TLF10 1,058 Posted October 2, 2020 Tbd Howson Sav and Morsy all offer that industry you maybe need in our formation so they will be interchangeable. I think Tav n Roberts will be rotated too. Roberts is a bit more twinkle toed so to speak and can unlock a tight defence and win free kicks. I hope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevKWat 344 Posted October 2, 2020 If he goes to a 4-3-3 and puts tav in the midfield we will quickly see him back to his best. No attacking responsibility but bursting forward when given the chance 👍🏼 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weasel 348 Posted October 2, 2020 Absolutely buzzing with the Roberts news. Glad I didn't change my picture! The boro are going up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hendrie_7 73 Posted October 2, 2020 didn't warnock play 4-2-3-1 a couple of times last season, with spence, roberts and tav as the 3 behind? he might do that with roberts, tav & akpom or fletch? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobermory 87 Posted October 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Hendrie_7 said: didn't warnock play 4-2-3-1 a couple of times last season, with spence, roberts and tav as the 3 behind? he might do that with roberts, tav & akpom or fletch? Didn't he play Johnson at left-back in those games and wasn't he awful? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 1,541 Posted October 2, 2020 5 minutes ago, Hendrie_7 said: didn't warnock play 4-2-3-1 a couple of times last season, with spence, roberts and tav as the 3 behind? he might do that with roberts, tav & akpom or fletch? Yeah and I thought tav looked so good for a couple of games on the left. Replace spence with akpom and id say thats a half decent forward line (with the right intent) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hendrie_7 73 Posted October 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Tobermory said: Didn't he play Johnson at left-back in those games and wasn't he awful? Yeah but he hasn't been anything better than meh at LWB either so hopefully the foreign lad he mentioned is a replacement Bettinelli Dijksteel Fry Hall ?? McNair Morsy Roberts Akpom Tav Britt That's not a bad team and there's plenty of depth with Spence, Coulson, Johnson, Saville, Howson, Wing, Browne, Fletcher for back up. We'd still need a CB though. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SzilardNemethsCurtains 581 Posted October 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, Tobermory said: Didn't he play Johnson at left-back in those games and wasn't he awful? In all seriousness, I think we must have our eye on a proper LB 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ErimusFootball 110 Posted October 2, 2020 Brilliant news about Roberts if it comes off. Gives Warnock options for how to set up the team so he's not wedded to wing-backs every game and gives us a bit of excitement going forward. Think he'll really be able to push on with a full season of football and hopefully the likes of Tav and the 3 strikers can take some pressure off him. Only downside of having him last season was we became massively predictable going forward so defences quickly cottoned onto what we'd be doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die 506 Posted October 2, 2020 Good thing about Roberts tho is he can draw fouls in and around the box so we will get more free kicks and penalties. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 1,325 Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) I'm happy with Roberts coming back but he really needs to learn when to release the *** ball. Too many times he tried taking on one man too many or running into blind alleys. That said he does have the ability to change a game and he is a pain in the *** for defenders, perhaps with Britt being captain he might get shouted at to pass the ball a bit more 🙂 Edited October 2, 2020 by Denzel Zanzibar 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 2,795 Posted October 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, Tobermory said: Didn't he play Johnson at left-back in those games and wasn't he awful? In what game has Johnson played for Warnock and not been awful? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobermory 87 Posted October 2, 2020 1 minute ago, wilsoncgp said: In what game has Johnson played for Warnock and not been awful? There are some who believe he has been less awful at LWB. But at LB he was directly responsible for at least 2 goals conceded, but my memory is awful so there could be way more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SzilardNemethsCurtains 581 Posted October 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: In what game has Johnson played for Warnock and not been awful? he was great for Warnock when we played Cardiff in 2019 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoroYorkie 30 Posted October 2, 2020 When Johnson and Dijksteel get forward McNair can drop back in to make a 3. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites