It's like a page out of a Karl Robinson text book.
High press from Burton and we overplay across the back, because we can't get out - and get pressured into mistakes. We've been completely sucked into their gameplan, clueless how to break out of it.
Need to simplify our game, mix it up with short passing and long ball - and play more direct and decisively. Oh and lads ..... a bit of movement and hunger for the ball could help.
Amos having a wobble Centre pairing look like they don't belong there, which they don't
Fullbacks getting no support from a midfield that is static and whose centre pairing have been spotted on a lot more than one occasion actually positioned behind the two centre back pairing!!
Maddison offering nothing. His game is to wander around trying to divert the opposition's gaze and then do some damage. If you were expecting him to track back and put a shift in, forget it. He's a luxury player that you have to carry for majority of games. We can't afford to do that. Bogle looked lost and was hiding for big parts.He needed to come off. His game is about hard work and when he's not giving you that he has to go
Always going to happen that we would eventually get caught out by this sideways backwards football.
Bowyer needs to completely change it, not just this game but always its fucking boring negative football.
I distinctly remember it happening a few times last season, but I thought with the little less quality in league and a more dynamic midfield it wouldn't be an issue this year.
We are missing Innis and Famewo to be fair, who can calm things down at CV, and Burton seem to have been relentless with their press - but we can't be making mistakes like that. It's inexcusable.
Bowyer will be in that dressing room going at them. They will come out different players, early 2nd goal and we will win this.
Watched the Bournemouth v Reading game at weekend. Reading were 2-0 HT and cruising. Bournemouth won easily 4-2. Just need a Bowyer rocket to make his presence felt.
Smyth apart , we haven't been at it . Cut out all this passing around at the back , we aren't any good at it . Still think we can get something from this .
If you want to pass out from the back, you need defenders who can pass accurately between the lines or carry the ball into gaps. Sarr could do that but not many of the current lot are up to it. So go longer....
Again dominating possesion, but for what? The change in our approach since the international break has been awful.
Not our approach, our opponents have worked out we are slow builders with no explosive pace. In this and the Gills game we have had overwhelming possession but can do nothing with it. More worrying is that the last 3 goals against us have been from defensive errors, defence was our main strength before.
Fingers crossed Chuks's body and temperament can hold together for an hour tonight - he'll not play at the weekend obvs. Assuming LB's ripped Maddison a new arsehole, he gets 10 minutes to completely change his attitude or he's off to the U23's for the foreseeable, what an absolute melt he's been. Morgan and Washington for MM and the labouring Gilbey and all is not lost Getting one back just before the break was crucial. Burton won't remember how to win. The experience we've got across this side should pull together the loose ends. A point from this fixture will have been disappointing but 3 are still within reach. If we still need smthn in the last 10 minutes then maybe JW is worth a punt in place of maybe Watson, no point putting him in for longer than that.
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High press from Burton and we overplay across the back, because we can't get out - and get pressured into mistakes.
We've been completely sucked into their gameplan, clueless how to break out of it.
Need to simplify our game, mix it up with short passing and long ball - and play more direct and decisively.
Oh and lads ..... a bit of movement and hunger for the ball could help.
Centre pairing look like they don't belong there, which they don't
Maddison offering nothing. His game is to wander around trying to divert the opposition's gaze and then do some damage. If you were expecting him to track back and put a shift in, forget it. He's a luxury player that you have to carry for majority of games. We can't afford to do that.
Bogle looked lost and was hiding for big parts.He needed to come off. His game is about hard work and when he's not giving you that he has to go
We are missing Innis and Famewo to be fair, who can calm things down at CV, and Burton seem to have been relentless with their press - but we can't be making mistakes like that. It's inexcusable.
Sorry but Bogle was so bad, he was a liabilty. Mind you, the rest have nothing to be proud of that half.
Pratley off for Pearce
Madison off for anyone.
Hes saved us multiple points this season already.
Wobble tonight aside that’s a strange one.
Just need to keep it simple and build up the pressure on Burton.
More worrying is that the last 3 goals against us have been from defensive errors, defence was our main strength before.
Assuming LB's ripped Maddison a new arsehole, he gets 10 minutes to completely change his attitude or he's off to the U23's for the foreseeable, what an absolute melt he's been.
Morgan and Washington for MM and the labouring Gilbey and all is not lost
Getting one back just before the break was crucial.
Burton won't remember how to win.
The experience we've got across this side should pull together the loose ends.
A point from this fixture will have been disappointing but 3 are still within reach.
If we still need smthn in the last 10 minutes then maybe JW is worth a punt in place of maybe Watson, no point putting him in for longer than that.
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