austsaint

If ever there was a blueprint for formation change we got a glimpse of what might be better when Jelert came on. Play him at RB, have Fellows playing higher up the pitch. Replace Manning with a better LB and play Leo as the winger. Take Wood or Stephens out of the picture, play Bragg or Matsuki in front of Jander/Downes (who was good tonight). Fellows, Armstrong, Scienza. Azaz isn’t justifying a starting place at the moment. A Goalkeeper change is desperately needed. As for Tonda. It’s almost as if he has every detail of game management set in cement before kick off, even down to the timing and identity of the subs. He is too cautious; not responding to the game situation and patterns. Where were the needed changes at half-time? It’s always like-for-like changes at appointed times. He’s rapidly showing himself to be another dud appointment.

Syndrome

Waste

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Tale

Looks completely out of sorts doesn’t he. He looks like a golfer with the yips.

I did mention that. Despite being down to ten, I thought they looked an average side, even in the first half.

Lampard seemed to be singling out THB, what a prize wanker. Completely battered them second half. Yes they sat deeper being a man short but there was a different attitude from Saints, more urgency. It was an enthralling second half. Scienza once again magnificent, THB and Quarshie were both excellent, and it’s hard to see how he can drop Quarshie on that performance. Wood was better, Manning improved second half, and needed to. Armstrong busy all day. Two points dropped. Hard to believe Coventry are so far ahead of the pack judged on today.

Martin should never have sold the young left back who went to Brentwood and is now with Rangers.

And at the other end, only Scienza as an attacking threat, nothing down the right. Azaz is lost without Fellows.

It looks unbalanced. Prefer Manning and Wellington as FBs, Wood out and Robinson starting on the right before making way for Fellows.

Wood needs to repay Eckert’s faith today. He’s been a static, clumsy ball watcher lately.

One thing we’ve probably learned in these first three matches - neither Duckett or Pope have test match techniques against high class pace bowling.

Yearn

Hard to believe it’s nearly 15 years ago under Adkins we beat Coventry 4-0 to clinch automatic promotion.

Knead

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Realize