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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign early release yesterday. Haven’t played any of the campaigns since the MW series restarted in 2019 but supposedly it’s one of the best they’ve done (based on early reviews).

Scoring seven of the teams nine goals in five a side this week 😂

I remember watching that on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 😂 She was a proper thicko. She’ll fit right in.

Hasn’t another Reform person just been done by the police for inappropriate behaviour? Or is this fake news by the woke left? 😂 Scummy people of a scummy party doing scummy things. Who’d have thought it?

Worst match of the season. Weird crowd, odd atmosphere, awful ref. I'm sure it's all been covered in the thread, but meh. Best thing was half time out in the sun.

The eight or nine in front of us who’s seats were taken by idiots we’re French or Belgian, their English was very minimal when we checked they were ok after things had settled. Maybe cruise customers 🤷🏻‍♂️

Today seemed to be a very different crowd to normal. Loads of first timers, I had a few (not joking) outside asking for directions, then I noticed around us a fair few new faces even in the regular ST seats. No wonder the atmosphere was fucking guff.

But Tonda is a data and Analyst man. His skill set is exactly what you’re describing. He’s done this the whole time we’ve been on these runs. Coventry, Arsenal, Fulham, Skates, Norwich etc etc. We’ve setup to play against the team we are playing. Fellows looks like a fish out of water on the right sometimes. He didn’t get today all right, but Bree playing advanced cutting back to Scienza central after 3 mins should have been enough for us to win the game. Also Scienza crossing of strong foot from the right for the handball … etc etc.

It was evident that Fellows was struggling inside the first ten minutes on that left hand side, yet he was left. Equally it was evident Scienza spent more time passing backwards on the right rather than running at defenders. Tonda’s tactics buggered it up today, unfortunately we have to just accept that. You play your best players on their best positions, you play to your strengths, not try and counter what your opponent might set up as.

Interesting, thank you for breaking it down, I was only half watching a stream. The biggest misses for me weren't Jander and Downes though, it was Scienza, Dobbin and more obviously, Bree 😉 We made excellent chances but didn't take them.

Gerald Ashby levels from the corrupt ref today 🤬

Reading a lot of Tonda over complicated it tweets/messages etc. I’ll try my best to convey from a tactical view point why he has done this. Again these elite managers are far advanced from me but i probably see it through their lens slightly more than the average joe. We’ve lined up today in a 4-4-2 because Bolton defend very uniquely. So they’ve condensed the pitch into a 15 meter pitch and aggressively high playing an offside defensive unit similar to that of the German Flick. I was really impressed with how high there line was, and credit them for that. I’m presuming because of this Tonda has played strong sided wingers as Bolton wanted us to come inside where there was no room. Fellows and Matsuki from left and Scienza and Azaz at different times from the right. Playing Azaz as a 10 is the same problem we can’t get three lines into their 15 yard defensive unit and they planned for this. The other interesting thing was that Scienza started as a striker with Larin but kept getting to wide so they switched that in game but couldn’t work out how, fellows was poor he got caught far to many times. First half it worked much better than second ironically as we were in complete control but we didn’t create enough clear cut chances. Scienzas aside. Losing Larin was an issue as we then couldn’t play more direct as the game progressed meaning they could stay higher from restarts and we couldn’t cross the ball late from deep as no one to hit, a big problem for the team and one I’ve called all season. Was the same as wolves v Bolton midweek, no Jimenez and Armstrong the replacement, Bolton stopped them playing. Interestingly I watched Azaz for Ireland against Austria and he played in a deeper role something we’ve not seen loads of. I’d have preferred to see us start with him in with JWP and have two flying wingers on from the start. Edozie and Scienza with Larin + Dobbin. The biggest two misses were manning and Downes/Jander. We had no deep runners from midfield to break Boltons high line both Jander and Flynn would do that. And we really missed Manning’s quality to pick a pass. Having no back up striker is an issue, we need to act on this in Jan. I won’t stop telling anyone this. Lincoln, Wrexham, Today - cost us at least 5 points so far this season. Positives for me - Dobbin and Edozie have had good weeks. Edozie should have had an assist for dobbin. Minus taking his chances I thought dobbin looked sharp. Can certainly play as a second striker.

not playing Leo on the left crept in towards the end of last season. Despite the good results, it was obvious it was not a good fit...yet he returns to it. The manager is clearly not having Mubama.....

In brutal honesty I think Tonda got lucky with a bit of team rotation during the week, today I think it bit him in the arse alongside his weird tactics: Scienza on the right despite being ineffective for over an hour, Matsuki not starting, Bragg and JWP effectively playing as holding midfielders within ten yards of each other.

Reading a lot of Tonda over complicated it tweets/messages etc. I’ll try my best to convey from a tactical view point why he has done this. Again these elite managers are far advanced from me but i probably see it through their lens slightly more than the average joe. We’ve lined up today in a 4-4-2 because Bolton defend very uniquely. So they’ve condensed the pitch into a 15 meter pitch and aggressively high playing an offside defensive unit similar to that of the German Flick. I was really impressed with how high there line was, and credit them for that. I’m presuming because of this Tonda has played strong sided wingers as Bolton wanted us to come inside where there was no room. Fellows and Matsuki from left and Scienza and Azaz at different times from the right. Playing Azaz as a 10 is the same problem we can’t get three lines into their 15 yard defensive unit and they planned for this. The other interesting thing was that Scienza started as a striker with Larin but kept getting to wide so they switched that in game but couldn’t work out how, fellows was poor he got caught far to many times. First half it worked much better than second ironically as we were in complete control but we didn’t create enough clear cut chances. Scienzas aside. Losing Larin was an issue as we then couldn’t play more direct as the game progressed meaning they could stay higher from restarts and we couldn’t cross the ball late from deep as no one to hit, a big problem for the team and one I’ve called all season. Was the same as wolves v Bolton midweek, no Jimenez and Armstrong the replacement, Bolton stopped them playing. Interestingly I watched Azaz for Ireland against Austria and he played in a deeper role something we’ve not seen loads of. I’d have preferred to see us start with him in with JWP and have two flying wingers on from the start. Edozie and Scienza with Larin + Dobbin. The biggest two misses were manning and Downes/Jander. We had no deep runners from midfield to break Boltons high line both Jander and Flynn would do that. And we really missed Manning’s quality to pick a pass. Having no back up striker is an issue, we need to act on this in Jan. I won’t stop telling anyone this. Lincoln, Wrexham, Today - cost us at least 5 points so far this season. Positives for me - Dobbin and Edozie have had good weeks. Edozie should have had an assist for dobbin. Minus taking his chances I thought dobbin looked sharp. Can certainly play as a second striker.

The officials were all crap, but that's what happens when VAR swallows up all the best officials from the EFL.

True. And he can't do anything about the Scienza miss (which was arguably the easiest of the lot) or the Larin miss. But the setup in the first half was wierd - a bizarre collection of players on the left and almost nothing on the right. Massive overthinking and rectifying it meant more players out of position. Tonda tried something, it didn't work. He's proven he learns quickly so let's move on.

Good questions . thought about trying it today as the train line to Salisbury was closed as usual.

Not read all comments but does anyone else question the lino's lack of interest in the handball right in his vision. Only possible excuse could be the sun so why dont they wear a cap. I mean they have all sorts of other shite attached to their bodies

I wonder what Tonda sees that makes him think that Leo should be anywhere other than wide left. He looked so much more dangerous when he moved there towards the end. And we almost always look better when Matsuki plays. against a team as limited as Bolton were, it is hard to see why you would do more than minor tweaks to the tried and tested system. The first half set up just seemed bizarre. But that said, we still created enough to win two games.

Seen lots of vapes around the stands every time I’ve been

You’re right, but on a different note how long will it be before we see some copycat incidents of pupil/student unrest in the UK ? Seeing it on the news, it seems inevitable that some bastard will think that looks a good way of expressing some sentiment or other.

Something else came to mind today: The 5pm classified football results, with the iconic music intro on Sports Report. It used to be essential listening, especially if getting back to the car in time to hear them. Long before the days we knew them from looking at our phones and monitoring other games (whilst your own was still in progress)

Not thick, just arrogance and entitled. Apart from anything else these young girls should be at home training to be housewives not at a football match being racist to stewards