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Dabo and McCallum aren’t FBs, Shipley isn’t a winger and Giles isn’t a RW, Walker isn’t a target man and the CBs aren’t at their best in a two. It’s just bodies behind the ball and it wasn’t 4231 it was 45——-1

What sitters did we miss exactly? O’Hares half chance?

Happy to help him out: you played ten men 20 yards from goal and Walker on the shoulder. We didn’t “play our game” because our game is mostly players playing in their proper positions in a formation they understand.

He was out of position. We found out last season that like McCallum he’s a WB not a FB. Just like we found out Shipley isn’t a winger. Apparently we’ve forgotten that again.

We conceded anyway. We simply aren’t good enough to sit back and absorb constant pressure for 90 minutes.

No player above a 6 for me and that’s exactly why it’s a problem with the formation. No one seemed to know their job or where their team mates would be. No clear balls out of defence so we just lumped it up to Walker all day. If that’s the game you’re playing you’ve got to play Baka on his own...

Yeah my missus was told last week they were coming in on Monday. We’ve been self isolating all week so don’t know if they did or not.

Yes. If you play ten men behind the ball for 90 mins against the worst teams in the division you don’t concede. Except when you do. Then you go two up top to salvage a draw.

In place of two other first teamers in Walker and Kelly/Hamer. Which is the entire point. You’re leaving good players out.

Only cos you can rest your eyes for 90 mins and not miss anything.

Our problem is ultimately one up top. Last season the box worked as an actual 5221/3421 because we could ply possession football and control the middle. We don’t have that quality so our forward midfield two in 5221/4231 get pinned back to a flat five in midfield and leave a chasm between...

Why do you keep going on about 343? We’ve never played 343 and no one is asking us to.

2 out of the 3 games we’ve played this formation we’ve been dreadful. The only time it’s even looked close to working was when we had Sheaf and Kelly at the base and Hamer further forward.

The two in the first half where Kazim Richards took the piss out of Hyam and when we left a man over at the far post and Wilson stopped it. They had a couple of decent penalty shouts second half as well, and hit the bar when it was easier to score. They could’ve had 4/5 today.

Why are we pretending that we haven’t had a massive shift in quality of opposition since the break? Even Norwich were down to the bare bones and poor on the day. We should’ve picked up 10 points the last 4, not 6.

Really missed Sheaf today. Giles and Shipley both naturally get dragged too deep to play the role they were.

Just a fact if you change formation. Like it or not Barnsley dude was spot on. Ten men behind the ball against the worst team in the league. As soon as we were forced to go to a formation our players knew we got forward and threatened them. Robins needs to listen to himself and get some belief...

Poor performances because players aren’t used to these positions. Poor passes because teammates aren’t where they are expected.

fucking Hamer saved some blushes there

Deserve that. Utter garbage.