AlexLaw76

Not play 3 at the back, not put Fellows at Wing Back, not put Azaz wide, not put Scienza the other side of the defender he had in his back pocket, not stuck with 3CB when it was clear how bad Swansea are, put another body in the middle of the park to push them back and create overloads in our attacking 3rd...

Oddly Russell Martin did alright

I would expect us to have good chances, look at the standards of their squad/team... We could/should have been solid at the back with Edwards pushed RB (or replaced) with Azaz or Fellows in their place. As for a blueprint, we will be nowhere near the playoffs if this is the framework the manager is going with (and what would that say about the "need" for wingers and a No.10). Will Still is a terrible manager, who's record so far s there for all to see

of the 21 shots, many were incredibly hard / not on target. Usually against a packed defence/from range. Yes, we created some chances (and a couple of really good chances), I would expect that given the vast gulf in the quality of the squads. His set up does not allow for overloads in the attacking 3rd very much. The period that we did do it (from about 30 mins to HT), we immediately had their defenders facing their own goal (where a handful of our good chances/situations came from). The 2nd half was crap, largely because they started to press us (remember, our extra player is in defence) making us hoof it more, and their keeper overall, had a fairly quiet game. It happens every fucking game

he is a big part of the problem.

Don;t feel sorry for him, he started with 5 defenders.

Terrible manager

Our local journo's are awful. Blackmore is so sycophantic, with House consistently making sneering remarks at anyone genuinely concerned about the manager

FT 0-0 No one can say with a straight face that the set up was not a big factor in that game? We played well for about 35 min in total, against a team who are fucking shite, and don't have a single player who would make our match day squad. Yes, we had chances, and yes we missed easy chances, but you would expect us to give the vast gulf in the standard of player. Look at many of the chances outside of our 30 min purple patch..lots of blacked penalty areas, chances from range - all very difficult. Was not until around the 30 min mark when Scienza started to be given the ball deep inside their half and he was able to get their defenders facing their own goal Time and time again our overloads were in our defensive 3rd meaning when they woke up, they could press us and push us into a hoof. As for the manager, fuck me. sticking with CBs at home to Swansea, bringing on Fellows at RWB, Azaz wide right - just WTF (again). For a supposed tactical master who does not have a style of play, Will Still has been appalling and has no business managing this club IMO

See, our overload is in our CB/Defensive area, they are able to press us into a hoof No one can say that the set up is not a big factor in this shite

I wonder why 🤑

We have been pretty crap for about an hour in this game. I mean now. He has Fellows RWB and Azaz wide right The set up is definitely a reason why we are not winning, and probably wont win

Yip

That is probably why Robinson is on the bench. What was that?

Jander We have up'd the tempo now, got to get a winner, surely?

For this game? Not one of their players would make our match day squad.... But as a blueprint for the next games? garbage

LOL you can;t make this up

It is ,very much so. We had a 15-20 min purple patch (as per).

Nothing to do with the system (apparently)

Does not look like it

See.. More long balls from defence, as they are able to easily press us - system, innit

Purple patch it is then

See, now (helped by our shape) they are stepping up a lot more, creating bigger gaps between our attack and the rest (hence the long passes again). ie, the shape has, as per, surrendered midfield

Again, that shot from Scienza. On paper another shot for the stats, but incredibly hard chance

Plenty of the chances in the first 30 mins were from range and/or against a packed defence, hence why the keeper was barely, it at all, tested. let’s see if the last 15 mins or so was our usual purple patch or we go on.