It is clear to see from today's game that the team is devoid of any form of attacking plan or blueprint that can win us football matches on a semi-consistent basis.
It seems to me that for years now it hasn't varied much from give Wilf the ball in wide areas and hope he does something whether that be beating his man and getting a shot off or finding a pass. On many occasions he will be brought down resulting in penalties of dangerous free kicks. After all, penalties did contribute almost 20% of our league goals last season.
The media love to go on about how we are this wonderful counter-attacking team and put our impressive away record from last season solely down to this. When you actually look at the facts and analyse them, the majority of our away goals did not come from rapid, dynamic breaks in which runners were bursting forward with intent. They merely came from our predominantly 'uncreative' midfield have more space to pick out passes and more leeway when making cutting, incisive passes. This was as a result of opposition teams not being as deep as they often are at Selhurst. Although it brought us success on the road last season it doesn't constitute a 'style of play' and it requires us to work around Wilf and hope he is on his game rather than him excel in a system that suits the team as a whole. This is worrying considering he probably wont be here after this season is up.
You can go up and down the premier league and looking at sides and the vast majority have systems and styles of play that they sign players in accordance to. For example our opponents today Sheffield United have invested in Olly mcburnie who fits into their crossing game but is also mobile, can link up play well and bring their more creative midfield players into the game. Others such as Wolves play expansively at home with a constant eye on making sure they are togther and compact when defending making them hard to beat but also allowing them to score enough goals to win games.
This is intrinsically linked to our recruitment policy. How can the club invest sensible money into the right sort of players when they have failed to build a foundation as to how we win games? Our home problems will not be sorted out until we inject some creativity into our industrious workmanlike midfield and address the over reliance on Wilf having to produce magic to win games.
It seems to me that for years now it hasn't varied much from give Wilf the ball in wide areas and hope he does something whether that be beating his man and getting a shot off or finding a pass. On many occasions he will be brought down resulting in penalties of dangerous free kicks. After all, penalties did contribute almost 20% of our league goals last season.
The media love to go on about how we are this wonderful counter-attacking team and put our impressive away record from last season solely down to this. When you actually look at the facts and analyse them, the majority of our away goals did not come from rapid, dynamic breaks in which runners were bursting forward with intent. They merely came from our predominantly 'uncreative' midfield have more space to pick out passes and more leeway when making cutting, incisive passes. This was as a result of opposition teams not being as deep as they often are at Selhurst. Although it brought us success on the road last season it doesn't constitute a 'style of play' and it requires us to work around Wilf and hope he is on his game rather than him excel in a system that suits the team as a whole. This is worrying considering he probably wont be here after this season is up.
You can go up and down the premier league and looking at sides and the vast majority have systems and styles of play that they sign players in accordance to. For example our opponents today Sheffield United have invested in Olly mcburnie who fits into their crossing game but is also mobile, can link up play well and bring their more creative midfield players into the game. Others such as Wolves play expansively at home with a constant eye on making sure they are togther and compact when defending making them hard to beat but also allowing them to score enough goals to win games.
This is intrinsically linked to our recruitment policy. How can the club invest sensible money into the right sort of players when they have failed to build a foundation as to how we win games? Our home problems will not be sorted out until we inject some creativity into our industrious workmanlike midfield and address the over reliance on Wilf having to produce magic to win games.
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