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Posted November 06, 2022 20:52 · last edited November 06, 2022 21:04

Walsall Boy
We have always been traditionally slow starters.  Wish we weren't but it is what it is.

What I do like about this season's squad is the now clear fight for places.  Two of Lewis/Ugarkovic/Pennington.  Then add Rufer to that mix at well. Then Waine/Ball/Kraev/Zwada/Old/Barbarouses  even van Hattum in the higher up the park areas.  What Uffie does have is players needing to be hungry to get their place.  Then also hungry players coming on as subs.  We have seen it two games in a row now.  Players that are quality starting players coming on from the bench early in the second half as opposition starts to tire and making instant impact.  Uffie also has the option too of changing formations with substitutes.  He standard set up is  4 2 2 2 but after the subs at 1-1 yesterday it looked more like a 4 3 3.  

I thgink it looks really exciting for us.  I do pray that the World Cup break is not a bad thing for us
The benefit of having much better depth this season will be massive. 

In the last couple of years, Uffie often didn't make subs till the dying stages of the game, and almost never made wholesale changes to the lineup. Both of these have changed this season already, which says a lot about depth and the confidence Uffie has in the squad. 

With depth across midfield and attack, we will be better able to manage player workloads/injuries with a strong bench too. 

On another note, the more our attack is firing like it did yesterday, the less pressure there is on our defence. Once we got ahead 2-1 yesterday, we didn't make a single mistake at the back (At least that I can remember..). Obviously we are still prone to mistakes at the back regardless, but those fragilities are much more obvious when we are in tight situations. Hopefully as our attack grows in confidence it releases some of the pressure on the defence, which can only be a good thing for the confidence of the back four. 

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Unknown editor edited November 06, 2022 21:04
Walsall Boy
We have always been traditionally slow starters.  Wish we weren't but it is what it is.

What I do like about this season's squad is the now clear fight for places.  Two of Lewis/Ugarkovic/Pennington.  Then add Rufer to that mix at well. Then Waine/Ball/Kraev/Zwada/Old/Barbarouses  even van Hattum in the higher up the park areas.  What Uffie does have is players needing to be hungry to get their place.  Then also hungry players coming on as subs.  We have seen it two games in a row now.  Players that are quality starting players coming on from the bench early in the second half as opposition starts to tire and making instant impact.  Uffie also has the option too of changing formations with substitutes.  He standard set up is  4 2 2 2 but after the subs at 1-1 yesterday it looked more like a 4 3 3.  

I thgink it looks really exciting for us.  I do pray that the World Cup break is not a bad thing for us
The benefit of having much better depth this season will be massive. 

In the last couple of years, Uffie often didn't make subs till the dying stages of the game, and almost never made wholesale changes to the lineup. Both of these have changed this season already, which says a lot about depth and the confidence Uffie has in the squad. 

With depth across midfield and attack, we will be better able to manage player workloads/injuries with a strong bench too. 

On another note, the more our attack is firing like it did yesterday, the less pressure there is on our defence. Once we got ahead 2-1 yesterday, we didn't make a single mistake at the back. Obviously we are still prone to mistakes at the back regardless, but those fragilities are much more obvious when we are in tight situations. Hopefully as our attack grows in confidence it releases some of the pressure on the defence, which can only be a good thing for the confidence of the back four. 
Unknown editor edited November 06, 2022 20:55
Walsall Boy
We have always been traditionally slow starters.  Wish we weren't but it is what it is.

What I do like about this season's squad is the now clear fight for places.  Two of Lewis/Ugarkovic/Pennington.  Then add Rufer to that mix at well. Then Waine/Ball/Kraev/Zwada/Old/Barbarouses  even van Hattum in the higher up the park areas.  What Uffie does have is players needing to be hungry to get their place.  Then also hungry players coming on as subs.  We have seen it two games in a row now.  Players that are quality starting players coming on from the bench early in the second half as opposition starts to tire and making instant impact.  Uffie also has the option too of changing formations with substitutes.  He standard set up is  4 2 2 2 but after the subs at 1-1 yesterday it looked more like a 4 3 3.  

I thgink it looks really exciting for us.  I do pray that the World Cup break is not a bad thing for us
The benefit of having much better depth this season will be massive. 

In the last couple of years, Uffie often didn't make subs till the dying stages of the game, and almost never made wholesale changes to the lineup. Both of these have changed this season already, which says a lot about depth and the confidence Uffie has in the squad. 

With depth across midfield and attack, we will be better able to manage player workloads/injuries with a strong bench too. 

On another note, the more our attack is firing like it did yesterday, the less pressure there is on our defence. Once we got ahead 2-1 yesterday, we didn't make a single mistake at the back. Obviously we are still prone to mistakes at the back regardless, but those fragilities are exacerbated when we are in tight situations. Hopefully as our attack grows in confidence it releases some of the pressure and focus on the defence, which can only be a good thing for the confidence of the back four. 
Unknown editor edited November 06, 2022 20:53
Walsall Boy
We have always been traditionally slow starters.  Wish we weren't but it is what it is.

What I do like about this season's squad is the now clear fight for places.  Two of Lewis/Ugarkovic/Pennington.  Then add Rufer to that mix at well. Then Waine/Ball/Kraev/Zwada/Old/Barbarouses  even van Hattum in the higher up the park areas.  What Uffie does have is players needing to be hungry to get their place.  Then also hungry players coming on as subs.  We have seen it two games in a row now.  Players that are quality starting players coming on from the bench early in the second half as opposition starts to tire and making instant impact.  Uffie also has the option too of changing formations with substitutes.  He standard set up is  4 2 2 2 but after the subs at 1-1 yesterday it looked more like a 4 3 3.  

I thgink it looks really exciting for us.  I do pray that the World Cup break is not a bad thing for us
The benefit of having much better depth this season will be massive. 

In the last couple of years, Uffie often didn't make subs till the dying stages of the game, and almost never made wholesale changes to the lineup. Both of these have changed this season already, which says a lot about depth and the confidence Uffie has in the squad. 

With depth across midfield and attack, we will be better able to manage player workloads/injuries with a strong bench too. 

On another note, the more our attack is firing like it did yesterday, the less pressure there is on our defence. Once we got ahead 2-1 yesterday, we didn't make a single mistake at the back. Obviously we are still prone to mistakes at the back regardless, but those fragilities are exacerbated when we are in tight situations.