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Less a change of system I’m afraid, more Butlers response as to why his system isn’t working lately.
Can’t be the 7 defensive players. They are only gifting poor teams about 3 goals a game – apart from Radcliffe who were not even good enough to accept their gift invitations.
It must be those useless attackers. The 4 of them can’t even dominate an 8 or 9 man defence.
At least Luke can take residence of the Jordan Hallam memorial physio bench now Roberts and Beestin (thankfully) have stopped sharing it.
He might have to push Law aside – not a difficult task based on his few cameo appearances.
Don’t know what Turnbull did that warranted termination but it must have been bad to have beaten a couple of more obvious candidates out of the door.
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3-5-2 (more often 5-3-2 in our version) needs three things:
At least one centre back who can pass the ball consistently well
2 wing backs who offer a constant threat in attack
A holding midfielder that can (and loves to) tackleWe didn’t have any of those 4 before recruitment and sadly we didn’t have any once it was completed. Honourable mention to Barrows who has adjusted just about enough to be an OK wing back at this level.
I can see why we recruited Carlton although yet to deliver. The rest baffle me if this was the only formation in play.
Did Butler recruit for 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 and then get swayed to the dark side by Schofield? He did arrive post recruitment. One assumes Turnbull had some influence on recruitment and that didn’t end well.
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We closed them down 4 or 5 times in the first half. We created attacking situations and won free kicks in dangerous areas on the back of this. They were determined to play out from the back but they weren’t actually very good at it.
Could not believe it when we actually backed off them and let them do it.
If you are going to insist on a very rigid game plan then it better be a good one and it had better deliver.
I have seen every game this season (2 or 3 via streaming) apart from Newcastle away and I have no idea what our game plan is.
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We have enough divisive and toxic resident posters without needing it from visitors.
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Better to be lucky than good.
Butler stays top of the league. Unbelievable Jeff.
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Hoping your wrong on both counts IFA.
Both the Iron and humanity could do with a better result tonight.
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Was there last year so don’t know about streaming issues. Lovely little ground though, one of the best in this league. Might have to suffer the stream tomorrow as once again work interferes with the important things in life.
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Radcliffe did exactly what you would expect them to do given their position.
They fought for every ball and turned it into a scrap. Most of our players responded by standing still.
Radcliffe won about 85% of the many second balls. We didn’t look the fittest, strongest team at te Attis Arena never mind in the league.
You have to make your mind up when playing teams playing anti football. You either take on the fight or you pass and move around them. We did neither today.
Same examination paper next Saturday with Buxton. Except they are better at it.
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Not many managers would make changes after a 6-0.
Agree Carlton needs minutes but would probably be a bit harsh on Fish.
More concerned that he plays one of them at Spennymoor and leaves Alfie in midfield. Time to show some intent away from home.
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Given Butler is not going to change formation then my (probably forlorn) hope for Farsley and beyond is to at least play the players with the most chance of making it work.
For me that means Kelly having a run at left wing back. Love Denton as a full back but he struggles as soon as he crosses the halfway line. Barrows has managed to adapt and whilst his delivery is hit and miss he does attack with pace and purpose and brings defenders out from the middle to cover his runs. The brief bits we have seen of Kelly suggest he could do the same from the left which would give us more balance and more of a threat when attacking. Also seems able to whip in a decent cross occasionally, something Denton has not really managed all season.
Second thing is Beestin needs to pair up with Roberts in midfield. They are the only 2 consistently creative players we have so let’s have Beestin where he can influence the game more.
Put Carlton or Fish up front with Whitehall and give them a proper run to get sharp and develop a partnership.
We are too easy to play against with Butler’s preferred starting 11. We have plenty of the ball in all the wrong places and don’t offer enough threat to opposition where it matters. Much as teams did with Dean’s one dimensional formation last season the rest of the league has worked out the formula. Defend in numbers, turn midfield into a scrap and wait for us to give the ball away in dangerous areas.
Tamworth could deal with that approach because it suited them fine. They defended better, scrapped in midfield better and had enough quality to capitalise on opposition mistakes.
I still think 4-4-2 is the easiest way to win this league but have to accept we don’t have the squad for the formation. Dean brought in players to suit his favoured 4-3-3 and they are the players getting picked. Nicholson aside one assumes Butler brought in this seasons recruits with 5-3-2 in mind but seems to have forgotten that system stands or falls on having really good wing backs. Let’s at least make the most of what we do have.
Final thought, for all Barrows improvement in the role I would still prefer Scales playing there.
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