Patches O Houlihan

Azaz is in the mood. I feel like we only play really well when he is playing well.

We did feel this way in the summer and then Fellows, Azaz and Scienza all appeared with little chat beforehand. Not saying it will happen this time of course.

says the expert on maturity 🤔

😭 Wah wah! Passing back, MartinBall > Get it in the mixer! 😭 Wah Wah! Hoofball. Make your mind up

He might not be playing amazingly, but you cannot accuse him of not putting in the effort.

Technically Nathan Jones is half as good as a decent Championship manager... 🤔

I think they have cunningly spotted a window of opportunity! No one is currently playing Footnall - We should be able to invent some rules and then wipe the floor with all comers due to our superior experience at the game!

Yes I agree I think we should get Pep as manager, and Thomas Frank as his assistant. I'm sure they would get on just fine with SR senior staff and there would be no conflicts. Let's see if we can get Mo Salah in before the Jan transfer window closes.

Our new Israeli nutcase in nets did seem to be quite vocal at the end so that is a positive. Quashie played a couple of good through balls in the first half which was nice to see, including a key ball for one of the goals: The problem comes when he is pressed effectively, and there are no obvious passing options as Flynn Downes has his head up his arse, and everyone else is closely marked.

So you want Tonda out in time for us to appoint Nivea as caretaker manager against the fish**ckers?! With that sort of sensible thinking surely you're already employed by SR as a specialist consultant 🤦‍♂️

I think you'll find we already have Rasmus doing it via Zoom - hence our second half consistency...

sick of Downes endlessly playing brainless wall passes now they fucking score and that's on him

He'd be playing ahead of Scienza or Azaz in the previous formation. Our accountant suggested that was unwise

I believe David is free after being let go by Witney

For the last 25 minutes of the match this was pretty much the pattern. Coventry were pinned in. Fellows and Scienza and sometimes Manning feeding from the wings. Archer and Arma looking for scraps. THB recycling the ball, feeding Fellows and Azaz and then charging into the box if a header was on. There was no real space for intricate passes because Coventry were so defensive. Another creative player in the THB spot would arguably tread on the toes of Azaz and Fellows. In my opinion we were better to have that physical aerial presence able to pop into the box and then return to recycling and defensive/turn over duties. Does Oriel, Fraser, Bragg, Aribo, or Robinson do that any better? Maybe Robinson does, but he would have to settle into the game and there are 20 mins left. Whilst he can head the ball and does have some presence, probably not as much as THB. Please give me your reasoned argument for why this is clearly wrong "playing 3 at the back", assuming that Jander needed to be subbed for a fitness reason.

Did it coincide with Welington getting fouled and not getting it given - then chasing back, making a fair (ish) tackle and giving away a foul? If so maybe he just lost a little confidence to play that far forward when he's not quite up to match sharpness after injury and playing on the wrong side?

You wanted him to hide his Wood. Wood up front - a tactic likely to work in Coventry I've heard

So you'd sub off THB (on a yellow) and loose his aerial threat, combatively and occasional ability to play a good forward ball in exchange for: Aribo to phone it in Fraser to turn and play it backwards Romeu to try to regain match fitness There might have been a temptation to bring Robinson on, but we've seen endlessly this season that bring on a whole bench full of second tier attackers does nothing for us. We'd already brought on Fellows and Archer who didn't contribute much. They are down to 10 men, they are going to pack the box and defend. We are mostly likely to score from a corner or Scienza being bulldozed over again and a free kick sent in for one of our big solid headers of the ball (that will be the CBs then)

Also Jander has looked tired and a little off it recently, and may be carrying an injury we don't know about

I was got quite frustrated with some of Downes' short sighted passing when Scienza or Azaz was free

Archer came on (and was useless). Fellows came on and hoofed it up into the air for their keeper and CBs Who on the bench would have been more likely to score a goal in a packed box than Wood/Quashie/THB? Where is that game changing sub, when actually the most threat we showed was from the CBs at set pieces, including our only goal??!! #dinloweb

Who on the bench who didn't come on would have improved the team?! Robinson maybe? But who are you taking off? Azaz, Scienza? THB when he is playing as our threat in the box? Every game under Tonda the game has gone more downhill the more subs are brought on. #dinloweb

We swapped Jander for Archer, who then played as a striker. It was 2 CBs and THB playing in midfield otherwise it would have been just Downes on his tod in the middle. Some of our fans calling out Wood for being thick as mince, but we have plenty of 'seasoned football experts' who cannot see even the most simple of tactical changes and adjustments. #dinloweb

Maybe that's why we "played a back 5" second half - actually it was Wood and Quashie at the back - THB played midfield and got into the box for crosses. Remember we are a team of midgets. We cannot afford to take off our tall, solid good headers of the ball when we know they will be packing their box to defend and every shot from a twinkle toes will have to go through a mass of bodies.

Who the f..k are these one eyed muppets on comms?!!