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Agreed - he's probably not the one to pin the blame on tbf. It does leave us really unbalanced though. If we play AA there, we have to play Charles and Downes behind him. I still think Alcaraz is a better option in the 10 than AA.

Holgate was shit, I agree, but it was 1 game. Based onn the alternative, we have no option but to play him and charles CDM.

Or just play Charles in there with Alcaraz and Stu Armstrong....

We haven't, its just this dickhead in the managers seat trying to be smart by picking this dross. We coudl make 2 subs and instantly improve the structure of the team

Its been pretty turgid all season, but correct me if i'm wrong, it started going downhill when we played a striker in CM..?

Probably "fucking hell - once again we have noone to pass to.. what do I do"

Dont talk shit - its that helmets fault. Midfield, once again, is a shambles. No movement, no solidity, just 3 aboslutely nothing players in there.

Any update on the greatest period of our history please?

Has to score that ffs

KWP is such a good attacking full back, he carries the ball so well. Absolutely wasted with him fucking about wherever he fancies across the pitch.

Hes a terrible football player.

Not sure were watching the same game. We're a lot more concertaive and balanced, but our midfield is getting bypassed like a hot knife through butter still. Its only a matter of time before they get through

Imo we should just count ourselves to lucky to be in Englands 2nd division!!

Which is why he's not the right long term manager for us - We'd face 'decent opponents' every week should we somehow go up. I genuinely fear if we go up, we might see scorelines more than the 2 9's ralph delivered.

I started to really enjoy hi press conferences - after his outburst Friday, I'm starting to fear it..

Charles is that man - We've been a touch unlucky with injuries to Bednerak and Stephens along with Holgate having an absolute stinker, meaning we've had to put Charles at CB. In hindsight, we shoulda persisted with Holgate, but I think Martin was damned if he did, damned if he didn't there tbf. With Charles and Downes, thats a fairly solid pairing with a more attacking option infront of them. I don't think we need another, unless Downes injury is a really bad one. Again, in hindsight, we really should have taken £10m for Smallbone when we had the chance.

Not sure what else we can do in midfield.. Downes will be out, smallbone is an attacking player, just not a very good one. If Downes is fit - he replaces S.Armstrong, for me.

Aye? The reason we're making the mistakes is because we're making 5 yard passes on the edge of our box into midfield / no mans land. That is literally the tactics asked by the manager. That's not withstanding fundamental flaws in defensive set up (with and without the ball)

Something has to change. We're ay too exposed and need to steady the ship and become more solid defensively. Full back is a big issue, so it needs to be a priority to look at (along with CM). Bazunu Holgate Bednerak THB KWP / Manning Charles (WE HAVE TO PLAY CHARLES HERE) S Armstong Alcaraz Fraser Adams A.Armstong We'll lose though - Ipswich are a team of average players coached very well. We're the exact opposite.

I'm sooooooo glad we didn't sign Piroe. Far to similar to our outstanding captain Adam Armstrong. Only 1 glaring difference - Piroe scores goals.

I'd suggest its defo tactical. His tactics are far to high risk, little reward to be successful. It happened a few times in the first half, but we are too dense to spot the risk and change. PArt of me wonders why a senior player doesn't think, this is fucking stupid - Lets drop another man back. It borders on arrogance to be honest - "we've got the best players, we can do what we want and take the piss" mentality.

ALong with his comments in the press conference, all doesn't seem well. I'd like to think that we're asking some tough questions of him - Was Martin a Wilcox man? That'll tell how soon he's sacked. Really frustrating as Enzo was our first choice and the difference is night and day between the 2 of them.

It was the system in which we applied. I've said it a few times, its the first time i've watched (sober) and with a differnet lens trying to see where we're going wrong. We marked man to man, they (leicester) pulled wide and left a huge gap in the middle of the park allowing a through ball direct to VArdy who was droppig in and pulling Charles (not his fault) out, leaving room to run inbehind. Our pressing is absolutely fucking shambolic - often its just 1 forward pressing allowing a easy pass inside and turning back to front. I can't really see what we're trying to achieve by playing it out from the back - far too often we play loose passes across / into the middle of the park Teams don't have to work hard to force a mistake, no to play through us. Its really, really piss poor. I'd go as far as saying worse than Selles and Jones.

His time was up, I wanted him gone, but I'd geninely have the bloke back I think. For all his flaws, at least we looked like a competantly coached side.

Downes is a good player. I watched with a keen eye tonight, we marked Man for Man and it left a huge hole in the midfild (obviously leciester were smart enough to pull wide) allowing an easy pass into Vardy, dragging Charles out and then players running into that space. Really simple basic stuff we should be able to defend against / counter, yet we played right into their hands. This result is on the manager and noone else. imo.