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Comedy defending. Sure glad we have 3 CB's to deal with situations like this

How does this team under Tonda respond when we miss a lot of chances, and go 1-0 down. Just like we did under Still, or is there something more to us now?

But it was a brilliant save by Bazunu 😉

Spors more than happy to sit down and have a chat... When the wind has turned, the rain has stopped, the sun is out and we are winning!

Robinson came on for Fellows in one of the games... Leicester I think? He is probably even weaker than Fraser defensivly, but he might be the closest to Fellows going forward, if we want to have a player who can run with the ball and beat a man in that position. Probably no chance, but I would rather watch that.

Jo Tessem. Never really made the team much better or worse. Average to the level he was playing at.

Even without his skills and direct running, he brings so much to the side in terms of smartness, positional awareness and work rate. He both supports Armstrong as a second striker, and in the next move he is back at the left touchline helping Manning. Impressive for a maverick type player.

I felt that Jander protected our left side a lot today, and when Romeu came on he was a bit slower to move out and shut down spaces in the same way. Also feel that Robinson left a lot of space on the left, as he often ended up more central in his defensive posistioning than Leo did.

Neither would I, when my keeper is Baz...

At half time, I thought their keeper was poor, and maybe I'd rather have Baz, but he already saved two similar shots from Leo to the one Baz let in. I should have known better... I just can't stand seeing him being slightly out of position before a shot comes, the slow reaction even on shots that hits the post, or goes outside.

Aribo - might as well have a fan on instead of him. Half time competition where the winner comes on instead of Aribo.

I agree, but... We are playing Manning, with all of his limitations, next to "AIR Stephens". Hence the problem that we should be able to manage, but it is still like playing with him in a back four, especially when we are defending crosses from the opposite side and Stephens is marking fresh air... again!

Nah, we have the perfect number 7! He might look a little slow, unfit and lazy… but when he comes alive, his goals and assists, oh fuck… never mind.

I think that is a little unfair on Baz. 3 goals per game should be enough to carry him in most games 😉

To be fair, pound for pound… 😉

Hate it when that happens…

He reacts so late, even if it is a difficult shot to save, that he makes it look like he throws himself after the ball just as it passes him by. Feels like my stream is buffering every time he is in action…

Why did we let them hit so many crosses? Where is the pride in stopping crosses coming in from your side. Like we invited them to cross again and again. It must be easier to stop the crosses ever coming in, than rely on Baz and our marking… And Aribo… why bother? He certainly didn’t.

I agree, and adding on that, I just think we need a bit of consistency in this position.

I don’t think he is going to improve much defensively, but maybe his teammates and our tactics can help cover his shortcomings. I think Tonda said an interesting thing in the pre match presser when he was asked if Fellows would get problems defensively against a better calibre of wingers. His response was something like: I don’t see it as a one v one, it is something we as a team must deal with. Could also be one of the reasons for bringing in Quarshie to have better cover on Mannings side.

Like most players of his quality, he has both strenghts and flaws. If we can get the most out of his good qualities, and shore up around his worst, then he can play a big part for us this season.

I have it on good authority that this is due to the new technology we have in place to help Baz with his weakness(es)...

Bored tonight?

Yeah, looking back at the SR era, all mangers bar Russ has kinda been interim anyway, in anything but the title. Just a waste of money to make it full time.

Agree, and while I still think a more experienced manager is the way to go, SR would most likely fuck up that appointment as well, so the lesser evil is perhaps to stay with what they have fallen into here... for now.