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agree. after 25 minutes he needed to change the shape or formation. But he doesn't have that in his locker it seems. Hull were excellent. Deserved to win by more.

if he had picked a different side, we may have still lost. Even with the subs we still really struggled to get out of our own half, never mind create chances. They had some of their own too. Basically, IMO our style and inability to cope with the press was the reason we lost, not the picking of Rothwell etc. Unless we adjust our game a tad against the press, we will struggle in the play offs. Russball feels like Bazball. We both love it but hate it at times.

we only looked good when Hull stopped pressing. We simply could not get past it prior to that. No idea why every team doesn't press us to fuck. We aint good enough to cope with it it seems.

Baz puts Manning under pressure. Our passing across the back four has been bad. We don't see able to cope with any sort of press/pressure at all.

so easy to get round Manning to create those chances though.

we seem to have stepped it up. Need to create something.

my fucking god is that shit baz. Lucky to get away with it.

it's like watching us last season.

another good chance for Hull. They should be three or four up

he's not giving much full stop. Amazed both sides have't got a couple of yellows. Same for both sides I guess.

great tracking back Brooks. Not somethign he has done since he got here. Good sign. Need others to follow his lead now.

High press killing us. Not too many teams have done it, strangely. Hull are and we dont have a clue how to beat it.

Hull have been a far better version of us. Play out from the back, beat the press with ease, expose huge gaps, create chances. We can get back in the game. Needs a massive improvement from everyone though.

The second was coming. We were getting murdered and he did fuck all. It was calling out for a shuffle of some sort. Maybe he doesn't have a plan b? Not really his style to make early changes to be fair. Slow and steady.

I did wonder if he might make changes after half an hour as we looked so poor.

should have been 3. If we get something from this game, that miss will be crucial.

my stream is a little behind. Wouldn't be surprised. Hull are all over us and when we don't have the ball, defensively we are not all that IMO (all season not just today)

a second for them looks the more likely at the moment.

I said at the start if the season that Hull would be there or there abouts come the end of the season. They have lost more games than I thought they would to be honest. Look pretty good so far though. We are second best everywhere right now. We need everyone to step it up a notch. Got to be careful not to go too gung ho

Wba were strong on the air at SMS, so that may have been a reason for his selection. If so, shows the management team are doing their research and willing to adjust to counter a threat. Like that.

Brooks and Edozie caused them plenty of problems in the first half. I thought they were our best players. We obviously have lots of options out wide, but I'd of been pretty fucked off if I was Edozie. The replacements didn't get near the same heights. For me, the issue was we didn't get the ball to Edozie and Brooks enough, not the inability to do anything when they got the ball. Poor decision by RM.

I always think there is the potential for 9-0 against these top sides. You almost always ride your luck to a certain extent. If they take a high percentage of the chances they create, you are fucked. It will be tough for us, as we have spent all season with the ball at our feet. We haven't played too many teams that have dominated us. WBA at home (second half) was one of those and we looked stretched to say the least. Sneaked a goal against the run of play and won. Maybe we can do that again. Maybe.

there was some great passages of play for us last night (the fifteen passes in our own box wasn't one of those), when we got between the lines. Just not quite enough of them. There were quite a lot of times when players had time to turn but didn't, but that's been the case all season. Sometimes it felt like we were almost giving the opponent too much respect. Instead of just passing it through the middle or to the wide man and attacking, we took 20 passes to go nowhere. Again, thats happened all season. I didn't think we mixed in enough longer balls last night. I can only remember one long ball and a poor defensive header went straight to Fraser who shot, which was deflected for a corner. It made me think perhaps we ought to do that a few times a half at least. That said, in the second half when we were chasing the game, we were less measured and patient and we looked much worse, which made me think our controlled slow build up is perhaps our only effective approach. We'll bounce back. Got to get that central midfield three working better though at WBA.

I didn't blame him for any of the goals against Huddersfield. As you say, there was an overload on his side. The attacks actually came down the other side, people were drawn across and a spare man appeared. However, that was not the case last night - at least not for the goals conceded. Manning was at fault for their first goal. Firstly he is lazy and takes up a poor position (I think) from a throw in, and almost gets done. A few seconds later he ball watches and gets completely done, allowing Mehmeti to pick Bell out for a tap in. The touch by Smallbone was fortune for City, but this had nothing to do with a lack of cover. It was just poor defending. It happens, but fullbacks that ball watch cause you problems. The third goal. Bloody hell. We lose the ball in their third of the pitch, Fraser is in front of Manning and closes the man with the ball down. There is no issue at this point. But Manning...honestly, I do not know what Manning was doing, he doesn't track his man who runs down the line (Manning has a five yard head start, so there is no issue), gets the wrong side of him (he maybe tries to cut out the pass but fails abysmally) and McCrorie can then just stroll to the edge of the box (no idea why Bednarek does not go out to him) and pick his man out. It was fucking garbage defending by Manning. Go with the runner and that goals does not happen. Maybe he was knackered at that point, but it was really poor. In terms of our all round performance/game. I am not sure much has changed to be honest. In other games we have managed to snuff out breaks or got away with them. This time we didn't. In other games we have taken our chances. Last night we had the great opportunity with AA, Edozie and Brooks and it didn't go in. Fine lines.

was Adams injured?