Whitey Grandad

Some of the arguments on here completely ignore the fact that the attacker has a choice in where he places his shot and assume that shots come at the goalkeeper at random. If Bazunu had been standing in a different position then Thomas would have adjusted his shot accordingly. This is not Sunday morning football where the attacker just puts his head down and leathers it.

I doubt he'd be receptive and how the players have done in training has no bearing on how they perform under the spotlights. Like a lot of others on here, I have had the experience of being involved in several thousand games but that's nothing compared with over a century of football experience. Formations come and go and fashions change but denuding your midfield is rarely a good idea.

I've not written him off just yet but neither have I seen anything to give me hope.

It would help if they ever got some game time. Starting a game at home with a packed defence and a lone striker is abject capitulation.

It proves nothing of the sort. Where, in your opinion, should he have stood? I think it was too close to him for him to get down to it. He might have done better but there wax a lot more wrong with defending that goal than just him.

He has made changes but he shouldn't have needed to had he started off with the correct formation.

You forgot BBD. If you can't get something out of that strike force then you're in the wrong profession.

You got it. All Stephens had to do was put his foot in the way. He's a lot closer. He used his wrong foot. I can only assume that you've never been a defender.

When he tries to look serious he just looks like a Grumpy Trumpy

More are lost than won in my opinion.

He should change his formation before the kickoff. Not after half time.

Nope. But a competent defender blocks it.

Irrelevant if we never play them. (Except for the last ten minutes when we're chasing the game)

Wouldn't it have been better to get a manager who could work with the tools that we have? Or at least one who could work with what we have whilst he assembled the squad that he would prefer instead of blaming the tools that he has available. It's still early in the season but five at the back? That's just ideological stupidity.

Strikers always operate best in pairs. A lonely striker is easy to defend against.

We clearly didn't do enough.

So in effect you are saying that we have employed the wrong manager for the players that we have in our squad?

It's not easy to riot on your own, but I hope, expect and demand that everybody else join in with you.

He underhit most crosses which was disappointing considering his appearance against Wrexham that turned the game around.

That just proves how useful these 'stats' are.

Stephens should have tried to block the shot with his right foot instead of his left. Trying to stretch across the player and looking away he was always going to fail. It's what he's good at.

XG stands for Exaggerated Guesswork.

It doesn't matter what or how many forwards we have on our books, they're not use if they're sitting on the bench most of the game. Starting at home with five at the back couldn't be more negative.

It's straightforward. Don't play five at the back and only one forward. Especially at home and when that one forward is AA.

Fernandes was one of the reasons that we played so poorly.he was off his game yesterday. His mind seemed to be elsewhere most of the time.