We will have to get used to it for a few weeks and LB will have to change tactics until Taylor is fit again
I think that will be months not weeks 🙁
By the sounds of it, December would be great at this point. Luckily there are 2 more international breaks in that period, which saves us a couple games.
If you think Lee Bowyer is a good/great manager you will know he will find away to cope without Taylor.
If you think Bowyer is only a good/great manager because he has Taylor your wrong.
When LT was suspended last season we had Parker, Recco and a half fit Igor. Now we have Leko, Hamed, Bonne, Oztumer and many more tactical options.
Unfortunately after the Wigan game we have six really hard games. We may win some, we may not, but we will never know if it is because we don't have Lyle. Unless we miss six penalties of course.
We’re not, but Taylor gets out wide a lot, creates space and gives the oppo defence something to think about. Hemed didn’t do that today.
I would drop Hemed back to the bench, he didn't look up to speed yet, but hopefully he will be by the time we play our big games in October. Aneke and even Bonne may be worth a go at Wigan, both of them would offer more running and stretching the defenders. Like you say Hemed did not
I think the problem is that we tried to replace him with Hemed, maybe not a bad player but someone who pretty much stands about with his hands in his pockets until the ball comes to him isn’t going to fill Lyle’s shoes. A front 3 of Williams/Oztumer (with Williams in midfield) Aneke and Leko will bring a lot more threat than we saw yesterday.
We are not a one man team but when taylor is playing we play to his strengths. He wasn’t playing today and we looked like we expected Leko and hemed to fill the taylor role. They didn’t. Bowyer needs to get some footage to see how hemed, Aneke and Bonne scored their goals last season and whether we can adjust our forward passes to fit their strengths
Good idea, I bet Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen haven't a clue about our other strikers.
We are not a one man team but when taylor is playing we play to his strengths. He wasn’t playing today and we looked like we expected Leko and hemed to fill the taylor role. They didn’t. Bowyer needs to get some footage to see how hemed, Aneke and Bonne scored their goals last season and whether we can adjust our forward passes to fit their strengths
Good idea, I bet Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen haven't a clue about our other strikers.
Brentford are trying to adapt without Maupay. With Taylor in the team Brentford dominated Cafc from start to finish bar 20 minutes at the start of the second half. But with the help of good blocks and profligate finishing we held on for victory.
This week Obviously the coaching team will try to find the best formation to cover for our top scorer, top Assist, top wide man, top talisman, top Talker, and POTY. That should be a piece of piss !
Aneke, Hemed, Bonne, or Young Leko need to step up as this is going to be a tough time at the coal face. With Williams now becoming our main man in the absent of Lyle Taylor, who is catching up on Netflix and box sets until who knows when ?
Thank goodness the goal is to stay up and not go up this season.
I personally would line up as we did in the first games of the season where we played Leko out wide right and Williams wide left, with Aneke up top instead of Taylor and a midfield 3 of Gallagher, Cullen and Pratley
I think our major issue is we may have to adapt the team slightly to play without Taylor, but I'm sure it can be done. I would rather Taylor was fit, but I don't think losing one player should totally derail us. Hemed didn't look fully fit to me.
We are not a one man team but when taylor is playing we play to his strengths. He wasn’t playing today and we looked like we expected Leko and hemed to fill the taylor role. They didn’t. Bowyer needs to get some footage to see how hemed, Aneke and Bonne scored their goals last season and whether we can adjust our forward passes to fit their strengths
Good idea, I bet Bowyer, Jacko and Gallen haven't a clue about our other strikers.
And judging by the lack of attempts on goal you might just win your bet...
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It was the same in January.
If you think Bowyer is only a good/great manager because he has Taylor your wrong.
When LT was suspended last season we had Parker, Recco and a half fit Igor. Now we have Leko, Hamed, Bonne, Oztumer and many more tactical options.
Unfortunately after the Wigan game we have six really hard games. We may win some, we may not, but we will never know if it is because we don't have Lyle. Unless we miss six penalties of course.
I would drop Hemed back to the bench, he didn't look up to speed yet, but hopefully he will be by the time we play our big games in October. Aneke and even Bonne may be worth a go at Wigan, both of them would offer more running and stretching the defenders. Like you say Hemed did not
So it probably is my fault Taylor's injured, as last time I was able to get down to the Valley was Southend when he was suspended...
This week Obviously the coaching team will try to find the best formation to cover for our top scorer, top Assist, top wide man, top talisman, top Talker, and POTY. That should be a piece of piss !
Aneke, Hemed, Bonne, or Young Leko need to step up as this is going to be a tough time at the coal face. With Williams now becoming our main man in the absent of Lyle Taylor, who is catching up on Netflix and box sets until who knows when ?
Thank goodness the goal is to stay up and not go up this season.
It'll take time to adapt, but we will.
Or even how Taylor playing would have had our Midfield / Defence passing the ball to each other
We're just not doing the basics
Have all the Strikers that you want on the pitch but if your not going to provide them with a service to score they're not going to!!