Chivs Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Yesterday reminded me of the endless games we played last season where we scored and then sat back and defended for 80 minutes.After the magnificient games we've had this season it's easy to forget those games. From memory, we seemed to retreat to the edge of our box and then defend for ever. I never could understand the tactic.Yesterday was a repeat. Why, I cannot tell! We had an extra man for heaven's sake.This brings me to my second point...when Cardiff went down to 10 men why didn't we change to 3-4-3? We could put McCombe up front and leave Fontaine-Carey-Orr as a back three.Since Cardiff have lost a man they already had to rearrange their formation. I think that playing three up front, if only for a short while, would make Cardiff think again about formation.What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilnin Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Hmmm, I can see what you're saying, and on paper playing against 10 should mean we could attack more. But leaving 3 at the back would probably mean Sproule and Mcindoe having to track back more. Seeing as we got the 3 points i'm not really fussed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Hmmm, I can see what you're saying, and on paper playing against 10 should mean we could attack more. But leaving 3 at the back would probably mean Sproule and Mcindoe having to track back more. Seeing as we got the 3 points i'm not really fussed.I forgot to say that the result of the League 1 approach was promotion so I'm not really complaining except to say that my heart can't put up with this for another season.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRed Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 It's a Johnson thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity1992 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Its a manager thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midge Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 It sure is a manager thing,thats why we're in the Championship. GJ puts results before perfomances,good idea in my view.1-0 is as good as 4-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 1-0 is as good as 4-0.In terms of points its just as good, after all a win is a win, but if you want to encourage the partimers back next game its important to put on as good a show as possible.Casual fans are far more likely to come back after an impressive 4-0 win than a dour 1-0 win.In response to the 3-4-3 suggestion.That may have been a good formation to adopt at he start of the second half or certainly after City had scored but Byfield on with Orr or one of the defenders going off.Apart from Sproule, City didn't have much pace to bother the Cardiff center backs. But its all academic now of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Sticking McCombe up front smacks of desperation and would encourage aimless long balls. The crowd would soon get on the players' backs and confidence would drop.It's important also to factor in the opposition. Most teams we come up against will have at least some players who are better than ours, if not all of them, and if they decide they want to raise their game then they will have long periods of domination against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilse Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 In terms of points its just as good, after all a win is a win, but if you want to encourage the partimers back next game its important to put on as good a show as possible.Casual fans are far more likely to come back after an impressive 4-0 win than a dour 1-0 win.GJ's job is to win, regardless of the score. Casual fans will certainly visit Ashton Gate more often if we're playing in the Premiership! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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