STURTZ
Very well known Exeweb poster
Boateng is a good player when we play to his strengthsin the right situation, so is Moxey, Woodman, Law, Holmes... all players that are sometimes lauded as being really good and other times we are told they're crap.
Yesterday's debacle had little to do with the players, it was down to poor management. Just because all our A list players are available doesn't mean they have to play! We have a plethora of players good in running around a lot in midfield to play them all just means we are going to see the kind of shapeless chaos we saw against Mansfield. A great writing mass of midfield activity with no real purpose, gradually trying to work the ball forward, sometimes getting it to the wings before realising that there was no one in the middle capable of doing anything with a cross anyway. The team should start with the shape they are going to play and then the players selected to fulfil those roles, just perhaps Law and Boateng can't play together, Taylor is very similar to Matt Jay perhaps one should be left out? Matt Taylor has got to show some courage and imagination in his team selection.
Add to that the ridiculous decision to play a high line against one of the fastest forward lines in league 2 and the complete failure to change things when it was obvious we were being outplayed and you could say it wasn't the players fault, it was Matt Taylors. I'm his greatest fan but he showed crass naivity yesterday.
Yesterday's debacle had little to do with the players, it was down to poor management. Just because all our A list players are available doesn't mean they have to play! We have a plethora of players good in running around a lot in midfield to play them all just means we are going to see the kind of shapeless chaos we saw against Mansfield. A great writing mass of midfield activity with no real purpose, gradually trying to work the ball forward, sometimes getting it to the wings before realising that there was no one in the middle capable of doing anything with a cross anyway. The team should start with the shape they are going to play and then the players selected to fulfil those roles, just perhaps Law and Boateng can't play together, Taylor is very similar to Matt Jay perhaps one should be left out? Matt Taylor has got to show some courage and imagination in his team selection.
Add to that the ridiculous decision to play a high line against one of the fastest forward lines in league 2 and the complete failure to change things when it was obvious we were being outplayed and you could say it wasn't the players fault, it was Matt Taylors. I'm his greatest fan but he showed crass naivity yesterday.
