StrangelyBrown

With Baz, THB and Stephens it will be - Lets get ready to crumble!

Playing 4 at the back isn't necessarily the "considered wisdom" as you put it. But we can see that no one has a clue how to play 3 at the back properly so that we don't get overrun in midfield. Perhaps our coaches could watch a Conte team and see what the extra defender does - this is clearly some education that is missing?

Proper tinpot behaviour

I know I shouldn't feed a troll, but seriously? Last ditch panic stations defending isnt defending our box properly. If either team had a half decent striker they would have beaten us. At the other end sub-bazunu levels ofinept goalkeeping gave us the win against QPR.

I'm not confident they'll make a decision - I think they'll continue with Eckert on an interim basis for the foreseeable

Not a bad idea - although in possession there is no one playing between the lines and we'd find it difficult to create overloads. Out of possession we could make that work if Scienza dropped into midfield to help out and the two up front grafted a bit (sadly one of them is Archer).

4-4-2 isn't the answer - it leaves us short in midfield and is very easy to play against. 4-2-3-1 would be much better especially if we genuinely want to play a high press. Interestingly, I wonder if there has ever been a side who've successfully played a high press playing 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 week in week out.

I'm not sure the manager chose the formation though. Just Google "Rasmus Ankersen 3-5-2" and make your own mind up.

Not true of all fans. There were a lot of people complaining about "crab football", the lack of attacking intent etc etc both in st Mary's and on here even when we were on the famous unbeaten run. Some people are happy with results, others want entertainment - imagine a world where we get both!

Last thing we need is more turgid football. SR seem hellbent on making us a tedious team and removing any enjoyment from watching us. O'Neil would be the perfect continuation of this. The trouble is that as soon as we have an iffy spell everything will get toxic very quickly again and we'll go back to square one.

That's a very random list of names. If you filter down to SRs usual requirements: someone out of work, someone most of us don't know much about, tight chinos, plays 3 at the back, young enough to be a gamble, etc. what are we left with?

Time for the captain to step up..... Oh

My god this is fucking boring

Ha ha ha. Shoehorn, crisp packet hands and Hardwood Bellend in the side - Eckert doesn't fancy the job either

I can't wait for more tales of scar tissue, bravery, trusting the process and it all being everybody else's fault.