BHmfc wrote:In a way i feel sorry for Mullins, he gives 100% every game, wins more than his fair share of 50/50 balls, but the tactics employed by Sammy Mac, using Mullins as a loan striker, are not working. Header after header was been won and flicked on by Mullins but with no support up front the ball was going straight to a Stevenage player. A big down side of using Mullins as a lone striker is that we tend to hoof the ball towards him, rather than keep the ball on the floor and try and play football, so i think it's time to play Jevons and either Spencer or Fleming as his partner, in a team with TWO forwards, rather than a lone striker where the midfield are unable to get forward and give support.
RedRedWine wrote:Bit of a knee-jerk reaction for me; we're not scoring goals, time to change the striker.
Pound or pound Mullin works harder than any other member of our squad. When Jevons came on we didn't suddenly create chances galore. I don't think the formation is the problem, or Mullin. Despite packing the midfield we are not controlling the game. Time to mix it up a bit in the middle in terms of personnel. That may mean dropping peoples favourites:
Fleming was great in the first couple of games, but has done little since
Drummie hasn't got the legs and has started to give the bal away cheaply (although it is admirable how he battles to get it back)
Stanley is a sideways merchant who doesn't score enough goals
Obviously I've focussed on negatives, but Each player brings something different to the table although none of them are delivering on a consistent basis. It needs changing, with one two or all three making way for something different either at the start of games, or early enough during a game to make a difference.
I'd have Stanley Hunter and Brown in the middle for the next game pulling the strings, with Duffs and Rundle out wide.
this is only my opinion but to be very honest am not a Jevons fan at all he's just like Berbatov and them type of center forwards wind me up(playing with 10 men) and how anybody can suggest dropping Mullin for Jevons in a 4 5 1 system well?MfcChris wrote:Does nobody like Jevons anymore? All suggestions are Mullin on his own or Mullin and Spencer up front or even give Hendrie a chance.
Jevons is our best striker.
Although I do think we need to stop looking for a defender on loan and get a striker. We are keeping clean sheets now and have enough defenders if everyone is fit.
All the top clubs have a really good striker who leads the scoring charts:
Rotherham - Le Fondre
Chesterfield - Davies/Lester
Bury - Lowe
Shrews - Robinson
Port Vale - Richards
Morectalk wrote:Lets face it, when Jevo was scoring for fun from Mullin knock downs nobody was questioning either of them then. Jevons has hardly played this season & he is a proven goalscorer for Morecambe. All he needs is a good run in the team in a 4-4-2 formation - simples !!
Caged Lion wrote:It seems that Sammy is hell bent on proving his point that we are a winning team when we play with a lone striker. When Jevons came on against Stevenage and played in the hole behind Mullin we looked much more likely to score a goal.
I feel sorry for Mullin, he is a hard working player, and it must be a struggle to play against him when we employ our tried, mistrusted and clearly favourite Sammy tactic of hoofing the ball up the park. Invariably Mullin wins the ball, but he then has to mess around waiting for our turgid midfield to get near him or has to chase after his own flick on! Also he does get into good goalscoring positions, clearly his strikers instinct is still finely honed, but his inability to score from the easiest of chances if beyond frustration, he has lost the killer touch.
No clue about Hendrie, we saw him play in the reserve game against Accy and he showed nothing, so he doesn't represent the answer. Spencer is a bit quicker and is lively but only in short bursts, he seems to me like a petulant and arrogant lad who takes the huff and won't be told how to improve his game, so no benefit in starting him.
Scott Brown is an absolute dynamo in the middle of the park, Sammy seems to play him as a winger? I don't get it, he can break up play, surge forward, make a cute pass and has a venomous shot. Yet Sammy sticks with the old brigade who are slow and too predictable.
The manager is responsible for selection, and he knows far more than me, but I cannot understand why he constantly selects two right footed wingers when we have a fit left footer in Rundle who can fizz in superb crosses.
The Stevenage game was dire, just like the weather, and we can't win many games this season if we don't set out to attack, and quite frankly I am bored now with Sammy's tactics, or whatever he wants to call it. Time to set out with intent right from the kick off.
SM as always done it ie. Wainwright Curtis when we've had Twiss on the bench who was better at crossing first time balls but anyway thats past moving forward..The manager is responsible for selection, and he knows far more than me, but I cannot understand why he constantly selects two right footed wingers when we have a fit left footer in Rundle who can fizz in superb crosses.
Yep pretty much agree with that myself,apart from what you said about Jevons, he just doesn't look interested to me in any game i have seen this season .
DawZi wrote:this is only my opinion but to be very honest am not a Jevons fan at all he's just like Berbatov and them type of center forwards wind me up(playing with 10 men) and how anybody can suggest dropping Mullin for Jevons in a 4 5 1 system well?MfcChris wrote:Does nobody like Jevons anymore? All suggestions are Mullin on his own or Mullin and Spencer up front or even give Hendrie a chance.
Jevons is our best striker.
Although I do think we need to stop looking for a defender on loan and get a striker. We are keeping clean sheets now and have enough defenders if everyone is fit.
All the top clubs have a really good striker who leads the scoring charts:
Rotherham - Le Fondre
Chesterfield - Davies/Lester
Bury - Lowe
Shrews - Robinson
Port Vale - Richards
the anser for me with Morecambe is go and play a out right 4 3 3 and tell Duffy and who ever to plays on the left side to stay up wide of the center forward instead of wide of the midfield
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