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Reply | Monkey Hangers hung out to dry at the JSCS tonight
at 18:08 23 Feb 2022
If Hartlepool are a mid-table side, we're a long long way off ever seeing our club not involved in a relegation scrap if we can beat the drop.
Unlike us, they had a clear tactical identity - they looked to exploit the wings at every opportunity and stretch the play. They always had a man in space in the middle of the park ready to receive the ball if wingers couldn't break past our wide players. They used passing triangles effectively and obviously had worked on team chemistry and understanding. They were the better team in the first half and we grabbed a lucky goal from a goalkeeping error.
We do not look like a club that has allegedly been using a 'tactical system' for near on a decade and we do not look like a club packed full of experienced league players. There is absolutely no identity there, no definitive style. We don't counter-press, we don't counter attack, we don't string passes together and try to pass our way around an opposition. These players should have the quality to play as a team that adopts at least one of those styles, but we don't. What on earth are they working on at Florence Park?
Our defensive performance is probably the worst part, especially since our current and previous managers were both defensive players during their career. We allow their midfield to wander into our half and pick out a pass, no pressure whatsoever at our home ground. We rely purely on last ditch tackles and clearances. There's obviously been no work on how we should shape up when we lose the ball, just a hope that if we get enough men behind the ball we'll be fine. It's like a kids 11-a-side team.
We have a Director of Performance and a Director of Football who have held their posts for a number of years and have overseen a steady decline in our performances and the standard of football we play. Why do we persist with them and this 'system'? How is Cowling the only man not to see that the reason the club has been so dire these past few seasons isn't down to an individual but down to the structure the club is currently run under. I just don't get it.
We need an experienced league coach who can apply his own identity to the team, but that will never happen I fear. |
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