17-08-2022, 05:30 PM
(17-08-2022, 04:37 PM)DeepBlue Wrote:(17-08-2022, 04:13 PM)exterminator Wrote: Agree with most of those, however I wouldn't give Curtis an 8 - he kept coming inside in the first half instead of staying wide to give us width.
He eventually looked better after Scarlett went off and he played as one of the front two.
So did Dale. But I like that in a winger in a 442 because otherwise they become too easy to mark out of the game and can go long spells without seeing the ball. Curtis tended to drift in mostlly when Ogilvie was wider than him providing the width and that works well because the full back will often drift in with him leaving space for the overlap.
Also cutting in and shooting is Curtis' strength and he should be encouraged to do that. Staying out wide and crossing is not his strength .
Dale stayed out wide in the first half, that is what you get from playing a right footer on the right. Several times Ogilvie had thd ball coming forward & Curtis kept coming inside giving him no out ball.
We all know as well as most defenders do what Curtis strengths are. It is no good being a one trick pony & that why Curtis has gone backwards over the last 2 years, instead of working hard to cure his weakness of not being confident of going on the outside & crossing with his left foot as Jacobs can do.