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Dasilva is an excellent footballer. May not be a great defender but one of the best technically on the ball we have.

Disagree on this tbh. Eccles gives a fuck and I won’t ever ask him to curb that. This must be one of his first suspensions for us? Sheaf has missed more through injury and Rudoni through not turning up so I’ll allow Eccles this one.

I dont think he’s much better defensively and as one of the players who just get the most touches of the ball he just doesn’t use it or drive well enough. But mostly I think an older CB will likely play the central role.

Honestly on current form I’d drop Sheaf (clean up on aisle EarlsdonSkyBlue) for that CM. Toss up for the defenders but given mobility and everything it would probably be Thomas at CB who loses out. Unless he moves to the right side.

I maintain an experienced CM and an experienced CB transform this side. Just crying out for some steel and leadership on the pitch.

Because we’ve got zero cover without moving someone from elsewhere in the team

I think given what’s available he’ll move Rudoni in and put Dasilva out left. Squad suddenly looks awfully thin again.

No Eccles next game either, so something has to change, but probably not for the better.

Eccles - 6: Always tries, gives a shit. His corners were actually pretty fucking good. A good barometer for whether the others are doing the basics. They weren’t: All the other starters 5. Subs - 6. Thought Mason-Clarke looked dangerous but didn’t get released properly. Dasilva always good on...

The goal changed any game plan, they sat back and wasted time/broke momentum for 80+ mins, then got another flukey one against the run of play. Once they did that we were never going to have the right quality to break them down and haven’t ever since Robins has been here TBF. But especially with...

There was a plan. The players didn’t follow it. That’s what Robins said. We didn’t use the space out wide, we wasted possession with bad decisions, we didn’t move the ball quick enough or move them around off the ball.

That’s where it comes from though. Same as the shit passing. Too scared to play because they’ll win the ball, too quick to pass it off to someone else and run away.

It’s not an excuse it’s a fact of life. The players got clapped off 0-2 down against Luton cos we could see the effort was there. They got nothing tonight cos it wasn’t.

Game plan, tactics, plan B, all of this is moot if the players don’t turn up and put the base level of effort in. Derby won today by being first to balls, being positive, and throwing themselves at everything. None of that was written on an iPad.

Did Vik lose it at Brighton and Swansea? It’s a factor of leadership. People are different depending on the situation. Look how many players have gone world beater to carpet beater since leaving a good Robins side. Without leadership your team is at the mercy of emotions and how the game is...

They all hide. Team full of fannies

Were poor more often than were not and Middlesbrough was against ten men.

Im a massive MvE fan but he’s fucking me off as well, always cutting back, a ball out to him is entirely pointless. Just check back every time killing all momentum.

They played the ball forwards and shot. When you do that you get flukey offsides and deflections.

Absolutely shocking. Look lethargic, lacking in confidence. No one wants the ball, no one want to take on a man or try a pass, just left to right among the CBs until we get bored and aimlessly lump it. No movement, defensively shocking, scared to shoot, second to everything. Sick of one step...