The tone may be set by the team selection

if it's a straight 4-5-1 as it has been, with Johnson in there, then the crowd will be only too ready to turn.

For all that's been said about Howson doing well, he *is* basically an attacking central midfielder, not a striker who can also drop in the hole and do some defending. Quite a lot of teams are playing two strikers, but with one of them either dropping off (Michu behind Bony whent ehy play together, Berbatov behind Bent when they both play - plus many other examples) or slightly wide like Sturridge.

But we are playing a fairly straight 4-5-1. Howson is often as deep as a normal midfielder, and the two wingers are having to do a lot of defensive work.

The system we're playing does not compare with that of Saints, Swansea etc, or the bigger teams, many of whom actually play two, and sometimes three, strikers in various guises.

We play one, and always one.

Posted By: duke of york on November 4th 2013 at 16:43:17

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Team for Saturday? (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 15:42:21
- Mine (NCFC) - Atlanta_Canary, Nov 4, 16:31:17
  - Swap Snod for Wes for me. (n/m) (NCFC) - bjg123, Nov 4, 17:36:18
    - Will we ever see Wessi again?! (n/m) (NCFC) - Atlanta_Canary, Nov 4, 19:41:15
  - won't the wing backs and wingers be getting in each others way all the time? (n/m) (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 16:56:26
    - The wingers are meant to cut inside (NCFC) - Atlanta_Canary, Nov 4, 19:39:53
- Murphy (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Nov 4, 16:26:34
- Whatever team he picks, if we aren't winning after 10 minutes it will be judged to be the (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 4, 16:24:09
- Start the same eleven (NCFC) - Cannydc, Nov 4, 16:24:05
  - You'd play Whittaker at RM? (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 4, 16:29:09
- Mine (NCFC) - norway, Nov 4, 16:09:11
  - No Redders? (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 4, 16:18:45
    - Is he fit? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Nov 4, 16:26:52
    - Feel like we need wiser heads - at least to start with (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Nov 4, 16:22:24
      - The tone may be set by the team selection (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 4, 16:43:17
  - Would love to see Hoolahan start and play well (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 16:13:30
- Snodgrass in for Martin/Whittaker I would have thought (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 15:57:36
  - it's a fair point about the defence (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 4, 16:10:13
  - Surely some heads in the defence should roll, shouldn't they??? (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 16:02:40
    - defence is about teamwork and understanding though (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 4, 16:07:38
    - They should do really - especially as we have Bennett waiting (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 16:05:32
- I wouldn't drop any of those three (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 4, 15:56:10
  - There's no way the Hoot will go 4-4-F-2 (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 16:03:46
  - ^^^this (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 15:59:05
- Need someone on stilts to deal with the WHU hoofballs (n/m) (NCFC) - Holy lambchop of god, Nov 4, 15:50:44
- Norwich for me, and they've got my full support (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Nov 4, 15:49:18
  - I make it five central midfielders (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 4, 15:55:47
    - Wes isn't *really* a central midfielder, is he? (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 15:57:21
      - isn't that the equivalent to the position Howson has been playing recently? (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 4, 15:59:15
    - oops, should be a reply to Tricky's post below (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 4, 15:56:24
      - yeah, guess you're right re Hoolahan (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 4, 15:57:34
  - Would you pick exactly the same eleven? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 15:54:45
    - I've got a feeling he will - I can see him saying something like "I'm a great believer in (NCFC) - Wild Edric, Nov 4, 15:57:19
- couple of thoughts - (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 4, 15:49:17
  - (1) you are probably right and (2) now you put it like that, it does seem odd (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 15:55:39
  - Bassong.....In or Out Saturday (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Nov 4, 15:55:12
- Go back to what we know works... (NCFC) - bjg123, Nov 4, 15:46:03
  - that only works down the leagues, not sure we'd beat West Ham (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 4, 15:49:58
    - Worked perfectly well in the Premiership with "worse" players for a season (NCFC) - bjg123, Nov 4, 15:52:11
      - Not sure that we played that formation very often in the Prem (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Nov 4, 16:02:50
      - Howson is playing well, I think (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 4, 15:54:24
        
        and Wes has sadly stunk the place out each time he's played this season (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 4, 15:57:31

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