If tc is doing the leg work then it really can’t be that hard can it? He was hardly a Roy Keane maybe seri need players around him who are comfortable on the ball and show for the ball in tight spaces and play little triangles That’s how I recall Fulham last season when I saw them Seri holds onto the ball for us but doesn’t have options and gets caught with it Give him options and he’ll look brilliant
You cannot play alfie jones in DM, hes far too sluggish in receiving the ball and his distribution is awful, see the QPR game away and others where hes caught in possession. Sadly this levels a step to far for the lad. As a stopgap till we can actually find a mobile DM, id convert Doherty who has the legs and the physicality Slater lacks. Its our only option, unless the lad from chelsea Xavier Simon can do a job, who does actually play that role. I think the teams currently hindered by Jones, Elder and Coyles sloppiness in possession although i do like Coyle who gives it his all. Major problems building from the back and recycling possession, sort them and our attacking players will shine
Well said, most supporters don’t just don’t see it like this. Whilst he’s looking and waiting and sometimes gets caught out he’s crap, they aren’t looking beyond that and thinking why didn’t anyone make the run or give him options, he will certainly have had that with a decent Fulham side and looked a much better player.
Granted he had a mare that game - but he's hardly the only one to be caught in possession this season. Thought Elder had his best game in a City shirt v Wigan - started to link up well with Sinik
We do seem to be unable to recycle posession which is why a lot have identified the lack of a ball-winner/enforcer alongside the likes of Seri, Slater and Tufan as the issue. That's not to say its impossible to find a solution from within the current crop, but the lack of a gritty destroyer type makes it harder.
I think the team on the whole need more options and that’s probably one of the reasons we pass back so much. no doubt we have some decent footballers but to only win one game in recent weeks is so poor. Do we hold onto the ball well enough?, Often the keeper as to throw it out short because kicked forward it comes straight back, do we have enough INTELLIGENT runners in the midfield with pace?. In general have we enough pace in the team ? When you are under pressure do we have good tacklers, everyone will have a different view on it all but think most will agree the balance just isn’t right. The big question now is how to change and improve it because we need to get some better results.
Hearing a whisper that Daws will take the reins for the foreseeable. I love Daws and hope he does well, but I can see him "doing a Barmby" and it ruining affiliation with the club.
How long is the foreseeable? up to the World Cup break? Surely that will give Acun and Tan enough time to sort through all of the high quality candidates who have applied for the job!
Jesus. Criticise the Allams for not fronting up and now we have an owner who does that's a problem too. Some city fans deserve the Allams.
