Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
We have the players to change the style if required. Reid, Murphy, Hoilett, Arter, Camarasa, Zohore can play a different way if asked. Tomlin is another if he was brought back into the fold if we went down and a new manager philosophy.

Patterson, for all his knack of chipping in with the odd goal, gives the ball away all the time and so if we are going to persist with him upfront than we can only play one way and that’s get it forward and hope for a defensive mistake.
I certainly believe that we could change style and try to play through teams although i'm not sure that the players you've mentioned could do it consistently although they're certainly much better players than they're showing at the moment. I've got to honest and say that i don't really rate Arter, i can't see what other supporters can, apart from a willingless to run, his general play is poor and his anticipation is terrible. Murphy makes some poor decisions and his delivery at times is dreadful and he seems intent on trying to take his man on at every opportunity, when it would be easier to start again-maybe he's being told to play that way. Hoilett is a much better player when he picks the ball up in a deep position, he has a bit of vision and his movement is good, he's not great with his back to goal. I think that Reid, Camarasa and Zohore have more to offer, there's a footballing brain or two amongst those three, it's got to be about giving them the platform and freedom to express that, and the support that goes with it. Tomlin........I just don't know.....