Darrell Clarke's Style Of Play

Direct.

When we are on form and able to dictate play we generally play quite a good style of football. I certainly think we are less deliberately direct than we were back in the twerton days where it was very much lump it forward to Devon White, Christian McLean, John Taylor or Gareth Taylor and then play from there.
The problem arises when the opposition formation is more affective than ours leaving us less space to play or pressing our defenders to knock if forward early. There has also been a big confidence issue this season, this leads players to hide a little bit, not create angles for short passes and again leave the keeper and back four little option than to go long or knock it in to channels.
At least DC doesn't do an Arsene Wenger and moan that teams don't play against us in a style that allows us to be at our most effective!!!

This season I’d describe it as John ward style.

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Generally we play better football on better pitches. The Mem pitch over the last couple of seasons (until this season) has been excellent and contributed to more entertaining football.

This season though, aside from the pitch, we have become a bit too predictable as we don't have the formation flexibility of previous seasons.

We currently have no players who can get down the wing beat a full back and get a centre in past the first man. We are normally restricted to Browner and Bola / Leads launching aimless balls from near the half way line into the box, and when Sincs plays, although we all like the fella, he is simply unable to pass the ball forward; so then rely on even more of a longer game, in fact we totally rely on a long ball game with the occasional Hollywood ball from Linsey. Which hopefully will-all change when our four new recruits arrive in January. hmm lets hope.

I call his current style of play 'As good as it can be given the circumstances'. Gambled on releasing a winger for a better one that didn't come in, so we have had to play a more direct style of football than what even DC probably isn't happy with.

But this IMO is the most important transfer window under his tenure because we have a lot of deadwood (Who I can't thank enough for getting us back to where we are today) which DC has already identified and will be out, but has pleaded to be backed by the board to get the quality players we need to progress.

We finally see if the Family and Hamer will back DC or whether it really is just a show. I prey it's the first.

Can't help but feel we will bet let down yet again. Probably a couple of players on loan. If Bodin goes then I would be very concerned.

When we are good, we paly some decent stuff (not like every team), when we aren't we don't (like all teams)