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I'm not posting this message to sulk, certainly not after 2 games.
But even before watching the Tottenham and Hull games it was obvious that we don't have the right players to play a 3-5-2 formation. When you play 3 at the back, all three defenders have to have pace because you can sometimes find yourselves exposed on the counter-attack, which happened countless times against Tottenham. It puzzels me as to why Harry thinks Dunne can play alongisde two other slow defenders in Caulker and Rio. It also worries me that he rates Dunne over Nedum, who was by far our best defender last year and he can actually use his feet and has a bit of pace - unlike Dunne.
It seems to me that all Harry's plans have gone straight down the drain after just one-and-a-half games. Even though we've signed 2 defenders, Harry is going to have to get another one in and one who can actually run and use the ball with his feet. He has to scrap his 3-5-2 plans and play either 4-3-3, 4-3-2-1 or 4-5-1 because 3-5-2 is never going to work with the players we've got. We'll also need to find a replacement for Traore because he's not Premier League standard. He's far too casual on the ball and simply not good enough.
The most worrying thing for me is why Harry believed or still believes that we have the players to play 3-5-2. It's so obvious that we don't yet he's getting paid thousands to manage our team. I remember he told the press last season that no one plays 4-4-2 anymore but after a string of bad results and a lack of goals he decided to change from 4-5-1 to 4-4-2. All this says to me that he doesn't really have a clue. He's a great motivater but a very poor tactician.
And just to add, we MUST keep Remy. We cannot afford to rely on strikers who haven't proved themselves in the Premier League.
But even before watching the Tottenham and Hull games it was obvious that we don't have the right players to play a 3-5-2 formation. When you play 3 at the back, all three defenders have to have pace because you can sometimes find yourselves exposed on the counter-attack, which happened countless times against Tottenham. It puzzels me as to why Harry thinks Dunne can play alongisde two other slow defenders in Caulker and Rio. It also worries me that he rates Dunne over Nedum, who was by far our best defender last year and he can actually use his feet and has a bit of pace - unlike Dunne.
It seems to me that all Harry's plans have gone straight down the drain after just one-and-a-half games. Even though we've signed 2 defenders, Harry is going to have to get another one in and one who can actually run and use the ball with his feet. He has to scrap his 3-5-2 plans and play either 4-3-3, 4-3-2-1 or 4-5-1 because 3-5-2 is never going to work with the players we've got. We'll also need to find a replacement for Traore because he's not Premier League standard. He's far too casual on the ball and simply not good enough.
The most worrying thing for me is why Harry believed or still believes that we have the players to play 3-5-2. It's so obvious that we don't yet he's getting paid thousands to manage our team. I remember he told the press last season that no one plays 4-4-2 anymore but after a string of bad results and a lack of goals he decided to change from 4-5-1 to 4-4-2. All this says to me that he doesn't really have a clue. He's a great motivater but a very poor tactician.
And just to add, we MUST keep Remy. We cannot afford to rely on strikers who haven't proved themselves in the Premier League.
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