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Defoe and Wickham

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by concrete tony, Jan 31, 2015.

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  1. concrete tony

    concrete tony Well-Known Member

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    thought they showed signs of a good understanding today. Could be some good things to come.
     
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    smithy in nl Well-Known Member

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    totally agree mate very good signs today, and winning a winnable game what next?? Haha

    Onwards and upwards
     
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  3. Sam_Fring

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    Connor played well, boosted confidence from a much needed goal. What surprised me about JD was how well he kept the ball and played good attacking passes. Not just a shoot-on-sight poacher
     
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    Something to build on up front at last. More of the same please. <cheers>
     
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    password invalid Well-Known Member

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    ,Hes big,hes strong,hes english ,hes scored,hes ours ,hes CONNOR WHICKHAM
     
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    Who said 442 doesn't work and is outdated?
     
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    password invalid Well-Known Member

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    was it lord monte dewilly de honk
     
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  8. Sam_Fring

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    Me.(That wasn't 4-4-2 by the way)
     
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    Course it was, or at least as close to 442 as possible.
     
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  10. Sam_Fring

    Sam_Fring Well-Known Member

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    Who played right wing?
     
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    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    It was 4-3-3
     
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    4132 I'd have said but it was often 433.

    AJ spent time centrally behind front 2 and lots of time on left wing, Connor favouring right, leaving a narrow 3 behind them of Brid, Seb and Jordi
     
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    Sam_Fring Well-Known Member

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    So it was fluidly switching between...


    ---------Brid--------
    --Seb---AJ---Jordi
    -----Connor--JD

    And...

    Seb Brid Jordi
    Connor JD AJ
     
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  14. Montysoptician

    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    Listening to Gus on the way back from the game, he said 4-3-3 with Connor told to go between right wing and centre.
    He said Fletcher was originally meant to play but he missed two days training when his wife had a baby.
     
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    Fletch couldn't play that role like Connor did today. BUT... we started to see the full back play and crossing that makes Fletch a very dangerous player.
    It'd be less flexible with him but could still be good as a kind of 4132 diamond with very attacking full backs
     
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    Reveillere was immense today. First game since before Xmas and played the full 90. He's a very good player mind. Just wish he was 5 years younger!!

    Wickham and Defoe played well. Was 4-3-3 with a 4-4-2 feel to me! Particularly first half.
     
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    Get his name right if you're going to go in for that sort of thing mate.
     
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    <laugh>.
     
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    sorry , captain morgan spelling SIR CONNOR WICKHAM
     
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  20. Montysoptician

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    Agree Marcus it was good to have two quality full backs on the field giving is loads of width. 4-4-2 felt like 4-3-3 because of the fluidity of movement by Defoe and the idea that Wickham gets close to him in the box.

    I don't know if you spotted the cross by PVA (I think) across the six yard line in the second half. Defoe went front post and it came through to the back with Wickham stuck on the wing, he was gutted but that was the only time that I could see that the system didn't work <ok>
     
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