“That being said, it’s hard to be too critical because they’ve put three or four really solid performances together where they look like a strong, solid outfit. It’s easy to gorget that we’re coming here with the youngest team in the league, and we looked really mature. I want to be demanding, but to win 1-0 here regardless of the red card is a really good result.”
Dodds played a back five for the second game in a row at West Brom and while he admits it has detracted slightly from the team’s play, he doesn’t feel that is all down to the formation and it’ll clearly be in consideration moving forward.
“That’s the point I’m trying to make, you are obviously taking something away to look more solid,” Dodds said.
“Even within that shape, I do still feel like we can get bodies high up the pitch and there were two or three moments where we did that in the first half but we just didn’t get the final pass right. So that’s not a shape thing, that’s a decision-making thing. But we have a 16-year-old playing, an 18-year-old up front, Timmy making his second start in the Championship, Jack Clarke still working his way back. So I can’t be overly critical, but it is obviously something that we need to work on.”
