StrangelyBrown

Tonda hasn't faced a team yet that have tried to dominate midfield, which had been our undoing under Still. It will be interesting to see if he has anything up his sleeve - I'm still convinced the formation is the problem.

And a LB and a CB (Manning and Stephens will inevitably cost us points if they continue to play).

I'm starting to believe, but I still think we're crap at the back and against a 3 man midfield I think we'll struggle. The goal we conceded today was a perfect illustration of how shit Stephens is - no where near the danger and simply ball watching. However, that 20 minute period was the best I've seen us play for a very long time.

At least Eckert has the balls to drop FD, just needs to drop Manning and Stephens too.

Let's not get carried away. He hasn't been tested yet.

It was a load of non-specific waffle from a very dull man. It's been a long time since we had anyone remotely interesting in charge.

Tonda or Potter?

Martin plays crap football too. Just a different type of crap. But he's also an egotistical bellend

I hate to say it, but I think we're going to get schooled by maad Nate. I fully expect us to continue to play crap football with 3 CBs meaning we surrender the midfield, AA runs around a lot for 60 mins and be replaced by DD who will do his best impression of a donkey all without threatening their goal, Scienza will try and beat Charlton by himself and we Baz will drop an absolute howler. We'll lose by at least 2 and Tonda will be given the job.

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.

Likewise. I've got better things to do than watch wingers recycle the ball endlessly and our defence to gift goals away by playing football in the stupidest of places. Any one who thinks Stills football is worse has a very short memory.