Here are my thoughts on the club at the moment:
1. We are slow: The starting front 6 are devoid of express pace. The fast twich muscle fibre we lost in Piscopo, Sotiro and more recently Waine has hurt us. This makes me ponder if the Nix recruitment team decided to change tack from last season to this or were players like Kosta expected to play a more central role but his form doesnt demand first team selection
2. Game plan: A mix of route 1 and croses from full backs into Zawada? I'm skeptical of the claim that we are a side that "likes to play football"
3. Passive formation/ intensity: We have conceded a quite a few goals this season. Are we currently tempering our attacking instincts to concentrate on not conceding? We lack aggresion both from individual players and our shape - no high full backs for example
4. Lewis: I'm a fan and think his form is good. The options to partner him as a second 6 are limited. All three are not automatic first 11 selections (Rufer, Ugarkovic, Pennington). A ball winner to complement Lewis like Cameron Devlin would allow Lewis to have more influence on the game
5. State of the team: Its been a fairly medeocre start to the season from my perspecitve. There is not a lot currently to suggest we are about to string a number of good performances together. I have seen a bit of Karunaratne and maybe that is where the clubs hopes lie.
1. We are slow: The starting front 6 are devoid of express pace. The fast twich muscle fibre we lost in Piscopo, Sotiro and more recently Waine has hurt us. This makes me ponder if the Nix recruitment team decided to change tack from last season to this or were players like Kosta expected to play a more central role but his form doesnt demand first team selection
2. Game plan: A mix of route 1 and croses from full backs into Zawada? I'm skeptical of the claim that we are a side that "likes to play football"
3. Passive formation/ intensity: We have conceded a quite a few goals this season. Are we currently tempering our attacking instincts to concentrate on not conceding? We lack aggresion both from individual players and our shape - no high full backs for example
4. Lewis: I'm a fan and think his form is good. The options to partner him as a second 6 are limited. All three are not automatic first 11 selections (Rufer, Ugarkovic, Pennington). A ball winner to complement Lewis like Cameron Devlin would allow Lewis to have more influence on the game
5. State of the team: Its been a fairly medeocre start to the season from my perspecitve. There is not a lot currently to suggest we are about to string a number of good performances together. I have seen a bit of Karunaratne and maybe that is where the clubs hopes lie.