Give it to Ron

The reason he is playing is because we don’t or so far haven’t shown it.

Absolute rubbish people want to see him on because we have no outlet or focal point. I have not seen or heard one person say he is the next Drogba. Just because some think he can do a job in last 20 minutes of games doesn’t make a player who has scored all over Europe a fraud. Our squad is far away from Prem league standard.

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I thought Archer worked really hard and close to scoring with that run. Fernandes was quality all through game a real gem of a player.

Loved it when he came and caught it in last minute then I knew we were home and dry

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Not going by the lines why did it take forever? About time we got a decision

"If it's not the right man, you need to find the next man. You can't just continue to plod on." Kris Boyd reflects on Rangers' season so far…..snap

There have been some awful games like at Dell 0-3 Bolton a game under Whisky George where we had 5 players playing on wrong side to natural foot lost to Huddersfield. It’s all my fault I found Claude’s football boring but this turgid “U” style football gets me so angry and frustrated. It’s not walking football I play that and our over 70’s academy pass it quicker!

I didn’t think he was as bad as some have posted either. A player not trusted by the manager to come on in previous games all of a sudden is put in midfield on his own. Aribo and Fernandes spent most of the game wide leaving just Big Les in middle against 2 or 3 Stoke players and he got swamped. He won several good headers, his passing could be better but his job is to just pass back and sideways so no wonder we looked vulnerable when he lost it giving free run at us.

Nothing to do with tactics of management then? If you had watched him you would have seen multiple runs beyond but every time the ball got played back to full backs or centre halves. We could have Haaland up front but until we stop this ridiculous tactic nothing will change. I thought just maybe last night would have seen BBD in middle to hold and link it as an outlet but again wasted wide

I will gladly u turn if by some miracle we win enough games to stay up. However this absolute shit show of passing back to centre halves all the time means I very much doubt it. Again last night we left their number 22 alone on edge of the box from a corner what does it take for penny to drop? Ball went to him too luckily Rams was fouled

He even managed to trip over own feet with no-one near him! SAA being blocked by Fraser, Cornet, BBD and Sully when Sam offers far more potential . BBD just looks so crap

How can anyone think that having your two worst players on the ball and see it more than any other player on the pitch. I reckon Bedders touched it more than the Stoke team altogether . Martin talks about bravery yet not one wide player or forward takes on a defender and just recycles backwards sideward to other wing and back. Players make runs in behind but then stop doing as the ball just gets played back to 2 centre halves. Fernandes is only one that does but even he gave up with just Archer and 4 defenders in middle all rest just passengers wide.

Why would we be hot favourites last time we finished 4th? So your theory is we get better at a system that doesn’t work . We only got promotion because we abandoned that or are you ignoring that fact?

The monkey is caused by the manager not being able to make a sub while he has a hole in his arse! Leicester game being prime example- why Fraser not Taylor? Why Smallbone who can’t run tackle, head or defend when under the cosh? Lallana starts this week but couldn’t manage 10 last or Big Les who he should be coaching play in his natural position. Having said all above believe we are stuck a) We can’t get anyone willing to come that board feel is worth risk changing b) we can’t afford to pay his settlement

Sammy Saint going by results

The theory or one of them is you have the opposite team running around and chasing the ball drawn out of position and tired. The downside is that with 5 subs now it doesn’t work as half outfield is refreshed normally. It also doesn’t work if you can’t pass it forward at pace to take advantage but between defence and goalie loses that opportunity.

Well just maybe if he could make a sub, coach a defence on defending a corner, pick the best 11 , not try and be the new Pep, strikers 60 yards apart or no striker then just maybe we wouldn’t?

Can’t be arsed n/t

There were 3 occasions that Leicester had player on the D unmarked from a corner in first half right in front of me. After the game he called out a player not doing his job so either they have stopped listening or he hasn’t coached that enough but guess poor Russ is blameless again.

I have no problem with how others see it but find the Smallbone thing baffling - in fact one bloke after game said why bring on tall Paul he didn’t win a header!

In my posts I am not making Smallbone the scapegoat here this is all on the manager. I can’t make out whether Lighthouse is joking, poor judgement or totally in love with Russ he would rather date Anne Widdecome than Pinder. How anyone thinks bringing on a player that hasn’t played in 6 weeks when under the cosh is such a gushing lickspittle it’s laughable! Oh and his injury re-occurred and now out again so we won’t see this important player again for a while. The players are playing to the managers tactics if no-one did their job that’s on you - you put them on the pitch and you coach them!

What has Smallbone ever done in that position that you bring him on then especially when not played in weeks? Armstrong did ok at Arsenal - Fraser was shit at Bournemouth.

But we moved two players as well for one sub - Manning who hasn’t been trusted as left back but was ok at left mid at Arsenal and today . It should have been just straight swap Charlie Taylor