Five at the back
I am a fan of LJ and think he has got a lot right since coming in at Hibs. However, I do not understand why he insists on persisting with five at the back when it is clearly not working with this set of players.
The system has uses in games against the Glasgow two but to start must win games at home with 5 defenders on the pitch makes no sense. Particularly with the attackers we have at our disposal on the bench.
Our poor run earlier in the season and pretty much all of our worst results have come in games where weve started with 3 centre backs and wing backs. For me it places far too much reliance on Cadden and Stevenson/Cabraja to deliver a cross or beat a man.
Can anyone give me any arguments in favour of it?
The system has uses in games against the Glasgow two but to start must win games at home with 5 defenders on the pitch makes no sense. Particularly with the attackers we have at our disposal on the bench.
Our poor run earlier in the season and pretty much all of our worst results have come in games where weve started with 3 centre backs and wing backs. For me it places far too much reliance on Cadden and Stevenson/Cabraja to deliver a cross or beat a man.
Can anyone give me any arguments in favour of it?