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I guess they felt they had to make absolutely certain he was the right man for the job. No sense taking any chances with such a key appointment.

If you play wing backs they have to be fit as fuck and fast so that they can get up and down the wing like a couple of Duracell bunnies - we simply do not have the players capable of that unless I'm missing something so need to play a flat back four.

Play Scienza on the right and get him cutting in and shooting with his stronger left foot or hitting the byline and cutting back low crosses - do the same with Tom Fellows on the left. These two would then start scoring goals and causing more chaos from which AA would benefit through the centre. It is pointless hitting high crosses if we don't have a big centre forward so we have to try something different. Play Scienza and Fellows either side of Azaz who can pull the strings with his passing and can also score in a 4231 set up; Macca Mads Wood Quarshie Jelert Charles Jander Scienza Azaz Fellows Arma

Strange because most fans seemed to think he played very well against Liverpool - higher level opposition than Championship so you'd like to think he'd easily cope in our games.

Can you name those he has directly hired.

He's never been mentioned as one of those injured at any press conferences as far as I recall.

I was merely pointing out that you can't really blame the mess on Solak. We realise the money has, in the main, been spent badly and that is down to SR and those appointing the recruitment team and bad choices by said recruitment team.

Bit tough berating Solak when all he seems to do is put his hand in his pocket with very little return.

I think when we signed Jelert it was said he can play on either side of the pitch.

Sounds to me like she is more astute at spotting talent than Spors. Judging by Downs it's a low bar.

He's a big lad - the least he needs to show is some aggression towards opponents. Do that and the rest might eventually follow although it could be a long journey from what we've seen so far. Will Still has said he needs to pick a few fights and he's dead right because Downs is far too passive for his own good. Get stuck in lad!

Have you not been keeping up - even a lot of the good sides are now introducing big, powerful centre forwards. It's in vogue along with the long throw and more long balls rather than tippy tappy at the back.

Morris would have soon won the fans over by banging in goals, he's not perfect but decent for this league - not so sure about the guy you describe as showing what he can do when we play to his strengths as that strike was clearly the exception rather than the rule.

Well if Rangers were smart they'd have given him a contract that stipulated he only gets paid out if he fails after a certain number of games or points given his history. Mind you, they clearly aren't smart or they wouldn't have hired him in the first place. Their hierarchy have some tough questions coming but I don't think they have any answers other than holding their hands up to the charge of rank incompetence. Most of their fans predicted a car crash from the start and they will want more heads then Russboy to roll.

Oh he will.

Get tae fuck!

Carlton Morris should have been a no brainer for us and would have been perfect - bustling, strong centre forward who scores his fair share of goals. But no, let's bring in the freshman USA striker who one day may make us a few quid but, in the interim years, is frigging useless.

I thought you'd struggle but full marks for trying. You admit and everyone knows AA up front through the middle doesn't work. Whichever way you cut it SR and Spors fucked up by signing Downs instead of an experienced centre forward with a bit of strength and nous. Still is snookered I'm afraid.

Anyone heard any news on the severity of Stewart's injury?

Yes, it's baffling that he's never even used as a sub to at least give him a chance to show what he can do.

Sounds very good in theory but what formation are you suggesting they play in and who plays up front? I think this is Will Still's problem - who plays where and in what formation. If he can get that right we will start to see more wins although the injury to Stewart has come at the worst possible time unless it was a minor twinge and he came off as a precaution.

Agree, we continue to concede headed goals from crosses. The guy who scored yesterday was allowed a free run and jump - we have to be blocking and hampering these big lumps before they get near the ball - it's within the rules because most other sides do it.

This. You wouldn't expect a school team player to do it but Manning, an experienced pro, couldn't stop himself. Needs dropping as a disciplinary measure at the very least and his defensive play is below what it should be too.

Is this a fact? I'm pretty sure it's not but you may be able to point me to where you got this info from. I'm berating the SR top echelons as a group but, for this decision, I blame Spors entirely. He claims that we'd watched Downs for a while and he was the one we wanted which leads me to think he wouldn't know a decent footballer if a prime Messi tapped him on the shoulder and said 'sign me'. I'm actually starting to wonder if Spors is in Will Still's ear encouraging him to give Downs game time because he genuinely believes he'll come good soon. He won't and this is up there with some of the worst signings this football club has made. Season after season we ask for a decent centre forward and, when we actually sign one, it's Damion Downs - you couldn't make it up. Stewart was starting to show we can be a good side with a guy up top leading the line, holding the ball up and knitting things together but the world and his wife knew he was made of glass but Spors thought Downs could fill the void. Nah!

Think you meant less but it's a good point.