RangersMedia 35,960 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 ...doesn't work in the big games against the better teams. Discuss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty117 123 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Its the players picked thats the issue. Arfield aint a forward 3 player. Should be kent and stewart up with buff. Stewart is better in every attacking department tjan arfield. Gerrards too negative in the spfl and wants arfield as he helps the midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 4,642 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 We also shite ourselves in the majority of big games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 70,359 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 Defensive midfielders and second half we asked Aribo to protect Katic.. Arfield and Ojo aren’t good enough. Again up to Morelos to drag us to a draw stroke win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
five stars 1,576 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Whole team where average today, don't think it was anything to do with the formation. Average performances ain't gonna win the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 67,828 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Playing with 2 defensive midfielders again the second worst form team in the league told us a lot. The fact our manager kept them both on all game again shows the struggle we face from the dugout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight87 16,900 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 It's the personnel not the formation. Arfield is not a player to play in the front 3. Ojo bring nothing in physical games and we have no creativity in midfield when we play 2 defence mids. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmcf 32,650 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I thought we missed Jack today more than a problem with the formation . Attitude was maybe another factor - Hearts were really fired up from the off and we didn't match them . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I also don't think our fullbacks are good enough at attacking for this system to work. Barasic is decent at defending, but is ok - not great going forward. Tav was good at going forward last season, but this season has been poor and his defending is poor. You need to have two very mobile fit fullbacks who are both good at defending and attacking, we don't have that. So we're left with a compact and weak midfield to be creative, and they weren't today. We missed ryan jack because he's the only one with a bit of dig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakbear 3,494 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I don't think too many people questioned the line up at the start of the match.... we have 3 players that are not cutting it this season, Tav, Arfield and Kamara..... I would add Goldson as well but he was okay today... Davis i see as a deep lying playmaker more than a Defensive Midfielder. I don't expect him to be throwing himself into tackles at his age, thats why he needs Ryan Jack in there beside him. I don't know enough about Andy King but if we weren't going to play him why did we sign him, for sure Docherty is not the player we would like but surely when there are players off form then the manager has to give others the chance Arfield was on the back of a big international week and he has been poor this season. Play Stewart who was fresh. Kamara was man of the match for Finland but he has been poor for us, give Docherty or King a chance, Tav has been dugshite all season, give Polster a chance I don't think its our system, i thin its our players and their undroppability Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2102 558 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Disagree. The formation works well against the teams in Europe who are significantly better than the SPFL dross. The formation does not work against the teams in the SPFL who are hammer throwers or teams who sit with 10 men behind the ball. The problem today, however, was Aribo going hiding and Kamara/Davis sitting back against the second bottom team in the league. Lack of quality in the wide positions - Ojo a waste of a jersey and Arfield never a winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 29,552 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 There’s no overload out wide for a start. Pushing the full backs up so high and playing the front three narrowly also means there’s no space in the middle of the park in attacking positions. It’s compounded against teams that sit in against us. Not sure how many times I’ve said it on here now. The covering for Tav by the midfielder on the right of the three distorts our shape too and means an unnecessary amount of running for someone. We need to play either Davis or Kamara. Not both. Kamara is awful when he plays in front of the sitting midfielder as he is someone who needs to play facing goal. Otherwise it’s five yards back every time he receives it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,236 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Too many empty jerseys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 The formation is fine. The players were shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I’d like to see the 4-3-3 switched to a 4-2-3-1 at times. Maybe Aribo or Arfield supporting the striker. We need a bit more creativity from central midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 29,314 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 When you are second to every ball all day long, it doesn't matter what the formation is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Ghoul 5,816 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Players were just shite today. I don't think we can dig much deeper than that today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue 8,864 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 It's not so much the formation but the complete shitebags he then picks. Far too many want time on the ball in games like these to look good, they don't get it here. Lack a leader or someone to take the game by the scruff of the neck and drive the team forward. Times gone by that's players like Souness, Gascoigne, B. Ferguson, Ricksen, etc. A class above what we have but liked by us all because of that desire to succeed, we don't have that in the middle of the park or wearing the armband. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim beam 2,188 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 No matter what formation we played today it wouldn’t have made a difference,the players on that park apart from Davis and Morelos and maybe Barasic played ok the rest pish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben10 2,018 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 The keeper doesn't trust Katic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I'd stick Arfield back into midfield from now on and only play Kamara when Davis isn't playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoplandRoad83 3,033 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 missed Jack big time and we're far too easy to play against with 3 sitting midfielders. Need at least one of the 3 to run beyond - hoped that would be Aribo, doesn't look that type of player. System will work if we pick the right players for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amokachi 2,540 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, yermaw145 said: The keeper doesn't trust Katic Fek knows what the keeper thinks of Tav then ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLYBOY50 1,638 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 52 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said: Too many empty jerseys. Nail on head mate 100% correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA1972 8,231 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Aribo should be playing at the top of the midfield 3 with Jack and Davis/Kamara behind and an actual wide player not Arfield on the right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.