Guest Dekker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Well, the season is over now. We just have to see the rest of the season as pre season. I do think Tomlin will work as the effective number 10 - but to be honest I think 1 up fron at home is poor to watch and offers a poor dividend. Juke goes to Bolton and scores - I admit he missed sitters here - but I think we need to test the season out with some more offensive strategies. We have nothing to lose - we ain't going up and are unlikely to go down. Let's start with a bit of flair and kicking Leeds backsides to lift morale - five games without scoring - terrible. Link to post Share on other sites
Prowler 197 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 1 up top at home is only poor when the other players fail to fulfill their roles. Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I agree Prowler. It's possible to play 2 up top and play far more negative football than 1 up top. Just like under McClaren we normally started 4-4-2 but we played far more negative than Mowbray's 4-5-1. One striker generally means midfielders will be given more freedom to contribute to goals and isn't negative tactics as the dinosaurs that ring up BBC Tees complaining about whenever we fail to win like to think. Link to post Share on other sites
Prowler 197 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah, when you play the formation we do. You generally expect the 3 behind the striker to be getting double figures along with the guy up top. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah, when you play the formation we do. You generally expect the 3 behind the striker to be getting double figures along with the guy up top. Adomah and Carayol are both well on the way to do this, hopefully Tomlin will also be able to contribute a good amount of goals as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Prowler 197 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah 2 players on their way, just need the other 2 to be :p Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'm cautiously optimistic that Tomlin can be key to adding our cutting edge as that #10 role is massively important in our set up as the majority of our moves start up through them. If he can replicate what he did at Peterborough then he should be a great player for us. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Scot 75 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I can see us losing Adomah to a PL club if he continues to perform well, Graham has managed 1 goal in about a year and Tomlin has a penchant for red cards - he should fit in well with the current squad! I can see us having a clear out in the close season but we still have little to no money to invest... Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 If recent form is anything to go by then Carayol will be the one player that will attract interest as he is far more of a dynamic tricky winger that usually catches PL eyes. Whereas Adomah has faded recently. Link to post Share on other sites
Prowler 197 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I would not be against Carayol leaving for a high price but that's the same for all our players Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Scot 75 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Either way, we're a vendor club now and about half of our first team are loans. We might get reasonable offers for Juke and 1 or 2 others if they continue to play well for the rest of the season....but nothing likely to allow us to make any major purchases. If we let Carayol and Adomah go, would we be in a position to replace them with better players for the money? Link to post Share on other sites
Prowler 197 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 With our new found links? Probably. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Scot 75 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 They didn't serve us very well during the loan period. Link to post Share on other sites
p_mards 1,365 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 The one player I'm now convinced about, despite his hype is Ledesma as he is consistently inconsistent if there is ever such a description. I'd be happy if a club came in willing to pay decent money for him in the summer as over the course of a season he isn't the sort of player you can rely on to produce good performances which you need to be promoted. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Scot 75 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Agree about Ledesma....not sure why he's so inconsistent. Link to post Share on other sites
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