It's hard to tell where we stand this season. Sometimes we look classy, other times abysmal. Doesn't seem to be much inbetween and we appear to regressed back to the time where we seem incapable of competing at all in the first 45 minutes. Let's be honest, we have players we all wanted to see at the club - Samuel, Graham, Ogilvie, Tucker and Dempsey would be players I'd choose to be here if money allowed (within our budget of course). We have had league spells where I don't feel many sides would have competed with us - 9 goals in 4 games back in October and the same again back in November. Either side however, we seem barely able to create a chance.
Personally, I think the insistence of playing 4-3-3 to get Graham's prowess up front is leaving us short in midfield where we are unable to build possession and therefore cannot create the chances for a front 3. We have plenty of midfielders, again have opted against width, and are suffering for it. When was the last time we whipped a ball in the box to head in after a burst down the wing? When was the last time a forward burst through the centre latching on to a through ball from midfield? Slow and steady build-up play seems to be met with 10 opposition players back, too many in the box and a shot either blazed over the bar or hacked away. We have players of quality so I think its time we got the players into midfield to protect the defenders and provide opportunities to score for the strikers. If that means playing 1 up front so be it as 3 don't seem likely to score at the moment.