best form of defence ?

[swjf50 0]

....is attack.

At home we need to play 2 strikers to give the opposition more to worry about. Becchio and either Holt or Jackson could work well and we could have Kamara or Bennett on the right wing. At the expense of who? That''s difficult .....possibly Hoolahan, not because he has played badly but we need to try out new formations to break down the opposing defence & score more goals.

I would also put Whittaker in central midfield in place of one of our central midfielders, as he is more versatile and can pass!!

[Mister Chops 7]

Ian Holloway undermined your theory two seasons ago.The best form of defence is a well organised defence.

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

No it''s not!!

The best form of defence is to DEFEND properly.

In case it passed you by we attacked a lot more than in recent games yesterday - but because we didn''t defend as well as we have been doing we conceded two goals at home for the first time this year.

[swjf50 0]

Of course you have to be well organised at the back aswell but if you are just going to sit back and allow the opposition to attack you, you are never going to score. Goals give you wins, do they not? I just think we can set ourselves up to be more attack minded, have the ball in the opposing half more often whilst keeping it tight at the back. It''s not rocket science.

[Hannibal II 0]

The best way to stop other teams scoring is to keep the ball something we can''t do very well at the moment. It doesnt matter how good a team you are playing if they don''t have the ball they can''t score

[swjf50 0]

if you keep the ball and don''t threaten the opposing goal, you aren''t going to win any matches. In this division if you make a mistake at the back, it is usually punished, so I would still say that when there''s a chance to get some points we should at least go for it and give the opposition something to worry about.