Do you want to gamble our chances of promotion on Haji Wright suddenly turning his form and mental state around?
Id personally trust Simms and BTA more despite their limitations. At least they put some energy and fight in to the team.
I wasn't talking just about the Birmingham game. But you need to look again at the first one. MVE is past the half way line and central when the ball is put through on his wing. He barely chases back.
He can do something about MVE and JDS going forward too much and not defending enough. The cost is just too much at the minute, let EMC and Saka do their jobs.
If we were going to have a dip now isn't the worst time if you want early pressure on Doug to bring some quality in.
I continue to be surprised that Lampard didn't have some budget guarantees before he took the job.
It looks like Lampard came up with a tactic of all out attack which caught many teams out but they have now tactically sussed it out and are exploiting the weaknesses of it.
He now needs to adapt and in particular tighten up in the full back positions somehow. It's killing us for decreasing...
Lampard needed to address the glaring weakness of MVE getting caught out of position forward. That's on him.
Rudoni has muddied the waters in getting the ball out wide quickly to EMC and tats. Torp is a more straightforward option and a better choice when he's fit.
Just want us back to playing a high tempo, forward looking game.
Get the ball quickly to EMC, Saka in space. Let them do their stuff.
Actually they are better with Rudoni away from them else we just see short passes rather than taking a defender on and getting the ball in the box.
We are trying to finish top 2, it's not that daft to expect us to beat a bottom 5 team is it? Or at least outplay them.
Well it might turn nasty because this is our chance to get promoted after 25 years. Any perception players aren't 100% committed and at their best increasingly won't go down...
We must inhabit different universes. The pressure is there right now. And it should be tbh.
Let's hope the fans don't turn too nasty too quickly. This team needs confidence and support because when heads drop it falls to pieces.