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I think some of us are less than convinced with our style of play which continues to be possession for possession's sake and no apparent ideas to develop this into a system that creates good chances. It's all pedestrian, predictable and boring. Surely there needs to be a step forward, a transition that shows what we are working on has an ultimate goal. At present we are not a good watch and 70% of games seem to be spent making meaningless passes without actually getting anywhere. Let's see some signs of progress rather than the status quo.

Manning created Coventry's goal.

Apples and oranges.

4/10. He's far too hung up on ball retention at the expense of good, solid attacking football. He learns nothing from week to week and you can predict how we'll play with nothing changing. I'm done with this keep ball nonsense and endless recycling.

Let's all give ourselves a huge pat on the back because we can make a lot of simple sideways and backward passes that push up our possession stats. Unfortunately points aren't awarded for possession stats. This side is so boring to watch.

If only we took risks with passes up front like we do when playing out from the back. It makes no sense that you'll risk it to keep the ball at the back but you won't risk it to create space and chances going forward.

Lucky boy Smallbone.

AA should score there.

Better movement at last and that's what happens.

Urgency level hasn't gone up much.

How did Manning stay on?

That reminds me, must put out the recycling.

Shambles now, zero composure.

Because he's RM's mate.

We make a mistake and they go for the jugular' Everytime they make a mistake we faff about and recycle 6 times.

Manning!!!! Still, he's better than Bree and will get picked again at the weekend.

Depends whether you enjoy watching walking football.

Best give it another coat.

This team would win every game in the old man's walking version. Unfortunately at pro level you need to run around a bit, run off the ball, find space, get between the lines and all that clever stuff that slices open the opposition and creates chances. I despair at the lack of collective brain power among our coaches and players. 45 minutes of Strachan's best propaganda football and it's as boring as fuck. All that possession and one mistake from Bednarek and we're almost behind at half time.

Not one that would strike fear in the opposition that's for sure. Still, good for the planet because I expect to see a lot of pointless recycling.

I totally agree, we should be confident of winning tonight. However, despite our decent points tally and the run we are on, we seem to make hard work of everything. It would be brilliant to see us go out and pepper the opposition goal and score a few but it doesn't happen and won't tonight.

Let's see how it pans out - it won't be easy because we don't do easy.

Chance to go level with Leeds on points. Can we take it?

Wesley Hoedt continues to haunt us. What a balls-up.

A draw would be a decent outcome to keep the run going. Think this will be another tough one.