What got worrying at the end of last season was that our tactic of try to get Burns or Krishna running ontothe ball behind the defence, or cutting in from wide, was stymied by teams pying deep and narrow against us. Without a bigger, more traditional centre forward, or at least some comfortable playing with his back to goal, we lacked optolions in the attacking third and consequently struggled to break teams down. Sarpong looks like promising Burns replacement but the fundamental issue of how we address the deep narrow defence doesn't appear to have been answered yet. Maybe Powell will give us that option but I don't know enough about him to say. Just to make it clear, I'm not saying we need a classic target man but an aerial threat in the box so fullbacks feel they have to close our wingers down would help create space, and some who could play with his back to goal up front might give our small quick guys someone to run off. Griffiths would have fitted the bill, but sadly that didn't end well.
What got worrying at the end of last season was that our tactic of try to get Burns or Krishna running onto rnto the ball behind the defence, or cutting in from wide, was stymied by teams playing deep and narrow against us. Without a bigger, more traditional centre forward, or at least some comfortable playing with his back to goal, we lacked optolions in the attacking third and consequently struggled to break teams down. Sarpong looks like promising Burns replacement but the fundamental issue of how we address the deep narrow defence doesn't appear to have been answered yet. Maybe Powell will give us that option but I don't know enough about him to say. . Just to make it clear, I'm not saying we need a classic target man but an aerial threat in the box so full backs feel they have to close our wingers down would help create space, and some who could play with his back to goal up front might give our small quick guys someone to run off. Griffith's would have fitted the bill, but sadly that didn't end well.