Sneag wrote:gazza1988 wrote:To be fair we had a striker on the right wing. Right winger at right back. Right back at centre back and 2 centre backs on the bench. Then you get people saying we look all over the place. I wonder why?
Kellan Gordon has played 99.9% of his games for Stags at right back or wing back.
Bowery has been coming in from wide pretyy much all season & by his standards has had a productive season.
The bench was all our available senior pros and a couple of lads.
We lost our shape a bit after Clarke went off IMO, but we allowed them to create very little all the same.
Wing back is not the same as full back. On is attacking with the occasional defensive duty. The other is defending with occasional attacking duty.
I'd much rather kellan play wing back with a back 3 also mal on the other side. If we are playing a back 4 then I feel Gordon is better suited further forward. If we get an injury at right back amd there's no option then I'm perfectly happy for Gordon to fill in.
I wasn't referring to Bowery, if you want to get technical he would suit coming in from the left as that has been more productive.
The problem Clough has is he's a guy who prefers a back 4 (nothing wrong with that). He's inherited good central midfielders and signed 2 more. So he plays midfield 3. He's got 2 available strikers (I suppose 3 because that was what law was initially signed as but at 16 you don't know what position you'll end up playing) and he seems to like his teams to have some width. So 2 out wide and one central.
So what's the solution? Change formation? It'd be pretty pointless right now. Will O'Keeffe and Riley be released, maybe Perch too, at the end of the season and sign new? For all we know Clough could have evaluated all the available right backs at the club and decided Gordon is the best available, that's concerning if so.