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Flat 4-4-2 or 4-5-1/4-3-3 I wonder.

I'm guessing you mean Phillips at LB? Based on your starting XI earlier in the thread you would then have Pennington RB? For me, moving Pennington from CB is a real loss, especially with Martin and Webster, who are both technically poor. I understand your thinking though. The argument could be...

Two general observations/questions: 1) How and why is Nouble in anyone's starting XI?! 2) Why is Stokes suddenly the worst player in the world, ever? The alternative suggestions aren't exactly great either; when has playing a right or centre back at left back ever worked?

Not his biggest fan at all, but he made that goal.

It's certainly deteriorated into that. Not how it started though. We were more direct, but with a purpose.

It's contextual, in comparison to recent weeks we are. Well, at least we were.

The pitch is truly awful. It's the same for both teams, but as we are looking to play football it's certainly more of hindrance to us.

In all fairness, we do not deserve to be losing. They offered little threat until their scrappy equalizer and we subsequently went to pot. Tudgay is playing the best I have seen him play. It's the first time I've seen Marshall play and he looks a good player at this level. Broadly speaking...

Why the outcry? People were excited by the thought of Mowbray and now we have him. The short term deal works for all parties; he keeps us up, he's in a stronger position to negotiate for budgets, recruitment etc and the club know they have a manager who can do the job. Surely both of...

It will make a nice change to not feel depressed before I have even entered the ground, at least about on field issues. Hockaday may set the team out in the same manner with the same tactics, but at this point none of us know that for sure. So for now, at least a slight hint of intrigue about...

To be fair, that is a pretty strong shortlist. I hope someone from the club is reading this site. Unfortunately of the seven names listed; realistically I think we could only attract three - Alexander, Money and Hill. The others would deem themselves too big for a struggling league one club...

Very true. Unfortunately SP and the team are not helping the situation with the absolutely awful football on show at the Ricoh. It would be interesting to see attendances if we were pushing for promotion. The figures would be a true reflection of those who truly are NOPM and those who throw the...

Fair challenge. I suppose the two potential counter points to that would be; a) McGoldrick was ahead of him and on fire which may explain why he was not given a chance b) as you alluded to, Wilson would have made his mark regardless of the manager, possibly? Some credit for giving Wilson his...

I raised this point a few weeks ago in a similar debate, but it is worth raising again; all arguments for SP keeping his job centre around external factors, predominantly the constraints he is under, SISU not delivering promises etc. Can anyone in favour of SP keeping his job, propose a reason...

Jones - 5 - keepers should never concede from a free kick on the side they are supposed to be covering. Aside from that, the few things he had to do he did well. Phillips - 5 - seemed to play within himself for the majority of the game and consequently did not strongly influence it. I think...

It was a tough comment to make bearing in mind Webster is knocking on the door for an international recall, but I am sticking to it.

I put this on another thread, but his "work rate" means he is NEVER in his actual position which in turn causes the whole team to lose its shape. Equally he is the only midfielder we have who makes attacking runs, so give him a go in the middle with Fleck or Barton, who will sit deep, and let...

Pennington is head and shoulders above the majority of our team. Put him a team playing with confidence and/or better quality players and he would be even better. He makes the odd mistake, which is to be expected and accepted as a relatively inexperienced 20 year old, but he has to stay at CB...

Hearing Robins post match interview was a nostalgic moment. There is a danger when thinking about the past to remember things more favourably than the reality at the time; 'the grass is always greener' etc. I don't think this is the case with Robins, one of very few managers in the last decade...

Aside from the Barton point, as he had a poor second half, my other points still stand and are fairly balanced. I would add that we do look genuinely clueless tactically at times. I have made this point several times before and unfortunately it still rings true.