Tactics next season.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Any thoughts on whether Liam's 3-5-2 formation during a couple of games last term and in Andy's game was worth carrying on with?

Personally, I think if we can play 3 pacy, mobile, strong in the air defenders, especially at home, this could be the way forward. With Porter and Gooding already signed, and interest in O'Donahue (who looked very classy), the building blocks are there.

5 in the middle would give flair players like Drury and Lovell a little more freedom to join in attack and express themselves.

Ommitting Macca through injury,I can see a line up of something like this being effectivefor home games at least:

Pullen

Gooding Porter O'Donahue

Protheroe Drury Saunders Lovell Skinner/Jackson

MacDonald Onoyimni.

[Bloodnock]

I quite like the idea, that's always assuming the likes of Saunders,Lovell,Drury and Omoyinmi have or are going to sign contracts.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

Whilst out and about in the City last night, I heard a whisper that Shearer is on his way back, but maybe not so good news about Perks.

 

I suppose we will have to wait and see.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Shearer DID have a big smile on his face during Andy's game. What is more telling is that he played in Liam's team and seemed happy to do so.

What is more he seemed very fit as well

[Student Scum]

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Chatham Gary said:What is more telling is that he played in Liam's team and seemed happy to do so.

How is it? It's not as if he qualified to play under Andy's team that night - namely the Ryman Championship team...

Still I'd be pleased to see him return...

[Hempstead Gaz]

Nor was he qualified to play for the present side -since Andy "released" him.

[jc]

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Student Scum said: It's not as if he qualified to play under Andy's team that night - namely the Ryman Championship team...

And Portway did? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[David Holden]

Wel Portway played for the club in the Ryman League and Shearer played in the Conference.

 

Bit of a no-brainer when deciding which side they should play for.

[jc]

You're quite correct, Dave - I was just making a pedantic observation as usual.

[Bernard]

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Chatham Gary said:
Pullen
Gooding Porter O'Donahue
Protheroe Drury Saunders Lovell Skinner/Jackson
MacDonald Onoyimni.

Whilst I agree with most of this, since it is quite a forced selection (MacDonald and Manny being our only strikers, for example), I will stick by my praise of the Skinner/Jackson partnership as left back and left wing respectively. This, for me, was one of the reasons we rose out of the Ryman league and it also looked strong when implemented in the Conference this year and in '02-'03. Therefore, dull as it sounds, I say stick to the 4-4-2, a formation that has caused our rise from the mediochrity of the Beezer Homes League to our fourth season in the Conference