I like Mel

Yes Backo, what concerns me is that our main problem this season has been midfield so we weaken rather than strengthen it. Call me what you like but to me that doesn't seem logical. No striker can expect to succeed whether it is Martin, Vydra, Messi or Ronaldo if the ball never gets to him.

At Barnsley we got bossed after Hendrick went off. Against Villa and Burton we went with the same 3 in there and it was even worse. Tom Naylor played Cm...Tom Naylor!!!

I can't see anyone we have at the moment being able to play in front of defence. Baird is too slow in releasing the ball, Johnson's distribution is not good enough, Hughes, Butterfield and Bryson are too light and anyway should be supporting the attack, Hanson didn't impress me when he played there.

Leicester's success was in no small part down to Drinkwater so you would think Pearson regards a DM as a key player yet he does the very thing designed to weaken us in this position.

I am hoping Bradley Johnson dusts himself down and starts performing. We need strength in there. We need him to get back to knocking people about like he was pre-Forest away last season. There is a real opening here for him. Well that's my hope...

Do we have any DMF potential coming up through the youth teams?

Our tactics are based purely around an immobile and at times uninterested Martin.

Pace up from in Vydra and whoever is chosen to partner him will completely overhaul the way we play.

In a 4-4-2 you don't need a DM. You need 2 box to box midfielders with energy, capable of being comfortable on the ball in either half. We have that in Hughes and Bryson who very much look like our first choice.

Don't be unsurprised if Johnson comes in to start soon. He would be the ideal midfielder In these formations if NP can in store some confidence that the morons in the stands have completely sapped from him. Remember, he excelled when he first joined and don't forget his physical presence. We are after all a very small side so his aerial ability in both boxes will be needed.

Was typing up my point when you nicked it re Johnson, Backo

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One thing that will help the midfield is the pace we have upfront now. Teams will not be able to squeeze up on us so easy. Theres a positive for us.

In theory I like the idea of 3-5-2 with the personnel we have now.

Allows us to play 3 central midfield players that many of our fans feel necessary and also allows us to play 2 up top.

--------------Carson--------------


----Keogh---Pearce---Shackell---

Christie----------------------Anya

---------Bryson---Johnson-------

--------------Hughes-------------

---------Vydra-----Wilson---------

comment by 🐑Serial🐑
posted 5 hours, 35 minutes ago


Don't be unsurprised if Johnson comes in to start soon. He would be the ideal midfielder In these formations if NP can in store some confidence that the morons in the stands have completely sapped from him. Remember, he excelled when he first joined and don't forget his physical presence. We are after all a very small side so his aerial ability in both boxes will be needed.

Serial