Not sure if anyones interested... http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-your-last-chance-7746972
agreed; my formation was this ---------------------------Marshall--------------------------- Brayford----------Manga----------------Morrison----------Fabio ----------------Ralls-------------------Dikgacoi--------------- Pilkington-----------------------------------------------Noone ---------------K.Jones-----------------Macheda---------------
.....................................Marshall..................................... Brayford----------Manga----------------Morrison----------Fabio .......................Dikgachoi................Adeyemi..................... Noone.........................Whittingham.........................Daehli ...................................Kenwynne...................................
I'd agree with that - in fact the extra man in midfield is the only way I'd have Whitts in to start. Dikgacoi and Adeyemi policing it with the strong arm/box to box stuff would allow Whitts to stay further forward where he's most effective. My only worry would be who would do the running for the killer passes from Whitts and Daehli? Kenwyne is no channel runner, and there's no natural goal poacher in there to feed off him. This is going to be a big call getting it right.
He made a pretty decent run v Fulham for Daehli. The main goals will/have come from KWJ your looking at the likes of Witts and Noone to provide the loins share after him then.
I wouldn't call it a run Stevo - he took two or three paces backwards and was asking for the ball back from Daehli. He got it, turned and hit it. Nothing wrong with that but not the sort of "run" I meant. If the goals are going to have to come in the main from Kenwyne with just Whitts and Noone chipping in, we'll need him to be closer to 30 for the season than 20 for us to leg it back up. We've got plenty of firepower and at the momnet you can't take it away from Kenwyne, but things can change very quickly (almost as quick as Ole's team selections ).
True, how many goals are scored by slide rule passes to strikers on 15-20 yard runs anyway though? One of KWJ's biggest strengths is his link up play imo. He's very good at playing short passes with players moving around him. The formation mentioned will allow Noone, Wits and Daehli to get near to him/move off him. Our other strikers will still get plenty of game time off the bench and when he needs a rest so you can still count on goals from all of them. He's on course to score nearer 30 than 20 but it is VERY EARLY DAYS!!
On course may arse - early days as you say, but on that basis, does that mean Grabban is going to score 40? I hope it doesn't happen, but if Kenwyne fails to find the net in the next 2 or 3 games, there'll be plenty on here calling for someone else up top. That's life.
As I said pre season KWJ is too good for the Championship. Last year of his contract so he needs to pull his finger out if he wants another. I think he might well score the goals this season, get a 3 year deal then go into hibernation probably till he retires.
I think its the formation thats' important rather than personnel...we've got a good enough squad to 'tinker', while playing the same formation....Gunner in for either Digkatchoi/Adeyemi, Pilkington for Noone/Daehli, Kim for any of the forward midfielders.Not forgetting Ralls & Burgstaller as well. Back four should remain constant though (whoever chosen should be given a run of games together). Any of the strikers for KWJ. Main thing for me though is five across midfield.
This the way I see it at the moment. Without truly energetic and aggressive midfielders who cover every blade of grass between the boxes, a 4-4-2 formation is a risk - even at home. We are losing the plot in the centre of the park and Ole has got to accept that. As we go through the season and hopefully Dikgacoi and Adeyemi gain fitness and experience respectively, a 4-4-2 with two out and out strikers could be the answer. What I don't want to see is Ole picking two strikers just because he's got them, and then expecting one of them to play a more defensive game - that is just nuts.
