Ward has to be given another shot as a creative guy. A starting eleven with Pav and Ward will worry Newcastle so much more. Every side knows that last starting eleven can't operate offensively thru midfield. So they sit at least 3 players players centrally in front of their defense, and force OUR defensive trio to hit long and wide, knowing its bread and butter for their central defenders to handle our crosses from the edges - even if it is Ifill and Bertos hitting them in. Would be different with a Fallon in the box, but we have relative midgets.
Just rapt that Pav has re-signed, and the others. Great move to get all that done when there's money stuff goin on off the field, hardly uncommon at football clubs. Keep thinking back to halftime in the away game in Adelaide. Pav and Bertos ran riot for a while there. Forget about the capitulation and reasons why in the second half. I remember thinking there's no way this side won't make a run for a top place.
Ward has to be given another shot as a creative guy. A starting eleven with Pav and Ward will worry Newcastle so much more. Every side knows that last starting eleven can't operate offensively thru midfield. So they sit at least 3 players players centrally in front of their defense, and force OUR defensive trio to hit long and wide, knowing its bread and butter for their central defenders to handle our crosses from the edges - even if it is Ifill and Bertos hitting them in. Would be different with a Fallon in the box, but we have relative midgets.