captainchris

If he plays Mara out wide again - Well, let’s hope he bloody doesn’t!

One or two things that are concerning. Firstly we seemed to be fine in midfield attacking roles despite Sully being out so I’m not really sure why we rushed out to ‘strengthen’ there and then directly shoehorn in those signings immediately and in particular Rothwell who since his inclusion we have conceded 6 in the last two games and looked poor in midfield. Mara is a pretty good central forward but cannot play out wide yet RM continues with the experiment of playing him wide or leaves him out. As soon as he moved more central against Watford he excelled. Leaving a in form Mara out against Bristol in favour of a fading AA who obviously is not very effective as a No9 seemed strange. AA appears to be very favoured in what should be a no favour squad game… It appears that RM has a certain favouritism to certain players which will hinder us if he allows his team selections to follow his preferences in people he likes over what is the best personnel for the team. RM’s style of play is scintillating to watch but it relies on very high energy, positional skill, passing, accuracy and awareness to work, we have two or three that are a bit short in those departments and the whole ethos breaks down when they are included at the moment. Against WBA we cannot afford to carry any of RM’s babes….

Thank you for your ill thought out aggressive and unwelcome vitriol. Obviously a nice person….. Well Rothwell was largely not all that against Watford. We conceded three after he came on yesterday and as Jo Tessem said he was puffing and behind the game during the first half yesterday. After he came on the midfield disappeared. Yes he scored great goals yesterday for sure but his energy and positioning are not giving us enough midfield control which contributed to Huddersfield’s ability to exploit the gaping holes that were clearly there… As many on here have said, if we are that wide open against the big teams there may not be a way back. Our outstanding run has been built on conceding very few goals, if we are to continue the run we will need to work to those same principles, We will concede space when Rothwell is playing and scoring five every game might be tricky…

He is indeed woeful …. He has been every game so far….

He wasn’t great first half because yet again he was asked to play left wing, he isn’t a winger, we know this …. Second half he was much more central and looked a different proposition altogether. No doubt he will be tried yet again on the left wing very soon though…. 🤷‍♂️ Fantastic second goal from Mara have to say …

Two people who should be nowhere near this pitch… The ref ….. Jack Rothwell ….. Been watching him … Aweful… Just stands around marked

Dibling in front of Amo???? Weird. Mara in the left again - he hasn’t played well there yet???

This made me laugh out loud for obvious reasons…

Well don’t forget Rothwell so not exactly a nine….

Rothwell either isn’t ready in which case why is he playing or he’s pretty crap…. He was hiding for most of the game… Lose a stone might help… Certainly shouldn’t be on the pitch again until he is much more up to speed.

This is truly dreadful.. Rothwell hiding all game. What is RM waiting for here?

Rothwell is so far off the standard it’s a mystery why we have brought him in…

100%

Plus KWP much effective as a wing back

Agree, it has t worked yet, in fact quite the opposite…. Odd

True, as RM alluded to as well the back pass was not the best from Stephen’s who again looked rusty. A couple of games for under 23s would be a good idea for him.

He isn’t anywhere near as slow as Che though who is normally 10 yds behind the play. Id take a close look at him…

This guy is very good and has consistently scored lots of goals. He’s 28 so ready to go and a strong runner. He would fit straight in.

Yeah I don’t think it worked that well either. Stephen’s will need to bide his time, he didn’t look great out of his normal position.

Keep Mara and give him more minutes…

Stephens really has been poor…

Could anyone decipher what Martin just said😂

This did bring a smile to my face after that utter bore fest….. 😂

Surely by now someone in the coaching staff should be asking/telling Smallbone to look forwards and stop facing his own goal as a default….

Russ - ‘Very proud of the players’