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It is becoming problematic. He had the system last year and due to injuries changed it to two up front - that worked and we got promoted. He tried to go back to 4-2-3-1 at the start of this season and it didn't work again. We were again largely forced to a more 2 up top formation due to...

He may claim it, but he didn't hit it. All strikers do it. Are you sure it maybe didn't hit a small imperfection on the pitch that caused it to move ever so slightly, or just a natural curve on the ball? Because no matter how many times I've seen it, I don't see any chance in direction at all...

Watching the EFL show last night the guy doing the voiceover for our highlights (think it was Nick who used to do the Sky NFL games) described Chaplin as 2usually reliable". Unless he meant usually reliable in missing easy chances. Mind you, he did also say that in missing that chance he looked...

I would love to know how the set-up of this works. Is it MR tells the HoR who he wants and it's the HoR's job to negotiate the transfers (which is how I'd prefer to work it) or is it that HoR gets reports from scouts and decides who to sign and MR has to fit them in? Only reason I ask is that...

Maybe idiocy wasn't quite the right choice of word, but it definitely seems his refusal to bring Chaplin off is stubbornness rather than due to performance or tactics, and if he doesn't stop doing it it'll cost him his job. I think you can argue that is idiotic. No-one can say that there hasn't...

From my experience whenever we get a bog crowd in the team freezes and we are absolutely awful. I'm sure people can point to games with big crowds like Wembley etc that we've won. but I tend to find big home crowds sees us do worse than normal. I can really see the pressure getting to the...

I'm not knocking them, just pointing out that some of our most promising youth players have failed dismally yet average looking ones like Wilson are now England internationals and touted for £50m+. It can't be taken as read this will translate to the first team.

Trouble is we've seen in the past a decent academy team, decent reserves and then just dogshit in the first team. No idea what we do in coaching them in the transition but so many just seem to totally lose it from what look like incredibly promising starts.

I've said elsewhere that he's my tip for breakthrough next season, potentially replacing Bayliss.

At the moment the strikers next week I'd pick by Tombola - shove everyone not already playing in and first two out get to play up front. Why not Shipley playing up top - not like he can do any worse is it? Would totally flummox the opposition too!

No, use the money of a dedicated shooting coach instead.

If I'm honest if we'd won all those games it'd wouldn't have been an unfair reflection on the match overall. But it's about the results and they haven't been there because absolutely nobody in this squad seems capable of putting the ball in the net.

I'm not one who subscribes to the "stability brings success" mantra - I think success brings stability - but at the same time you can't just go and make changes every five minutes because things aren't going as well as you hope-think they should. You do have to give people a chance to put...

Really don't know what to think on this one. I'm guessing that we'll go largely unchanged apart from injuries as we dominated last weeks game and MR will feel they deserve another chance, but we've said that a few times this season. Home game, so I don't think we'll lose. It's just a matter of...

I think that the removal of grammar schools was short sighted and was destined to drag standards down, but at the same time I don't think grammar/private schools as they were were a good thing for society either as they give its students this sense of superiority and "I'm better than you" for a...

Yep - don't mind the women. On the whole analysis is just as good/bad as the men. Hope they get used more on MOTD. Also fun to see what different hairstyle Sue Smith has each time - I can see her going bankrupt the amount she must spend on it.

Only game I'd consider is Bears, and that only if it was at WHL. Doing the MLB games this year at WHU as a change. Bit expensive for my taste but person I'm going with is big MLB fan.

Only game I've ever left early. Missed their final goal. Didn't David Burrows lob his boots at someone after getting sent off. Not surprised that deal to take Juve kids on loan didn't last long - the two or three they sent were absolutely shocking and Nuzzo was truly, truly awful. Even Debec...

Like it, but surely it should become Michael Rose He shoots, he scores Hallelujah!

Why is it different? Manchester City aren't playing tonight. Manchester City U23's are. Technically two separate teams of players, coaching and management. I can see most first team players being rested in Caraboa Cup and a mix of U21 and academy players used in both games. Just depends on...