'It's basic football, I don't get it'

Former Sheffield United striker Carl Asaba gave his ideas on how to improve Sheffield United's form on the Blades Heaven podcast after another defeat to Fulham on Saturday: "The thing with our formation and why it was always successful is because we had the players that suited that formation. We had incredible centre-backs who could dribble and play up to the wing backs who were attacking. We're trying to do the same thing with players who haven't got those abilities against much tougher opposition.

"We're playing an attacking formation, but we're defending so this formation is terrible if you're defending. We've just come up a division, we should be as solid as we can, we can't go toe-to-toe and I feel it's been too bull-headed.

"These [Fulham] aren't the best team in the division and they've schooled us. You must adapt the formation to suit your players and suit the division you're in.

"The defenders are being let down by the formation becuase we have two strikers to press, but they can't press so that's two players out of the equation. You've got three in the midfield, they are bypassing our three because they can't cover down the sides. It's basic football, I don't get it.

"Cameron Archer should play ten and drop deep when they don't have the ball so Souza can go wide-right and Hamer can go wide-left and that's our midfield sured up.

"Their keeper was throwing it to the half way line, but it takes us 10 passes to get to the halfway line. It's so basic, absolutely shocking!"

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