I made the long trip up from London to Ayr for last week’s match - the first one I’ve seen this season. Unfortunately, as the old adage goes, it’s a long journey home after a defeat, and that was a particularly sore one. I think the word is ‘frustrating’ - put simply, the game was clearly there for the taking if only we had played to our potential.
What lessons can we take forward into today’s game with East Fife? On the defensive side - despite a couple of individual errors for which we cannot legislate - I actually thought we looked reasonably solid. In normal circumstances I would prefer a back four to a back three, but given that a back three seems to give us greater stability (especially in view of the fact that we no longer have Tiger to protect the defence) - perhaps a that is the way forward.
On the attacking side, Ayr was just a bad day at the office. Obviously we are missing Williams and Lynch, but with the likes of Dalziel, Quinn and Anderson in the team, plus Murray and Magic coming off the bench, we should have created far more opportunities than we did. For future weeks, though, the key question is how to fit two wingers into the line-up if we’re using a back three - Murray has been left on the bench since this formation was introduced two weeks ago, but in the long term I’m sure most would agree we need him back in the side. Personally I would like to see us line up in a 3-4-3 formation, with one ‘out and out’ striker supported by two wingers.
In a few minutes time we’ll see whether Coughlinho agrees!
What lessons can we take forward into today’s game with East Fife? On the defensive side - despite a couple of individual errors for which we cannot legislate - I actually thought we looked reasonably solid. In normal circumstances I would prefer a back four to a back three, but given that a back three seems to give us greater stability (especially in view of the fact that we no longer have Tiger to protect the defence) - perhaps a that is the way forward.
On the attacking side, Ayr was just a bad day at the office. Obviously we are missing Williams and Lynch, but with the likes of Dalziel, Quinn and Anderson in the team, plus Murray and Magic coming off the bench, we should have created far more opportunities than we did. For future weeks, though, the key question is how to fit two wingers into the line-up if we’re using a back three - Murray has been left on the bench since this formation was introduced two weeks ago, but in the long term I’m sure most would agree we need him back in the side. Personally I would like to see us line up in a 3-4-3 formation, with one ‘out and out’ striker supported by two wingers.
In a few minutes time we’ll see whether Coughlinho agrees!
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