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It’s the fact that his teammates avoid passing to him if they have a choice between him and anyone else. Watch closely in the second half (where I’ll probably get proven wrong 🙄)

Shipley seemed (IIRC) to play better when Doyle was in the team. May be having a midfield Marshall alongside him suited Shipley - gave him confidence to try things knowing that Doyler was backing him up / knew what he was doing. Unsure how many games Kelly / Shipley have paired up. It’s not...

I’ve watched every minute of his play (like many others have) on Sky or IFollow this season. I’ve seen a number of badly misplaced passes, needless fouls in dangerous positions, losing possession cheaply, making the wrong runs / not making any run, dwelling on the ball and losing, slowing down...

Sheaf occasionally. Allen often. A midfield centre pairing of Kelly & Hamer with O’Hare mixed in is good enough for the top half of the Champ. Sheaf & Shipley with Allen? Not so much.

13Wilson - 6 - wonder if he’ll get some kind of record of penalty conceded goals ratio. Did ok. 2Østigard -7 - good assist, most things well 5McFadzean - 7 - solid 15Hyam - 7 - did ok 23Dabo - 8 - attacking menace - quality player 6Kelly - 9 - awesome but should have had a hat trick (satire)...

13Wilson - 6 - wonder if he’ll get some kind of record of penalty conceded goals ratio. Did ok. 2Østigard -7 - good assist, most things well 5McFadzean - 7 - solid 15Hyam - 7 - did ok 23Dabo - 8 - attacking menace - quality player 6Kelly - 9 - awesome but should have had a hat trick 14Sheaf -...

Agree with most of this, good so far on crosses, distribution, off his line quickly; he just gives me the jitters when he lets the ball roll dangerously towards the goal line. There are going to be managers who watch the match videos back and pick up on this. Expect opposing centre forwards to...

Don’t want to go back. Build a better stadium. Move on.

Decent point that. If you watched Baka v Norwich in the first half he did chase their keeper and back line down quota a lot; he even blocked one of the keepers’ kicks IIRC. Stopping a planned long ball play by hurrying the back line will be useful against Wycombe for example, it’ll stop...

I waffled on previously that having Allen in the team is ok, so long as he is the only “slippery (or lightweight, take your pick)”player in the spearhead. Godden, O’Hare and Allen are all lightweight players and as such we offer no physical threat going forwards and a high press and strong...

At the beginning of the season I think we would all see any points won away from home against “wealthier” clubs as a bonus.

Wilson - 9 - seemed to do everything right, unlucky with the penalty, some good distribution and different type of distribution which mixed the whole play up. Some good saves, looks a bit edgy with a pass back (too close to the goal line) ( Just swore on the radio though🤷🏻‍♂️) Dabo - 9 - could...

I always thought Keith Thompson (Garry’s brother) should have had a better opportunity / career. Started off with us, went to Spain (2nd tier I think - did ok) and then came back to us at about age 23. Was a left winger / striker who banged in loads of goals in the reserves (when the reserve...

SISU didn’t understand the Bosman ruling. Whether or not RR explained it to them clearly / honestly and accurately we will never know. SISU invested in players and placed their purchase value on their “balance sheet” (if you were). So. If they spent 1m on a player, they didn’t see that as...

I’ve reverted to “reward absolute mediocrity with a 6 not a 5” standard of rating. Marosi - 6 couple of good bits of control and passing and generally a calming influence. Perfectly good keeper at this level but wasn’t his best match McCallum - 6 not as good as his last couple of matches but...

Middlesbrough weren’t that great. We have they players to beat them. Unfortunately, we put different players on the pitch today and played them in strange positions.

Really poor team selection and poor morale.

Not sure about this line up. Hope I’m wrong.

Marosi Ostigaard - McFad - Hyam McAllum (wb) - Hamer (DLP) - Giles (Wb) Kelly (Cm) Godden - O’Hare (sub 65 Allen) Biamou (Rotating triangle) I’d go with the above. I’d tell Godden and O’Hare to push against their defence and press high and chase every lost cause for 65 mins. Wear...