folletto
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Davies will have his first proper challenge as a manager now. The blueprint is there for other teams, mark Paik and Iwata out the game and Birmingham have no plan B, they created nothing. It's easy to call it a rare off day but to get it so tactically wrong against a side off the back of 3 woeful performances should be a bit of a concern.
I think it's fair to say May is a big ego so coming to Charlton, barely touching the ball, being booed and getting hooked at HT will sting. Play him every game and he will score 30 goals this season but that's all he will do and the rest of the gameplay will be limited as a result. He'll be on the ropes now, especially as he's on a poor run by his standards so will probably look to shoot every time he gets the ball rather than pass and work it.
As already mentioned, the most ironic thing about Davies' comments was that we spent 1/20th of what they did and the only reason we were able to do that is because they paid £750k for one of our players.
For us, consistency is the clear issue. We reverted to less hoof ball and it worked well. Birmingham passing the ball around the back also suited us as the press seems to be our strong point.
I think it's fair to say May is a big ego so coming to Charlton, barely touching the ball, being booed and getting hooked at HT will sting. Play him every game and he will score 30 goals this season but that's all he will do and the rest of the gameplay will be limited as a result. He'll be on the ropes now, especially as he's on a poor run by his standards so will probably look to shoot every time he gets the ball rather than pass and work it.
As already mentioned, the most ironic thing about Davies' comments was that we spent 1/20th of what they did and the only reason we were able to do that is because they paid £750k for one of our players.
For us, consistency is the clear issue. We reverted to less hoof ball and it worked well. Birmingham passing the ball around the back also suited us as the press seems to be our strong point.