Dangerspoon

He just needs a good no.2 who has the brain to work out how to counter the tactical changes other teams make in the second half. If he got that, we’d be fine. Should that be Ralph’s job? Yes. But he isn’t good at it. Thing is though, he’s good at many other things, so getting in someone just to help with this aspect is fine by me.

We badly need a defensive coach. If we bring one in and still have problems then goodbye Ralph.

Defending was better against Man U. And yet we’ve a full strength side (minus Romeu)

Unfortunately when a side makes a tactical change Ralph doesn’t have the ability to understand what to do. First time I’ve really started to question his managerial ability

We’ve been a much better side since Diallo came on, and I think Ralph was right to rest key players for either the first half or second half of the game. Given our injuries and important games coming up I’d take what is essentially a 3-0 defeat to City.

If we stay up we are just very lucky we had such a good start as with the squad we have, the intensity of our play, and the frequency of the games this COVID year then we were always going to have injuries and therefore always going to have problems. Is it a coincidence that Liverpool have had similar issues? Do I want Ralph gone? No. I like watching us play when we’ve got a full strength side. Romeu going yesterday changed things. Next season, with the longer gap between games, we’ll hopefully have less injuries. However, over the summer he needs to come up with a Plan B for if injuries occur and when teams suss us out in the second half.