Conundrum

[PatrickA]

A family member mentioned to me a preference for the style we are currently employing than that which was employed under Glasner i.e more front foot, more chances, more players pushed forward.

Is that a common view?

For me it's a little too gung ho.
You can't expect to win too many games if you're conceding around 2 goals a game, however good to watch it might be.

Initially I thought it was because our defenders might not be good enough or we hadn't got a settled defence.
Now I'm more inclined to the view that it's more a question of them being placed in positions they are uncomfortable with, i.e dragged wide , chasing attackers, exposed to forwards running at them in space, lack of defensive cover.
I don't see Sage changing approach or the system.
He will live or die with the full backs pushed high and the midfielders free to break forward, which will continue to leave the 3 central defenders exposed.
Good to watch, but leaves us continually vulnerable.
This is not a knee jerk view, but I don't see how Sage survives if we continue to leak goals at the current rate, however likeable he may be.
You may get lucky on occasions, but you can't get enough results if you're conceding as many goals as we are.

 

[eaglesdare]

He can tweak it if he wants as we seen against Leeds. A more defensive approach but we only had one of two chances the other end.

I expect against Brighton we will be more defensive...but who knows.

 

[MrRobbo]

The mob doesn't know what they want. All they know is that they want something different.

At least the constant droning on about 4 at the back has been a bit subdued of late

 

[doombear]

I expect the defending issues will be sorted by Christmas and we'll still be scoring at least 2 goals a game and be winning more games than we lose. I will be surprised if we see another 0-0 this side of Christmas. It will take time for everything to gel and we'll be fine

 

[OneStevePerrin]

I can understand the concern about the back three never being the same players and to some point I agree. However, the bigger problem is that our wingbacks play too far forward and when losing the ball whoever is in the back three are pulled all over the place trying to cover for the missing wingbacks. It won’t get resolved by new central defenders coming in. The style of play Sage is making us play just won’t work until those wingbacks are better with the ball and those that they pass it to (Pino for example) don’t then lose it. Larsen tonight was also a culprit. I just can’t see how we can make it work chucking everyone forward the way Sage sets us up? Brighton will stuff us if we play like Sunday and tonight :-(