When we needed continuity to help breed some confidence into the players Williams instead pulls off this 5-3-2 shit
We have never had the players for it before and we definitely don't have it now. Playing out of position:
A full back in centre half
Fulton as a footballer
A right winger as a striker / left winger
A number 10 as a false 9
Fulton has proven definitely that he CANNOT operate as a CDM. He never shows for the ball, has no assurance on his touch and no eye for a pass let alone the ability to execute it.
As a result we end up shaping something like this:
--------------------------- Vigouroux --------------------------
----- Christie ------------- Cabango --------- Delcroix --------
Key ----------------------------------------------------- Tymon
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-------------------- Fulton ----------- Franco ------------------
Ronald -------------------- Cullen ------------------- Bianchini
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No out ball for the full backs into the middle and no target man up front with three players who are all not what you would call dominant in the air. Yes the goals conceded were again down to individual errors (Christie for the first and Franco for the second) but the lack of a platform to build from is entirely down to Williams.
To add to that Franco is right footed so putting him on the left is always putting him on his wrong foot if you are looking at him to create anything or provide distribution.
I know that sometimes when what you have done before isn't working you feel obligated to do ANYTHING instead of nothing, but to go with this shape when knives are already out for you and the players have no experience playing this formation was always asking for trouble and he has gotten exactly what he has deserved.
