This is the issue we had in the Adams / Neil season

Relatively poor teams could sit back and soak up everything we had to offer, and inevitably we'd offer up a defensive blunder, (Charlton, Rotherham, Birmingham, Wigan, probably others too).

If we can't break teams down that sit across their 18 yard box, we've got a problem.

It might well be that we do better on the road that we do at home. Against Fulham, we benefitted from their attacking approach.

Lots to think about, still quite a bit to be positive about, but work to be done to make us a more effective team, both defensively and in the attacking third.

I completely agree that we should mix it up a little at points. Not aimless hoofing, but longer passes to spread the play quickly or a dink over the top to turn defenders round and put them under pressure.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on August 14th 2017 at 10:47:27

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yesterday (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 14, 09:37:54
- All my troubles seemed so farke away... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 14, 11:31:10
  - so many germans.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Aug 14, 11:32:30
    - All the germans, so many germans (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Aug 14, 11:34:09
      - Say we were to go down the obvious Straße of a Deutsche Elf I'd go for... (NCFC) - Tombs, Aug 14, 11:41:56
- Think we quickly need to get used to... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 09:57:07
  - We didn't lose because they sat in, we lost because of our own defensive mistakes. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Aug 14, 11:24:56
  - and that we need Wes and (when fit) Pritchard in the side (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:07:58
    - Indeed but as we all know wes ... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 10:14:01
    - Naismith was good when the game was stretched (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 14, 10:12:31
      - That was the bit that didn't make sense to me (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Aug 14, 11:53:50
      - Agreed. He was an important part of our good play in the first half an hour (NCFC) - jAC, Aug 14, 10:21:25
        
        That tactical piece posted below... (NCFC) - loz, Aug 14, 10:33:28
        
        Personally I don't rate Naismith, I can see he has been a decent player (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:29:36
- I think I was more worried about our pedestrian possession (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Aug 14, 09:43:28
  - I don't mind pedestrian passing football for spells, indeed (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:11:40
    - Agree with all of this... need to mix it up just a little as (NCFC) - Pixelman, Aug 14, 10:16:32
      - I also agree with you both, I found myself saying mix it up a bit (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:27:07
        
        This is the issue we had in the Adams / Neil season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 14, 10:47:27
        
        last Tuesday we chipped the ball over the top about 3 times (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Aug 14, 10:58:34
      - I do also think though that we are going to create a few problems for ourselves with (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 14, 10:22:09
- A lot of passing - no end product (NCFC) - inutero, Aug 14, 09:41:51

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