Davies insistence on playing his favourites (20 replies)
Paik does not handle the physicality of the championship and struggles to impose himself in the middle
Iwata's range of passing is not good enough to break down teams.
Last night highlighted what was happening at the beginning of the season with the two in the midfield asking for the ball from the defenders and passing it straight back to them, this continued for the whole 90 minutes and as the game went on the two midfielders stopped running off the ball and it became very static and negative.
The results this season are down to the good performances of the duck, gray, roberts, doyle, when these four play well the other start to contribute
Manager needs to realise the players who were mainstay last season did drop off and it is far more obvious this season against better teams,
Squad rotation is not existent and expecting players who have not started more than 2 or 3 games this season to step up when needed is a big big ask.
The signing of kyogo is causing major headaches and it is clear he offers very little up front unless our midfield is changed to accommodate his style of play