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Hey fella - you clearly think RM is a great manager and he decided it was a good idea to play Dibling up front so why are you slagging me off for suggesting something that your hero Russ did? 🙂

So you think the majority want RM to continue 🙂

Yeah, the majority are weird but the minority are the clever ones. Let's see how that pans out.

Agree - I said before that it's easy to have a happy dressing room when things are going well but the acid test comes when the team is under the hammer and losing week after week - that's when the finger pointing and recrimination starts and the once contented dressing room quickly unravels into a toxic mess.

Can anyone who watched the game explain what our formation was because I didn't have a clue. When I saw the team he picked I assumed we'd be setting up as a 4-2-3-1 but there was no sign of that. It looked like a poorly executed 4-3-3 but I'm not entirely certain. We did start reasonably well and the commentators were saying Bmuff hadn't got going and were struggling to work us out - it didn't take long for their smarter manager to put that right.

Agree, quantity over quality never works and it was the demise of one Rupert Lowe who filled us with a squad of very average players and not enough game changers. If you exist by trying to polish turds you will end up with a lot of, well....turds.

Maybe the Wilcox influence is not as great as we thought - he's not exactly got Man Utd ticking. He may be another who talks a very good game but without substance.

You miss my point - I'm stating that the Bmuff players were switched on whilst ours were not. Whether Oliver should or should not have allowed it is a different matter entirely. Instead of standing on the ball Big Les turned his back and just let them take the quick free kick - that sort of thing should not be happening at this level.

Disagree I'm afraid. What it proved was the Bmuff players were far more switched on than ours. Whilst they got on with it and played a quick clever ball into the box we stood and watched - Big Les was the most culpable as he should have stood right by the ball and prevented them taking it so quickly. We were very naive and paid the price.

You are preaching to the mainly converted - most of us on here know that but the manager and coaches clearly don't.

I know that this is tongue in cheek but it emphasises the point made by the Bmuff manager before the game - when asked whether he was concerned that we might have more of the ball he said something along the lines of he'd rather have more chances than possession - and so it proved.

Not sure what credit he will accrue if we go down with a very low number of points which is on the cards right now.

I'm failing to comprehend how a friendly match featuring Martin's X1 comes before our first team and their diminishing chances of survival in the Premier League. We'd be bonkers to make that a reason for not sacking him now.

If he goes my guess is that it will be before the international break. No point putting someone else in charge with Arsenal away coming up. I suppose they could give Lallana a go as caretaker manager but we need to get the Arsenal game out of the way because that could be brutal.

Made that very easy for Bmuff especially in the first half when we did not compete physically. We improved with the subs but it's straw clutching really. Tyler was ineffective today - looked to be trying to do too much but he'll learn. We need to start being drilled in the basics ie free-kicks, throw-ins, corners because we just continually switch off. Not sure where we go from here but still think we are better than we're being coached to play. Lallana again looked class.

RM out before the players - looked broken as he sat down.

But you're on here tonight?

That was very embarrassing. Men and boys. Even basics like marking from throw-ins - we leave their men free while they are all over ours. You have to get the basics right - RM and his coaches don't. Hope this is his last game in charge or it's going to be lots more humiliation.

Tyler struggling through middle - maybe swap him and Cornet.

If we play 4-2-3-1 properly he won't be a lone striker.

Their manager saying he prefers to have the chances rather than the most possession. How refreshing 🙂

Think he was talking about Bournemouth.

Sky just confirmed they think we'll line up like this.

Looks like we may see the double pivot. Ramsdale Sugawara THB Beds Taylor Downes Big Les Dibling Fernandes Fraser Cornet

Disappointed to see no Lallana.