I have no valid way of proving this, but my belief is that this squad of players would be producing better and more effective football if coached by Des Buckingham.
It’s hard to say- he’s struggling at Oxford and had mixed times at Mumbai.
My question is- with all our footy knowledge- what would he or a different coach be doing? What would be the differences of focus or tactics?
I wonder if one less player at the back and one more in the midfield might be a start. Rufer/Bell, Lewis, Stamenic, Singh is where our strength and form is. It would also allow Payne and Libby to bomb forward in theory. And creates a formation to potentially fit Conchie, Dibley-Dias and Leuluai in the future.
And thinking back to Mark Richardson- rampagers rampage better given a secure foundation. So Old, Waine, Mata, Garbett, Libby, Payney, Singh, Wood, Kosta, Just, McCowatt, Sloan-Rodrigues and any other rampagers would perform better with a more secure keep.