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I think this lot need an old fashioned boot camp. Run them ragged and frighten them head on. Get the fitness up, make it painfully literally, obvious that the worse they play the harder they work. The Message will soon get home. Clear out the trouble makers.

He's been used appallingly, never as a central striker by an idiot manager that should have been called out months ago, obsessed by a meaningless tactic of thousands of passes in our penalty area. I still would like to see how he plays maybe alongside Onuachu. His record with Blackburn and Sheffield Utd will attract teams looking for a striker. Not having to play backwards and sideways will help him.

Absolutely true. When I was coaching, one of the players was a recently retired Olympic sprinter. As a youngster he had played representative football. In a couple of set up sessions I proved to him that dribbling the ball he was really hardly quicker than any other player. I then got him playing out of his own half, either receiving the ball then knocking it twenty yards past the defender. He was lightning quick so immediately left him for dead, three touches later the two central defenders were dragged out and he was in at the byeline playing the ball back across the edge of the penalty area to the incoming forwards. The other way was the midfielders and defenders playing the ball diagonally towards the corner where his pace again took the same three defenders out of the game. That is the only way Sulemana would be effective. He's not as quick but still very quick. Alternatively playing high centrally as he did two years ago in the last match of the season when scoring twice against Liverpool. Personally i'd like to see how he does given a go alongside Onuachu.

Like Onuachu we have just wasted his lightning pace. When was the last time we played a decent through ball in front of him, never. He has to be played in on the break, If he's expected to face his own goal then turn and attack a consolidated defence he's wasting his time. I think the only way we can use him is to bring him in alongside Onuachu and out of the way of the wing backs. Quicker than Armstrong and Archer and stronger than Archer. They might make a pair. Power plus pace.

Personally I Thought Ugochukwu looks the part. Sugawara really messed up shanking the ball for the corner that led to the goal then played Bowen onside., thats not the first time he's messed up in that position recently. Downs seems off his game. Fernandes was good. I thought Aribo was hopeless because he is so left footed he is continually passing backwards we just don't need that. He just kills the momentum. Onuachu all round had a good game as did KWP. The centre backs were ok but reverted to square passing too often. Wood has spent too much time under Martin and needs to get with the new direct system. Overall this was much more like it. If we had played like this from the start of the season we wouldn't be in this position. We wasted half the season playing the crappy possession nonsense. Sulemana looks lively and might be better alongside Onuachu rather than Armstrong or Archer.

So could I.

Apparently he's a big Ed Sheeran fan and big Ipswich fan Sheeran came in and talked to him about Ipswich so he signed there.

Nobody is saying ABK should automatically get into the team however if fit I defy anybody to say he's not worth a place on the bench. Potentially our best centre back but has to deserve a place and show by his attitude that he wants to play.

He is what we need. Aggressive and going to give it his best shot. It would be unique to see him pull it off and would be probably our greatest achievement however unlikely. If he gives the players a lift we could run it close.

Manning's biggest problem is his over reliance on his left foot which unless he is already facing outwards makes him turn back inside and pass backwards which for me is a major impediment.

I personally consider that Martin froze him out as he did to others because ABK didn't suck up to him.

If I remember correctly ABK's problems started after he slipped on the astroturf surround and had to come off. He subsequently had to have a shoulder operation after trying to play on at PSV and was then out for a long period. That physical problem hopefully is history. Leaving after relegation happens with every team. Having observed over the last two years and historically from his Swansea days, in my opinion his stubborness, and stupidity that eventually led to his sacking, I'm not surprised in the least, his discarding some players and favouring sometimes undeservedly others that he sidelined ABK. I'm not even sure that ABK may have called him out regarding the stupid way we indulged in kamikaze passing in our own penalty area. When he played against Cardiff he didn't and passed out to midfielders and never appeared again. Martin in an interview noted that playing for the U21s was entirely voluntary and ABK had declined the invitation even though the inference was it would help in getting match fit. That was the last we heard of him until now.

Personally I can see that Onuachu hasn't been successful with us. However I can also see that we have never tried to make him a focal point and given him any worthwhile service. Personally I think we have the most useless bunch of crossers anywhere just chucking the ball into the box and hoping. Our corners and free kicks are nothing short of incompetent. Fraser and Dibling are the only players that try and target an attacker. Onuachu has a terrific record except with us and that has been down to being shoehorned in and made to fit in rather than being used sensibly. If he is expected to be a rotational pressing presence in midfield as a centre forward then we are wasting his and our time playing him. Give him the service he needs and put a predatory player alongside him then see what he can achieve. I'm wondering if Onuachu and BBD (who incidentally we have also grossly misused playing wide) up the middle might give us a stronger presence. Archer and Armstrong are different sorts of players and don't win much if anything up front. Archer needs sponfeeding and provides no physical threat and may be better suited to wide left in the last half hour.

That's more like it. For a start Ramsdale wasn't pissing about and mostly played long. Because we had two vertically challenged players up front his mostly long balls went into touch in Fulham's half. That in itself is fine despite giving the ball away it stops the game and forces opponents to reset. don't kick it down the middle because it goes through to the keeper. Archer comes from the non pressing don't get too close to challenge group. Dibling looks out of his depth anywhere but on the wing. Armstrong looks like he doesn't have a clue, If we're going long it's Onuachu all day long. The three centre backs were fine. Both full backs weren't great. Bree looked fine. I'm not a lover of the totally one footed Aribo. We looked better with Downes and Les who had easily his best performance. If we're going in to play combat football, great. There might also be room for Brereton-Diaz, ABK and Sulemana. A clean sheet away is a great start. Today was a bit of transition in styles. I'm looking forward to what I hope is a ruthless manager.

I've seen somewhere he's bringing his usual three coaching staff in with him. I'm looking forward to the change in emphasis. He speaks excellent English.