It worked at Bristol so it can work. But if you think back to a lot of those games

We had loads of possession and dominated teams but in several of them didn't score untoil Farke brought Vrancic on for the last 20 minutes.

Its not Rupp's fault. I suspect statsitically his numbers are very good and indeed I think he's playing pretty well. I just don;t think that against teams who pack the defence it quite works because I think it gives them more time to get back into shape/position when we don;t move the ball forward quickly. We then end up sort of camped in their half trying to thread the ball through two banks of 5.

I suppose tonight, if Swansea play their own game, it could work better than it has against Boro and Millwall.

I never thought i'd be demanding Kenny's return to the side but to be fair he's been excellent this season.

Posted By: Jim on February 5th 2021 at 09:44:23

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I've crunched some stats (because I am sad) (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 5, 09:29:10
- Have a break, have a Kit Kat. (n/m) (NCFC) - Biggles, Feb 5, 14:25:41
- Interesting. However I still think that it is shot conversion that is the issue (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 5, 10:48:18
- That seems to support my uneducated feeling about it (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 5, 10:08:28
- Skipp, rupp and Kenny tonight I think it should be (NCFC) - city_lad, Feb 5, 09:53:21
  - all hail the mayor, if he plays we win (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 5, 10:01:03
- I'm a simple soul (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 5, 09:39:27
  - The urgency to introduce Giannoulis didn't feel very Farke like to me. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 5, 09:41:08
    - Yeah I agree with that. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 5, 10:11:00
    - He looked totally lost/cream crackered Bs Barnsley though ... (NCFC) - loz, Feb 5, 09:47:11
    - I can see why he did that. I think that the lack of a left footer was limiting us (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 5, 09:47:10
    - I know - it did feel odd (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 5, 09:42:34
      - An EFL blogger listed his Championship 'unsung XI of the season' a couple of weeks back (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 5, 09:45:05
  - and thank you - interesting analysis. (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 5, 09:40:33
- That's really instructive and I don't disagree at all. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 5, 09:38:31
  - The main problem with Rupp is that he just doesn't create anything (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 5, 09:59:50
    - Yep. (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 5, 10:42:07
  - It worked at Bristol so it can work. But if you think back to a lot of those games (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 5, 09:44:23
  - Kenny was easily our best player prior to his covid (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Feb 5, 09:42:31

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