by Esteban »
30 Dec 2012 18:44
Victor Meldrew Royal91 The formation change has impacted on an upturn in defensive performances not Ian Harte.
I wonder if Shorey would have benefited from that extra midfield cover in the same way as Harte has instead of spending all season covering most of the left side of the pitch on his own.
In these 3 games we have conceded just 1 goal but also scored just the one so it is obvious that Harte has been playing in a defense-first set-up whereas Shorey has played in an attack-first set-up (2 scored v Arsenal,3 v Man Utd etc.).
We have got by with Harte there but I would much prefer to see Shorey playing again and expect him to play against Spurs although I pity whoever plays up against Lennon-although a limited player he ccan make defenders look pedestrian when it is an on-day.
BTW Harte keep your thoughts on the fans to yourself-we are effectively your boss so unless you have a genuine complaint (as HB said earlier the fans have been very much behind the team all season)shut the f*** up.
Happy to dish it out, but can't take it, eh?!