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Luton Town v Rovers: 17th September 2022
- Thread starter Barmitzvah Boy
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He needs to sort his act out and understand how to motivate his players imo. If you go to Luton everyone knows you will have to match their aggression and effort or you'll get nowt....... rather like me in the prediction league, I must be going down the table faster than hull at the moment.
I've unlocked it again if anyone wants to comment.
Old Darwen Blue
Prediction Champion 2021 & 2022
Oh here we go……
Absolutely correct. Why will this idiot not play his best goalscorer. If it needs a change of formation he obviously has the wrong formation.
Dunnfc
Senior Member
You don't create a formation and shoehorn players into it, you create a formation based on what you have.
1SimonGarner
Senior Member
I'm genuinely lost for words...........
steve w
Senior Member
Well at least I am happy Hull are on the slide
They are in my bottom 3 prediction
Nobody is on the slide - not one of us predicted a Luton win - which is amazing considering we havent won there in about 30 years
tonygreenbank
Senior Member
I wonder if in our history we have started 10 games without a draw?
blueandwhitehalves
Senior Member
Its very difficult to call at this point in his tenure, but my feeling so far is that our results are more a reflection on our quality of players than JDT.
We've an average side for this level and that lack of quality is going to be reflected in inconsistency as much as anything else. We're currently the gold standard for the unpredictability that defines 3/4 of the Championship every season.
We've an average side for this level and that lack of quality is going to be reflected in inconsistency as much as anything else. We're currently the gold standard for the unpredictability that defines 3/4 of the Championship every season.
As I said he obviously has the wrong formation if he cannot fit his best player in it and continues to lose matches. If he can't then "idiot" is so ridiculous a description.
blueandwhitehalves
Senior Member
Personally I very much disagree Dack is our best player. He's had 1 good season at this level in his entire career, and that was playing behind a number 9 in Danny Graham who was a Premier League regular at his peak and had the experience and ability to complement Dack's game perfectly.
That classic number 10 position of Dack's arguably doesn't exist now with players of his type (ability but little pace) having to drop into a more all-round midfield role. Some players, like Harvey Elliott, have adapted to it. I think Dack is struggling with it.
There's also the issue that he's now torn his ACL in both knees. I always think back to the effect on Shearer with similar injuries, tore his ACL aged 22 and fully recovered, tore his ankle ligament aged 27 and it wiped out his pace and turned a 30-goal a season striker into a 20-goal one. Dack's tears were a few days before his 26th birthday, and at 27. I think they happened at an age that could have finished him at this level.
There were 9 matches at the end of last season following Dack's return to fitness against Bristol, and despite us being on a bad run, Mowbray didn't start him in any. That suggests this isn't a JDT thing.
That classic number 10 position of Dack's arguably doesn't exist now with players of his type (ability but little pace) having to drop into a more all-round midfield role. Some players, like Harvey Elliott, have adapted to it. I think Dack is struggling with it.
There's also the issue that he's now torn his ACL in both knees. I always think back to the effect on Shearer with similar injuries, tore his ACL aged 22 and fully recovered, tore his ankle ligament aged 27 and it wiped out his pace and turned a 30-goal a season striker into a 20-goal one. Dack's tears were a few days before his 26th birthday, and at 27. I think they happened at an age that could have finished him at this level.
There were 9 matches at the end of last season following Dack's return to fitness against Bristol, and despite us being on a bad run, Mowbray didn't start him in any. That suggests this isn't a JDT thing.
Barmitzvah Boy
Global winner of the 2021 Christmas Quiz 👊🤩🤩
For the 5th time this season we failed to turn up and were mullered for trying to play it out from the back and being closed down quickly. You might of thought that JDT may have spotted this as well?
Barmitzvah Boy
Global winner of the 2021 Christmas Quiz 👊🤩🤩
Fair criticism from Lancs Live:
www.lancs.live
Blackburn Rovers overlooked two crucial positions in the summer transfer window
Jon Dahl Tomasson's side were beaten 2-0 at Luton Town as they fell to a fifth defeat in 10 Championship games
steve w
Senior Member
Very fair!Fair criticism from Lancs Live:
Blackburn Rovers overlooked two crucial positions in the summer transfer window
Jon Dahl Tomasson's side were beaten 2-0 at Luton Town as they fell to a fifth defeat in 10 Championship games
I do believe there is a footnaller in Edun.
He just looks scared of making mistakes - which of course leads to him making them!
Every pass is under or over hit and unless he can get a run and find some confidence he is just deadwood.
Got to agree 100% on the midfield evaluation too
Good article written by someone who actually seems to have the courage to write it as he sees it
Barmitzvah Boy
Global winner of the 2021 Christmas Quiz 👊🤩🤩
I also believe Edun is a decent footballer. When he left Lincoln their fans were fuming that ‘they gave him away’. He is decent going forward and I see him as more of midfielder.