really enjoyed this post, summarised well.
Agree that midfields our problem area, I think we're missing Donnelly/a defensive midfield player and thats messed up our formation.
Yesterday we had 5 in midfield but both Odonnell and McGinley are defenders which prevents us moving from midfield to attack well. Both looked a bit out of place. Our wingers are average which is why we weren't penetrating defences when we had possession in the earlier games.
Personal view is 4 -4 - 2 (without wingers - just wingbacks) or 4-3-3 (with 3 strikers) could work better for us against most teams.
We need to find a formation and give it a run of 5-6 games to bed in.