Polly Appreciation

Blaming yogi for the budget situations I don’t think is fair. He was starting to build a culture at the club that was allowing us to push on and we saw our best period of play under his leadership. Regardless of the signings he brought in, we would have NEVER been relegated under Yogi and therefore would have managed fine with our finances as we would have continued to build. Not to mention he would have given these young u18s more opportunities that could have helped the club continue to build from our local community. Talk to any player who played for us under Yogi and you won’t find a player who has a bad word to say about him! All of them say he was the best they had. He was creating a culture, one I think we need to go back to.

I’ll certainly give you props for the work put in for the post and believe a change in formation is needed however I’ll have to go with a few others and say 2 up just doesn’t work. We have 3 strikers but only 1 viable candidate(Oakley) I think white and Austin just wouldn’t get it done with a partner. However the bigger issue is deeper then. Less cover in the centre of the park when polly isn’t really a “worker” but creator. The biggest issue would be no cover for Rooney who NEVER recovers well! I mean it’s shocking and has been at fault of so many goals because of it! I think switching to 4123 is a better switch and having Welch sit and allow polly and MacGregor push forward to create and have Walsh and Doran come in more for extra options.

Predictable play and predictable subs! Only Roddy made a positive impact on the game when coming on. Thought the 2cbs did well today as did Polly (as per usual) I think the abuse he hears from the fans is uncalled for especially when all Rooney gets is cheers when he is literally the worst player I have ever seen at the club! The only time we look threatening is when polly breaks out and our wide players give width but between winger coming to narrow and full backs showing not energy to get up and support its worrying signs.