RochdaleGreen":6f23q9l7 said:Good to hear that the pitch is looking good, but can we please restore it to its proper width and length dimensions. I've made this point on a couple of threads, but nobody seems to be interested. The pitch should be regarded as being sacrosanct; it should not be messed about with by a manager and last season's home form shows that shrinking it had an adverse impact.
RochdaleGreen":2j808cp5 said:Good to hear that the pitch is looking good, but can we please restore it to its proper width and length dimensions. I've made this point on a couple of threads, but nobody seems to be interested. The pitch should be regarded as being sacrosanct; it should not be messed about with by a manager and last season's home form shows that shrinking it had an adverse impact.
Metal_Green_Mickey":3e7h54dy said:RochdaleGreen":3e7h54dy said:Good to hear that the pitch is looking good, but can we please restore it to its proper width and length dimensions. I've made this point on a couple of threads, but nobody seems to be interested. The pitch should be regarded as being sacrosanct; it should not be messed about with by a manager and last season's home form shows that shrinking it had an adverse impact.
I thought the home form hasn't been great for a number of years.....
Under Sheridan we were pretty dismal at times.
The problem last season was how much we gave the ball away. This is why away from home we were a better side. Our strengths were our pace and counter attacking ability. In fact, it was similar the year before.
Now we need to find players who have the ability to keep the ball.
I think the other problem was the CAM position. As much as I love Carey he roamed around everywhere on the pitch. This created a problem for the isolated forward because if Carey was as deep as the two deeper lying midfielders the options further forward were limited in terms of passing options as the two wide men could also be isolated by the opposition defenders.
X Isle":20i58uhm said:Maybe it would've been worse?
What the manager wants, he should get.
Not saying I agree with it but that's how it should work.
X Isle":evl1qgpn said:Fair enough, and as I said if it were up to me I'd agree.
I just think however you should give your manager as free a hand as possible, however wacky and illogical if he thinks it'll assist the formation and players he's using, we should provide it.
...apart from shirt colour though, obvs :wink: