BWFC managers on a hiding to nothing

Natasha Whittam wrote:My crystal ball has it this way:

1) We sack Dougie next Saturday evening
2) Mick McCarthy takes over
3) We win every game until the end of the season and win the league
4) We sign Jermaine Defoe in the Summer and he scores 35 goals to push us to a top 4 Premier League finish
5) Mick McCarthy is named the new manager of Man Utd
6) Bolton give Sammy Lee another chance
7) By 2020 we are in League 2

Sluffy wrote:

wanderlust wrote:...makes us susceptible to attacks down the flanks, which can be countered by higher workrate from the midfielders - which leads me back to player error/inadequate workrate as the cause.

What midfielders do you suggest though?

Lee, Knight and Hall don't tackle.

Spearing and Medo play in the middle of the park.

Pratley is really a box to box attacking midfielder.

Ream possibly converted to play on the left perhaps – not sure of his engine though?

We simply don't have any midfielders who can naturally play on the flanks other than powder puff tackling wingers - and haven't had any for a number of seasons now, not since Taylor on the left and probably Stelios on the right.

This as led to a major, major unbalancing of the team imo - which leaves both our flanks vulnerable to attack, and a conveyor belt of crosses into the box - and goals continually conceded.

Not remember Cahill saying something when he was with us to the effect of 'there's only so many crosses we can head away before we have to let one in'.

A fundamental flaw in the team which is beginning to look fatal to us stemming the flood of goals that we continue to ship right now imo.