Shroppie

Yes. Where has it gone? Apart from transfer fees, wages, building the best training facilities in England, paying off contracts, ground maintenance, matchday expenses, obviously. There must be millions left over. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Think I wasn't far away. And feeling the same. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

I'd agree it's more creativity. A couple of chances early on might have gone in but all too often we move the ball through midfield (or worse, hoof it up to Pelle) then hit a brick wall. If we get it wide the crosses are predictable and there just isn't the intelligent movement to make something happen. That's where we miss Lallana and even Lambert. Tadic looked at the start of last season as though he would fill the gap but not now. You can add in lack of understanding. We're not letting the same players play together often enough. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Major need for an Adkins blue line. And BTW, would he have put that team out last night, with those tactics? Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Absolutely. He was obviously so gutted and upset for the fans. He knows the performance was poor and criticism is justified, but the team desperately need confidence with the fans behind them, and that's our job. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Agreed. It's worrying that the message is that he doesn't have confidence in his players to play a passing game, and what us that doing, in turn, to their confidence? Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Yep. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Sitting in a bar just back from the game. Yes, very disappointed like everyone but trying to analyse what's wrong. In a word it's fear. RK picked an excessively defensive lineup for fear of conceding. He announced a direct approach through fear of losing the ball in a passing game. Our central midfield rarely turned on the ball - not brave enough. So it was nearly always the safe, but unthreatening ball. Another factor in this is the lack of movement restricting positive, attacking passes. Our so- called wing backs weren't. In promising positions, particularly Targett was too frightened to attack his man and the byline and floated in harmless diagonal crosses. When Tadic came on, Targett was no support. A key to winning matches, cited by many good managers including WGS and Adkins, is being brave on the ball, trying the unexpected but working hard as a team to get the ball back if it's lost. From the manager down, we're simply not confident or brave enough at the moment to win anything. Just as well we're out of Europe. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Are you serious? He hasn't travelled because of a "stomach infection" and there are several hundred posts speculating on whether that's for real or a cover up for a transfer. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Fairly quiet but good atmosphere on the strip now. Nice mix of fans, very low key policing. The IPA is superb but very strong. There will be no further sober posts from Shroppie tonight. :-) Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Awesome! Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

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But can we win with 10 men? Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Let's just win tomorrow first? Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

No he's not. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Having checked the derails, RK specifically denied that Vic's omission was anything to do with speculation. Good enough for me. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Not so. I'm in the "believe Ronald until proved wrong" camp. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

So either the statement that he won't be allowed to leave is reneged on and the illness is fake or we meant it and he's ill. We'll find out in due course. But not before meltdown on here. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Morgan was left out in similar circumstances last year until he'd got his head round the fact that he wouldn't be leaving. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

So it was typical Sky spin suggesting it was because of his imminent move to Spuds. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Sky claiming he hasn't travelled to Denmark. But didn't add the detail that he has a "stomach infection" until it was on the ticker. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

You'll need your dad's ID. And your dad. :-( Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Atmosphere is everything. Stadium MK has none Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

Are we talking about the same stadium? Stadium Mk is truly awful: St Mary's is way better. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk

I'd guess 1000 max, especially if we're still in Europe. How many did we have at Sheffield Utd? Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk