City attacker on being deployed at the top of a midfield diamond. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Jay Emmanuel-Thomas enjoyed his new role playing behind a front two in the 2-1 FA Cup with Budweiser victory over Tamworth. The attacker was placed at the top of a diamond midfield four, with Sam Baldock and Ryan Taylor deployed as a traditional strike partnership. Emmanuel-Thomas has also revealed he never doubted himself when he scored the opener with a superb strike from 25 yards. âRyan Taylor became the target man and that allowed me to pick up a lot of the pieces,â Emmanuel-Thomas told Bristol City Player. âAs a team we moved forward very quickly and managed to catch them out a couple of times but unfortunately we couldnât score a few more goals. âIt was one of those games where you knew you had to dig in and get a couple of goals to make sure of the win â as a team that is what we did. âFor my goal, once I got away from the first defender I looked up and saw I was in range. âI know I can shoot so I thought I would have a go and fortunately enough it flew into the top corner.â Read more at http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/20131211-jetposttamworth-1230346.aspx#SHIcbwYMQDV7Fvq5.99
