The “we should have bought a striker” situation (14 replies)

I’m not having it at all. What we needed was a winger or two that could get in behind, stretch the play, give Stansfield some more support etc.

These sort of players create so much space and help the striker. Stansfield is playing with him back to goal almost every time, these sort of players help the striker with opportunities where they are facing the goal. He is feeding off scraps and nobody is getting close to him or going past him to do this.

Both Bacuna and Miyoshi want it to feet, which wouldn’t be so bad if they had a lot of movement in front of them, which they don’t.

Movement is absolutely key in any good football team, we are one of the worst teams I’ve seen in terms of lack of movement, or lack of purposeful movement.

Teams like Ipswich do this so well because movement, pace and athleticism are nothing to do with your footballing ability. Their movement blows teams away by itself and teams can’t keep up.