Expat Smoggie
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Last season we basically defended from the front for obvious reasons. I dare say those reasons haven’t changed as we’ve basically got the same setup, in terms of formation and midfield.
What I’m seeing now is kind of what we saw under Wilder, limp-like tackles, sheep-ish defenders and zero leadership. It’s hard to fathom why we’ve suddenly gone back to this poor attitude especially when many of the players have changed.
It’s a team game of course but today I saw nearly every player make mistakes and no other player took action against offending player.
I remember when we had the likes of Merse or Leadboots playing — if any player made a gaff they were quickly made to understand it wasn’t acceptable.
For me, apart the obvious problems with squad integration, our main issues are revolving around the bread and butter requirements of playing , namely tackling and leadership— both have been non existent from the opening game.
Maybe if we address these issues, we probably have a starting point on how to play, otherwise we’ll be in basement for much of the season if these fundamentals aren’t (quickly) addressed.
Lastly anyone care to explain where was Lenihan today or perhaps the bigger question is where has he been since the opening fixture? He’s the team captain but his leadership has been (so far) very poor.
What I’m seeing now is kind of what we saw under Wilder, limp-like tackles, sheep-ish defenders and zero leadership. It’s hard to fathom why we’ve suddenly gone back to this poor attitude especially when many of the players have changed.
It’s a team game of course but today I saw nearly every player make mistakes and no other player took action against offending player.
I remember when we had the likes of Merse or Leadboots playing — if any player made a gaff they were quickly made to understand it wasn’t acceptable.
For me, apart the obvious problems with squad integration, our main issues are revolving around the bread and butter requirements of playing , namely tackling and leadership— both have been non existent from the opening game.
Maybe if we address these issues, we probably have a starting point on how to play, otherwise we’ll be in basement for much of the season if these fundamentals aren’t (quickly) addressed.
Lastly anyone care to explain where was Lenihan today or perhaps the bigger question is where has he been since the opening fixture? He’s the team captain but his leadership has been (so far) very poor.
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