BensGrandad
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I didnt go to Luton as I wasnt well but gave my ticket to a friend an Ex pro of many games whose opinion I value but who is not a Brighton fan so is not prejudiced and speaking to him this morning he summed up our problems.
He said we will continually struggle because the spine of our team is weak.
The Centre Forward (McCammon) wins headers but they go nowhere so if we had Rooney or Owen playing alongside him they couldnt anticipate where the ball was going as he has no idea himself.
The central midfielder (Hammond) loses the ball too easily and too often by trying things that he is not good enough to do and if he could he would be pushing Lampard and Gerrard for an England spot. Should stick to playing simple balls and passes simply.
The central defenders (Butters and McShane) both individually competant but do not complement each other and havent worked out who will attack the ball and who will pick up the 2nd ball.
Goalkeeper is too muscular and top heavy thus making him slow to get down to balls. Arguably at fault for the first two goals but at the best could have done better with them.
His solution is we need to bring in a defensive coach like George Graham did with Don Howe just to teach the defenders how to defend.
He suggested people like Tony Adams Gary Mabbett Nigel Winterburn.
I thought about Steve Gatting his son playes for us and he could watch and analyse the defence and perhaps spend a session a week with the defence putting their mistakes right.
MM says that if we turned some of our draws into wins we would be in the top half of the table. If we hadnt conceeded the most goals in this division bar Crewe we would be to.
He said we will continually struggle because the spine of our team is weak.
The Centre Forward (McCammon) wins headers but they go nowhere so if we had Rooney or Owen playing alongside him they couldnt anticipate where the ball was going as he has no idea himself.
The central midfielder (Hammond) loses the ball too easily and too often by trying things that he is not good enough to do and if he could he would be pushing Lampard and Gerrard for an England spot. Should stick to playing simple balls and passes simply.
The central defenders (Butters and McShane) both individually competant but do not complement each other and havent worked out who will attack the ball and who will pick up the 2nd ball.
Goalkeeper is too muscular and top heavy thus making him slow to get down to balls. Arguably at fault for the first two goals but at the best could have done better with them.
His solution is we need to bring in a defensive coach like George Graham did with Don Howe just to teach the defenders how to defend.
He suggested people like Tony Adams Gary Mabbett Nigel Winterburn.
I thought about Steve Gatting his son playes for us and he could watch and analyse the defence and perhaps spend a session a week with the defence putting their mistakes right.
MM says that if we turned some of our draws into wins we would be in the top half of the table. If we hadnt conceeded the most goals in this division bar Crewe we would be to.
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