DrunkenSaint

I keep saying that the 4-5-1 formation is our true formation, we played so well last season with it beating teams like Huddersfield away from home unlike this season we play a 442 formation and lose. Move Lallana off the wing and make him play off the lone striker in somekind of free roaming role, that will work wonders imo. id love for us to try a 3-5-2 formation though, we got the CB's Harding and Richardson as wingbacks? morgan,chappers and lallana then gully+lambo very attacking football!!

nope, we are simply not good enough and too many ppl have high expectations. We'll need to buy well in January and i hope NA will change the formation very soon we are not aggressive enough using the 442 imo.

very very poor that we have not seen a sub or change in formation when your 2-0 down a HT and halfway through the 2nd half, might as well give them the win......FFS

Harsh on Morgan but he might be tired from travelling so im sure NA has spoken to him and will get a run out but Barnard deserves to be dropped for what he did. Gully was great for us last weekend and if he was to be dropped cause its "Barnard" im sure he'll be wondering what he needs to do to get a regular place. Id keep the same lineup if we dont get a break through by 60 mins, Morgan to come on for Chaplow and maybe give Richardson a run out.

Now i hope Guly remains in the starting lineup from now, what a match he's having just the kind of player we've been missing all along.

That why we should be playing him all the time just behind the striker, he'll be a great signing imo.

i hope this will be the team imo, i really like the 451 formation cause when your attacking its more like 433 if u have the right attackign midfield players and we do with Gully and Lallana.

would of liked to see Gully get a chance instead of Oxo since he had a cracking game midweek

I would like is to play something different other than the 442 formation so we can fit Gully and Lallana in thier true position just behind the striker but i think NA will always be a 442 guy sadly. Morgan has been our best midfield player so far this season so that is a rubbish statement to make, yes we want him to shoot more but he's never and i dont think he'll ever be a goalscorer he prefers to look for that killer pass.

NA is suppose to be a attacking minded manager, 5 shots altogether 2 of which were freekicks does not seem attacking to me. I really think we need to work on another formation or get on loan players in quickly. Chamberlain, Puncheon and Hammond ave been poor. If the widemen are not producing the goods, we wont score!

Our midfield is rubbish, we need a good right midfield player and a strong CM. Seems every week we get overrun in that area.

hmm thinking of this formation, something different -----------------bart------------------- Butterfield --Fonte--Seabourne---Harding -----Hammond ---Morgan-----Dickson/Holmes -----------------Gully------------------ -----------Lambert----Barnard----------

Why do mamagers play ppl out of position? he's a f'ing ACM player!

They way i see it, some players really liked AP and only came here because of him being a "top manager" but now he's left, players heads have dropped and if rumors are true that some players want to leave only another "top manager" will change thier minds from leaving. Adkins might have some success at Scunny but he isnt a really known guy so players might think this is a step backwards. Its also taken 4 years to get his team where they are, if he does become out new manager than Good luck to him and i'll get behind him but if NC wants promotion this season i just dont think it will happen.

Really? ive only ever seen Connolly come on and score when we have the game in the bag, last season we started with 451 then went to 442 with Connolly coming on. Same when we got Barnard, we tried 442 it didnt work so went back to 451 and late on he'll come on using the 442 formation. Guess what? we have been using the 442 formation all this season and its done us nothing, a win against a poor Bristol rovers side but loses against teams we would of thrashed last season.

wrong formation, we play so much better using the 451 formation, Connolly and lambert have never played well together.

Why do ppl want Zola? he's done nothing, struggled at west ham with a team far better than where they finished and he resigned at the end of the season as he was too stressed. I loved Zola as a player but i really dont think he's a good manager. I think Howe would be a good shout, nice style of football (uses the wings alot) always seems to get important points & got Bournemouth up without buying anyone. Ok he might have to get his type of players he likes in January but im sure with the team we have now he'll do fine.

yes he is, i think he's the type of player who will work best in the 4-5-1 formation floating behind the striker, he's defo not a right/left midfield.

If this is true hope he signs quickly, we should try placing a bid in for Antonio also, he still a bench player for Reading and we need pace in the team badly. Both of them would fit straight into the squad.

I really do think AP need to go back to the 4-5-1 formation we played for a bit last season. The 5th midfielder could be someone who can play a free role just behind Lambert. A also think we miss Antonio's pace on the wing to create chances. Lets hope Cortese opens that checkbook soon.

I think we need to play the 4-5-1 formation which we did so well with last season just to get us going.

seems AP strange sub tactics strike again!

His tactics are ok in the way of subs what lets him down is his tactics on the pitch. We got one of the best strikers in this league in Lambert who is a goal scorer and not a target man and AP keeps playing insisting to keep punting the damn ball long towards him. Play down the wings get crosses into the box and we'll score goals, for that you need proper wingers not CM's playing there cause he wants to fit them into the team. Im not saying he should be sacked but if we can all see the problem why cant he?

Drop lallana HE ISNT A WINGER and Mills is a far better option at LM and Waigo will probably be a better option on the RM. If you wanna have him in the side his best position is probably sitting behind the strikers but that means dropping either Morgan or Hammond or playing Lambert upfront on his own. The whole problem we have atm is that our wide men are not staying wide to cause problems, the more crosses we put into the box the more chances we'll get. Yes Lallana is a good player but its no use keeping him in a position that someone else is better at.

like ive said and many more this season already....WE NEED WIDTH. Playing lallana shouldnt be an option when he dont fit in, mills is miles better on the left. Papa could play on the right and saga upfront?