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Not too fussed if THB does go, it’s not as if he has been instrumental in our defensive strength. Get the money while we can and get rid. He thinks he is better than he actually is. One chipped through ball assist a few seasons back and he thinks he’s Glen Hoddle. He reads the game badly, makes rash decisions and gives up easily. One of the Sheff Utd chances the other night was his fault and he just stopped, and watched, no chasing back for any rebounds or such like. Strangely enough, the only one of the current CBs I would like to keep currently is Jack Stephens. Says a lot about our defence!

A win but only because the opposition were dreadful. There was no excitement watching that performance, just boredom and an impending sense of doom. I’m normally a “glass half full” person but we are going nowhere with this squad. I think I have previously tended to blame tactics or formations but ultimately the team aren’t good enough. Paid special attention to THB this evening as he is allegedly being watched for this transfer window. I’d be amazed if anybody fancied paying for him. A win but I was hoping that at this stage of the season it would be to keep us fighting at the top rather than three points in our quest for safety.

He’ll bottle it and get two yellows tomorrow night.

Is that it for Bazunu now? Quite a fall from grace. Picked as Tondas number one and now on his way out the club?

451?

It’s been rubbish. It’s been spineless. But we missed a couple of sitters. Goals change matches, misses cost matches. It’s been the problem for seasons.

We seem to have been worked out after that initial five or six game good spell. The key triangle move to create space from CB to CM and then onto winger is being snuffed out. Admittedly we seem to be doing everything much slower. Teams have worked out that if you press the midfield two and stop them receiving the ball, we are a bit clueless. Hopefully Leo for Robinson or Azaz and Welly on for Manning.

Manning has been dreadful. An absolute liability.

We could have been several up before Norwich had even woken up. Thats not on Tonda, he has set up the team up to create chances and we didn’t take them. If one of those goes in, the game changes, they push on and we counter to score more. He is doing a good job from where we were a few weeks back. No manager is ever gonna have a 100% win rate and fans need to manage expectations.

Poor result but one of those days that we had often under Still. Plenty of really good chances to score and put the game to bed but missed them. We could have been out of sight before half time and it would have been an easy win. The main concern is the Plan B or apparent lack of one. I do think we will be a different second half team once we have Stewart fit. Will give us a better outlet. This result does show why autos are gonna be out of reach though.

After the turnaround in our play in the past few games, I think he deserves a go at the job. Some of the football in his first few games has been scintillating, a pleasure to watch, especially after the recent Russball dross. I just hope the fans give him a chance and don’t use him to try and beat SR over the head.

It’s all very static at present. In past games Fellows and Scienza have been getting the ball passed to them while they are going forward. Again today, we are back to people getting the ball stationary. Fair play to Millwall, they are stopping out pass into Jansen or Bragg well.

I can see some fans soon getting upset as they are paying for 90 minutes of football but are only getting to watch 45 minutes of competitive football. 😉

For me, the big difference is the first pass into the midfield. It going Wood, to THB and then the pass inside to Jander or Downes. The next pass under previous managers would have been back to Wood without any thought of attacking. Now we are looking to get the ball forward to Fellows, Azaz, Arma or Leo. They have been doing some quality training on this aspect, night and day to Still and Russball. Actual attacking intent. Fellows is t getting the ball stationary, he can run on to the ball and already be in the pole position. We are really committing players forward, not just the odd one or two. Great to watch.

Got to get the ball out to Fellows more as the LB can’t touch him.