by Garawa » Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:05 pm
I think I do know where it has gone wrong - the midfield. Think back. We had Wright that shored up the defence, Payne commanding the midfield, we have scored more goals with Allen playing then almost any other player, Lee, great width with Whelpdale and Weston plus Jackman and Dack as back up. We now have 6 midfielders and 2 aren't much cop!
Why did the midfield look inept? Gregory is awful, I haven't heard a good word from any Gills fan. Frampton, very slow so as a midfielder is always going to create holes for the opposition to win possession back. Good width on one side but Lee on the other didn't balance. Doesn't take much working out why the midfield looked so poor! I fear it is time to have "lesser quality" players in the right spots instead of trying to create new players out of old. If anything, Callum Davies made a fairly decent holding midfielder at the start before Wright came in. Payne and to a lesser extent Jackman are a big miss. Maybe Robinson will fill the void, only time will tell. Martin Allen has tinkered to the brink of destruction and now I honestly don't think he knows what is best. What is obvious is that Gregory must improve immensely and Frampton can never be a left or centre midfielder - possibly the 2 most important places in the outfield team.
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