Norwood has played as a lone striker in a 451 for three or four matches now and it has not adversely affected us. Pringle was playing on the right and cutting inside on to his left foot; today, Morris took that role. Jennings has been back on the left hand side since Banks came back into the team.
I agree about McCullough and still have reservations about Harris, who is not in the same class. McCullough is more disciplined and reads the game better and we will miss him against sides like MK Dons and Bury if he is unavailable.
I did not see any major tactical changes in the second half. I think we just passed the ball better and after our second goal Carlisle switched from a 532 to 442, which gave us more space to play in.
Thanks RLC. My last game before this was the home win v Notts County and a lot happened since, including the formation change, which has recently worked well. 1 up front doesn't always work and there were some early difficulties in this game, though they resolved as the game went on.
Pringle's strength is he doesn't give the ball away easily. I don't think he's ever been that fast. Morris works hard, he did ok coming back from injury, but more prone to running the ball into dead ends and getting dispossessed.
Banks was a bit of a mixed bag yesterday, some great attacking balls and the goal, but he was too casual at times and failed to make the most of some balls directed his way, yesterday.
Finally, Micky's reluctance to give Mullin/Dagnall any game time continues to puzzle. With us winning comfortably, feel it would have been more valuable to introduce one of them rather than Gilmour.