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Analysts from other teams will know that Baz is weak at saving low shots from outside the box. We can expect opponents to be encouraged to try their luck with speculative efforts because they know it's a good route to scoring against us.

RM lost a lot of street cred today presiding over that embarrassment. Those nagging little doubts just got a whole lot bigger. The guy is very likeable so I hope this is a blip and we'll come back stronger but it was one hell of a wake-up call.

I think they were giving away corners to set up counter attacks 🙂

For someone who comes across as thinking he knows about goalkeeping that is a ridiculous comment. Every keeper is taught that if you parry the ball you need to make sure it goes somewhere relatively safe. That parry from the free kick sent the ball straight into the middle of the goal and we were only saved because the guy who latched onto it either lost his footing or miskicked it.

We've had a good window and I'm hoping there is enough there for RM to produce a side that has good possession stats but mixes the passing stuff with some powerful direct running with balls in behind retreating defences. Sunderland did the latter to us all game and made us look pathetic - their guy on the left, think it was Clarke, was the best player on the pitch. RM was taught a hard lesson by Mowbray today - from what we hear from Swansea fans he will probably not be swayed. I'm not convinced the mantra of relying 100% on possession football will get us out of this division as it's far too one dimensional. The next few games will be interesting for sure.

Spot on.

He got a good hand to the 5th goal but, as is often the case, his wrist just flapped and the ball went on its way with no deviation. If he's worth his salt I'm sure he would admit he was very disappointed to let that in - it wasn't as though it was a powerful header, it was from a 16 year old not Ron Davies in his prime.

Hate to disappoint you but it ended 5-0. Maybe you left before the end...nobody would blame you.

Can only hope he is a little ring-rusty because his display today was abysmal. He looks like someone who believes he's got all the time in the world and can make passes out from the back - on today's showing he needs to get those beliefs out of his head and start putting his foot through the ball.

I think if an x-ray was made of his wrists it would show no bones.

No getting away from it the defence was awful. However, that doesn't give Baz a pass for his errors. A competent keeper saves goals 2, 3 and 5 and I get that major mistakes were made in front of him for those 3 goals. He also spooned a save back into the danger area instead of getting it wide from a free kick.

Haven't seen any stats but, from watching the game, I'm guessing KWP probably covered more ground today than any player on our side.

Still can't get my head round the constant walking football when playing out from the back. The opponents get wise to it and know they have time to press and we end up giving it away in dangerous areas. Holgate and Bednarek were the main culprits today. The teams who play out from the back properly do it at a quick pace with good awareness for the pass and move. We are doing it for the sake of it - oh, aren't we a good footballing side passing out from the back? No because you're doing it completely wrong and, if that isn't sorted, we'll concede a shed load of goals this season - a 4 and a 5 against in 5 games is not a great sign.

Not sure many come out with much credit today from RM, coaches and players that was just a cluster fuck of a performance. Weaklings all over the pitch meaning Charles has to start every game. RM now shows us what he's made of between now and a tough home game against Leicester - anymore of what we saw today and the natives will be restless. That was as bad as it could have been in your worst nightmare from back to front.

Chocolate wrists as always - gets a hand to it but his wrist just opens like a cat-flap.

Not the greatest way to go into an international break.

One of the most disappointing things today is that the mental weakness still seems present.

Seeing far too many of the problems from last season today. We are physically far too weak all over the pitch. Midfield is non existent - not winning challenges and second balls.

RM needs to get a bit of credibility by taking off Holgate now and bring on the new Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

Holgate is fucking dreadful even at this level.

Well just taking this game the tree kick he saves but spoons out in front of him then the third goal - there's two errors and I'm being generous to him regarding the second goal where I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Not for me I'm afraid.

Hope the new signings are good 🙂

I give up.

Complete and utter shambles at the moment.

A quid up front and the rest on the never never for 20 years.