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The age old debate of when a back 5 becomes a back 3 may be solved by the inclusion of Stephens and Manning

Did this dipshit think playing dibling in a position he's unfamiliar with and Ryan Fraser against his old club would be a masterstroke

Martin not up to it. Crazy fucking experiment today.

Would like to see Fernandes and Dibling on. Maybe play Dibling instead of Adarma ? Not sure what formation but we have to accommodate our better players. Smallbone and AA just aren't up to it at this level unfortunately

Archer on for Adarma?

The worrying thing is even when we were outplaying them we didn't look overly likely to score. You wonder where a goal is gonna come from

We've played very well this half. All to be undone by a player the entire fanbase knew would do exactly this

At that point I'd say we have a very good chance of signing them

I know Dibling is young but is this how he envisions himself on the pitch?

I can see the logic, but almost every club would ideally want to see how a player got on in their system before signing. It's weird to see an established professional with over a hundred (?) premier league games having to trial for a club. Anyway good luck to him wherever he ends up. Always enjoyed watching him play and felt he was one of the few players with attacking guile we've had in recent years

Bit weird that they want him to trial isn't it? Haven't they seen him play before?

What are his options? Play for us or see if a championship team come in for him?

He looked at sea a lot in his last premier league outing, though who knows if that's also to do with coaching and style of play. Ideally I'd rather he was our third choice centre back though and we had an upgrade to partner THB

The goalkeeping situation at this club has been absolute mess for the last decade.

Absolutely. Downes reminds me of Schneiderlin at times, always in the right position

Watching Brooks and Mara try to press is kind of pathetic

I think the attacking changes are a response to Adams and Armstrongs inability to finish last game. It's weird that they are two of the top scorers in the division but I don't have faith in either of them to finish a chance. Problem with bringing Mara in is he's too fucking lazy

Any time we play through their press they foul us. Ref seems to have forgotten his cards

Would like to see KWP on the right side as their right back has the beating of him for pace

Wait till Martin sees these possession stats. Definite proof we should be top!

Are we not changing the front line? How many chances can they spurn? Would like to see Fraser on

Unbelievable from Brooks, has an open goal and doesn't shoot.

Our strikers can't shoot for toffee

Would rather he waited till 60 before taking Downes off

Anyone remember how much he ran in the game at Anfield? If he did that every game he'd deserve some gametime, but he doesn't