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There will certainly be younger, more mobile players who can perform a similar role to Taylor, perhaps with a little more goal threat. Just not playing as low as League Two.
Taylor would start most games for me if fit, but it doesn't change the fact that we're lacking a plan 'B' up front. The fact we don't have anybody using the No. 9 shirt shows that the coaching staff know this as well.
Very true. Oh for a Neil Woods ⚽️🥳😂 |
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You’ve arrived at the most important bit. Only McAtee makes the first run. When a midfielder gets a pass off to Taylor, McAtee is on the run. Of this season’s crop only Richardson has got it, the rest are on their heels. It’s like we played around Tony Rees. Gilbert, Childs, Cunnington etc were on the move.
Do you think the problem therefore is more the managers and coaches? We have quite a lot of forward and attacking midfielders who can surely be made aware of making such runs so that Taylor is not Isolated all the time. The managers stock is rightly very high, but we have known about McAtee for some time and am surprised this problem of an isolated Taylor seems to keep recurring. |
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Do you think the problem therefore is more the managers and coaches? We have quite a lot of forward and attacking midfielders who can surely be made aware of making such runs so that Taylor is not Isolated all the time.
The managers stock is rightly very high, but we have known about McAtee for some time and am surprised this problem of an isolated Taylor seems to keep recurring.
It shouldn’t be too difficult for coaches, albeit coaches with defensive backgrounds, to coach movement off the ball. If we continue to play a system with Taylor as the pivot, it needs a lot of improvement. |
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Very true. Oh for a Neil Woods ⚽️🥳😂
With or without the icicle? |
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