Stallion: Logan
Pony: Aaron
MVP:
3 - Paddy
2 - Corey
1 - Robin
Fantasy points:
Paul 1 (+60, -2 4 goals conceded, 1 +3 saves)
Tangi 0 (+60, -2, 4 goals conceded)
Jason 0
Mike 0
Spencer 2
Corey 4 (+60, 2mvp)
Corey 4 (+60, 2mvp)
Aaron 7 (+60, 1 midfield goal)
Nick 2
Paddy 11 (+60, 2 assists, 3mvps)
Robin 7 (+60, forward goal, 1mvp)
Rauru 5 (+60, 1 assist)
Gus 7 (+60, 1 mf goal)
Paddy leading the charge well and truly now (as one would expect), but a bit of a closer race for the following positions. So an extended leaderboard (all players with 35 points or more):
Paddy 72
Rauru 58
Panda 54
Lloyd 45
Aaron 45
Tristin 42
Robin 38
Logan 35
No defenders, which clearly points to the weakness of the system that we are all aware of. Out of interest, before Paddy is exalted too much on a per game basis he earns 6.54 points, whereas Logan has got 7.0. Best player by far!
Right bring on Elite on Saturday - who managed to concede more goals than us last Saturday! Prepare to feel our blacklash!
9 comments:
Defence wasn't the weakness, that formation leaves you exposed out wide. It is a risky formation if your wing backs aren't fit...I know I can't talk. :P
They picked up on that and there was real danger on the left side of D where most of their attacks came from.
As a result the the centre mids were pulled wide leaving us exposed in the middle.
Gotta stop playing Football Manager... :P
Exactly, despite the score and zero points the backs played well - 3 at the back is hard when the wingbacks ain't fit, even harder when you don't even have the protection of wingbacks like last week.
I know I not been playing lately but I am wondering why we are trying a new formation when we have been promoted and the old formation generally has served us well, we would have won more games if the finsihing had been better up front this year, we drew games we really should have won at times. Anyway looking forward to tomorrows game.
We're trying the new formations as there is nothing to lose in doing so before we start a new season in a higher grade. We might as well have a bit of fun and try something different while we can. In truth, we will probably stat next season with a 4-4-2 unless 4-3-3 works tomorrow as 4-4-2 is the easiest formation to play, especially since we dont practise or anything.
Spencer had a tough time on the left (Rob at times in the second half)where you're expected to push forward to help the attack but if there's a counter, you're out of position and there's no cover, especially as our holding mids like to push forward also.
Corey did made a good job of it in the first half though I must say.
Experimentation is all good - and it worked well in that first half last week - especially the extra width up front - not often we go into the break 3-0 up!
Yeah, I know what you mean StevieG, but last week we did not play wide midfielders. There was 1 central holding, and then 3 centrally packed (one centre-left, the other centre-right). Any time they got wide they probably got told off! The plan was to pack the centre and give them the wings - sure, it didn't work in that second half. Tomorrow's formation should solve that. Lets kill them - this one feels a bit personal since we haven't beaten them yet this season.
Couple of things happened. Their strikers started moving at pace which stretched us. Their wide RM got in the game whereas the first half he just sat on the sideline. And for a bit there they had an attacking CM that played slightly right.
On our end it was a combination of forgetting to hold the middle, rushing to close the wide guy rather than waiting for him to come to us. Also some of those goals only happened from definite mistakes on our part.
Have to remember in the first half they put us under pressure as well but when we won the ball back we were immediately on attack - hence the benefit of having 3 upfront
Yeah but the left and right central mid's I thought were supposed to cover the left and right hand touch line as well you go on about zonal well that was their zone we had the central area covered four ways I.e four circles intersecting each other in the middle the attacking mid never came back to deep, the def mid never to far forward holding the central area and the two left/right cm's covering out wide.That's how I thought we were supposed to play it anyway
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