Games in this league get more strange each week.
We were woeful first half, the system was at fault. Neither Kitching or Donaldson are good as wingbacks, Kitching lacks confidence going forward and it was laid bare today with most things breaking down with him in the first forty, Amos is much better in that position and it showed in the second half.
I have mostly berated Donaldson but he is much better attacking than defending. The 5-3-2/3-5-2 system doesn’t work for us, it’s one of the reasons we’re in the $h*t and possibly one of the reasons behind him not fulfilling his potential. We’re farting about with systems when the teams prospering are lumping it forward/over the top and it’s obviously paying off for them.
Midfield is a massive panic area, Hawkes and others on the receiving end of potential carrier ending short passes or hospital balls deserve better from Featherstone and Noble. Almost every pass Noble made today was wayward. Similarly Featherstone, only backward. Molyneux, and his like are the way forward.
Forwards are suffering as a result of a poor midfield, Kabamba is no longer getting the service he was in his first few games, James is a foot shorter than when he started as he covering twice as much ground as the whole midfield. He might not be a prolific goal scorer but he’s a friggin nuisance to opposition defences.
We’ve sorted the defence in readiness for next term, attacking wise we need one addition. Midfield needs shaking up and sorting or shipping out and we’ll be good to go.