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He's contradicting himself because previously he's claimed the new players would take time to adopt to this formation and cited that as a reason to play 3 at the back. Seems he's confusing himself as well as the players.

The frustrating thing is that the formation and style of play in the last 20 minutes is what many of us have been calling for. It made a world of difference so let's hope Ralph has learned a hard lesson. Hopefully Selles will be on his case because he seemed to be the one behind the formation change. How long before he takes over from Ralph?

Agree maybe worth trying JWP at right back with Salisu , Kotchop and KWP. I'd probably only go with one shielding and that would be Lavia. Then Aribo, SA and Djenepo who I think has a lot to offer offensively. Up top either Adams and Mara or Adam Armstrong.

This is my argument. Rather see us play 4 at the back and offer more in the attacking area than 5 at the back which still leaves us crap defensively but stifles any attacking threat we might have. Trouble is, we all know how stubborn Ralph is and he'll probably stick with it in the forlorn hope of proving himself a tactical genius.

Don't think you understand irony 🙂

Don't count on it.

You miss so many points. Won't bother trying to explain.

A decent manager with these players picks the right formation from the start and we win that game comfortably. Our clever clown outsmarts himself and very nearly throws away all 3 points instead of just the 2. Get him gone now and, if anything, this game only goes to reinforce how clueless he has become. Good fightback to earn a battling point, should have been 3 and signs of what we can do if the set up is right.

He shouldn't be given the chance. He's proved he's not the man for the job with his 3 at the back nonsense. He's the cause not the solution.

He's been playing in a ridiculous system same as the rest of them. Not until Ralph's hand is forced do we start playing the way we know we can.

This is how we play not five at the back. What a difference. If we don't win this it will be down to the starting line up.

Mr Stubborn goes to 4 at the back and suddenly we look better. Still, we all know he'll revert to 5 at the back next week.

In other words you've been a bit slow but you've finally caught on that Ralph is a fraud.

Which players will Ralph throw under a bus? Or will he man up and say he hasn't got the first idea what he is doing or how to stop this dismal run of results? Come on Ralph, tell the truth and stop all the spin and finger pointing. You are the common denominator in this mess.

Has Ralph reacted by bringing on two forwards?

Any shots on target for us? Come on...this is a home match against Leeds. If you're happy with that then fair enough.

Zero shots on target in a home match against Leeds bloody United. Very uninspiring Ralph. Need to up it second half. Not good enough.

I think he's got a few other records tucked away that'll never be beaten.

This will be tough especially the way Ralph is setting the side up. I don't believe Leeds will be among those fighting relegation but we'll learn quite a lot tomorrow.

For some clubs it seems to be ok.

A fully fit Tino and KWP would work but the system would take a lot out of them so I think yo'd need a good reserve pairing ready to step in. I just don't think it's a system that suits us and we struggle with the 3 centre backs as it's a case of too many cooks. We tend to play better with a solid back 4 but I think Ralph fears more heavy defeats and is trying to stem the goals against.

Ah, Tino and Perraud were unfit on Saturday.

Could we get worse without him? It would be hard to.

Agree. Ralph is going full on trying to mend the defence because he bears the scars of the two 9 nils plus many other hammerings and the inability to win games after going in front. I'm not surprised some players are not happy.

Basically it is unwise to play wing backs unless you have two who can play the system correctly ie they can get up and down the pitch, defend well, know when to stay and when to go forward and can deliver good offensive passes and crosses. We do not have two such players so shouldn't be adopting this system.