The game is usually won and lost in midfield these days

Hence teams rarely playing two out and out strikers. People still think that the answer is just always to throw more strikers on, and sometimes it is, but in a lot of situations, as you say, it leaves the strikers starved of the ball as the other team's midfield then dominates.

Posted By: Dr Baker on October 27th 2013 at 08:56:12

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I think the Club will succumb to the "bedwtters" then bring in a "panic" manager. (n/m) (NCFC) - trustsec, Oct 27, 08:14:28
- Stop using emotive terms like bedwetters.stick to facts (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 27, 08:53:25
  - I thought they were booing at Bellamy coming on.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Oct 27, 09:07:17
    - No he got a great reception warming up. Quite rightly. (n/m) (NCFC) - asics_kit, Oct 27, 09:46:36
      - Thought that was odd. Why were they booing at Marshall, did they think it was Andy?... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Oct 27, 09:53:47
  - This. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 09:00:18
- I think you're right (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Oct 27, 08:18:38
  - "He hasn't really done anything wrong" - beggars belief (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 27, 09:02:10
  - That's the modern middle class football fan,they have an air of entitlement about them. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 27, 08:50:13
  - which manager was booed for not doing anything wrong? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:19:26
    - hoots (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:20:15
      - erm even mick dennis thought he did wrong (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:25:05
        
        Where has mick Dennis said all this? (n/m) (NCFC) - glasgow, Oct 27, 09:09:03
        
        twitter (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 09:10:51
        
        I think the substitutions were quite revealing (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:27:20
        
        which reminds me of this (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:32:18
        
        y'all keep saying that (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:29:16
        
        He subbed a winger for a winger and a striker for striker (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:33:42
        
        And take who off? (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Oct 27, 08:45:18
        
        The game is usually won and lost in midfield these days (NCFC) - Dr Baker, Oct 27, 08:56:12
        
        hoots cant win.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:30:36
        
        'normals'? (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:35:05
        
        There were quite a number on here (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:34:44
        
        well fair play to them for seeing through it (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:36:30
        
        Were there? Who? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:35:35
        
        I remember someone complaining (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:41:41
        
        it was bigfeller (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:43:04
        
        yes it's a results based business (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:31:41
        
        and did mick dennis boo then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:27:02
  - yep.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:19:16
- we've won 6 in 30 (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:16:46
  - We've won 2 drawn 2 and lost 5 (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Oct 27, 08:20:52
    - it's relegation form (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:28:10
      - Relegation would be terrible (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Oct 27, 08:32:26
        
        so the fans were to blame for our sudden downturn last season? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:34:36
        
        It's an interesting point isn't it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:42:23
        
        no it's utter fucking bollocks (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:44:11
        
        I meant.... (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:47:23
        
        the negative football made the fans gloomy (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:55:33
        
        which came first, the chicken or the egg? (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:59:23
        
        Yes, it's the fans fault we've won 6 in 30 (n/m) (NCFC) - Drinklebells, Oct 27, 08:34:06
  - we've played well in the last few games, getting better (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:18:53
    - the longer we wait the bigger the task ahead (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:26:02
- sadly, I agree. (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:16:20
  - or more likely (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:26:21
    - yeah..... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:28:58
    - That is quite an extrapolation (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:28:11
      - :) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:31:57
        
        nor is relegation form for a year (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 27, 08:39:24
        
        I'm still on the fence to be fair! (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Oct 27, 08:36:20
        
        fair enough (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 27, 08:37:53
        
        ...especially as we're looking better and better each week. (n/m) (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 27, 08:34:45

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