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Feels as though we've reverted back to September form.

Is the old man's football back?

Are we battering them yet because we should be.

The clock is ticking. We need a goal soon.

Think this weakens us but let's see.

You talk as though everyone is calling for the manager's head when, in fact, it's a very small percentage.

Yet they've scored 2 from 20% possession. Maybe we pass the ball too much and with little purpose.

Yeah, 2 silly mistakes cost 2 goals against a side that have had very little possession. Sounds worrying to me...imagine if they have a little bit more of the ball.

If at all.

Better position than us.

No, as in Catch Phrase it's a case of 'say what you see'.

Have we been rumbled?

Two goals conceded again in the first half. This is just not good enough and we are making it tough for ourselves even against opposition as poor as these.

Baz to make amends?

That's better. Now put them to the sword in the final minutes before the break.

11% possession and they score!

Downes is in the training pictures from yesterday so can't be far off.

Leeds could and should have lost 4-1. Leicester battered them and they were not actually very good but got lucky with the offside goal that wasn't plus poor finishing from Leicester.

Not to forget Leicester absolutely battered and outclassed them but missed multiple good chances and were denied a perfectly good goal which would have put them two up. Yeah, other than that Leeds were a credit.

Yeah, for the last ten minutes when they undeservedly found they'd won the match with two fluke goals. Didn't hear so much when Leicester were ripping them to shreds.

Leicester partly robbed and partly shot themselves in the foot. Cheated out of a legitimate second goal and missed gilt edged chances. Leeds totally outclassed for 80% of the match but they won't care with 3 points gifted to them. Thought Leicester made the wrong substitutions as they looked poor when Mavididi went off.

He could learn a lot from Mane. Maybe he needs to watch some clips of him in action because he has similar attributes in pace and upper body strength.

Unfortunately, like many fast players, his feet are far too quick for his brain. He needs to learn when to turn on the afterburners and when to ease off on the throttle. Do that and I think he'll become a much better player. He is trying to do everything at 100mph and he doesn't need to.

So presumably you don't think RM could have started with a better midfield 3 than Smallbone, Rothwell and Stu Armstrong? I doubt many would agree with you and probably not even RM in hindsight.

If I'm honest I can probably live without the weekly disappointments of being a struggling side in the Premier league. I get that we'll lose a lot of players and go through another rebuilding stage but is that worse than the constant losses we'll face if we get promoted? At least in the Championship you get the chance to build a side and nurture some young prospects and hopefully win some games regularly. As long as we don't drop any lower (which I guess is the danger) I'm happy to bob along in the Championship for a few more seasons and see if we can build a side with more chance to hold our own if and when we eventually reach the 'promised land'. Not in any particular rush to become cannon fodder for the big boys again and put up with VAR. It's kind of catch-22 because the aim is obviously to get promotion but maybe it's a case of 'be careful what you wish for'. Look at Burnley and Sheff Utd as examples. Don't expect to be overly gutted if we miss out this season but maybe the realty will be different. It's going to be an exciting run-in that's for sure.