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SPH with a goal against Deadpool FC, good loan for him so far. Well done Max. They really should have scored then. Can Robinstv stop calling Chakvetadze Jacktheladze, can he read people's names? It's not like he's an unknown, he scored past us a few weeks ago!

Atleast Twine can head the ball unlike Mehmeti, good ball from Max and Conway's getting a knack for pinching in ahead of defenders/goalies ain't he. Gotta be a bit more aggressive, we can cause these problems with a bit of confidence, go at them.

Won't cause these lot many problems with this passive play, always gotta go back all the time. Everyone isolated, Knight doesn't do much in that forward position without Sykes there. Twine ain't no different to Mehmeti in that position.

Hell of a winger too, him and Jimmy Kebe on the wings at Reading were a proper threat

Good fight and put it on them, couldn't handle it with the dwindling numbers. Wish we did a bit more on the ball when we got opportunities to get forward. Scored off a mistake and other than that it wasn't too much. I like the formation and style for keeping the ball but creating I still think it's a problem. Williams and James were top tonight. Really set the tone pinching the ball constantly and strong challenges. More of that please!

Couldn't do this shithousery in the league where it matters could we? Hate how we persevere with the same formation. What good is Bell at RWB or Wells on his own up top?

I wonder what happened the last time we signed players without thinking to the future. I hope scattergun signings like this don't become the norm again like MA/LJ times. We've got to keep evolving and growing our squad. This definitely improves us in the short-term which is needed but long term without an option it's very underwhelming and I bet the loan fee is into the 100k's at least with fair prem wages on top. Decent player, he's gotta perform from the start, he isn't here for long.

Enjoy him for 6 months in mindnumbing sleepball, hope he can bring a spark and make the play a little more exciting. Board point of view? Desperate. Get off our backs signing. No future upside is disappointing but good luck Scott.

More patterns and behaviours

Don't think he should be playing in the position he does. Not creative or clinical enough.

Preferred the high press identity under Nige. Even if we weren't the best on the ball and it was scrappy, at least we were going at teams and fighting for every ball. Now it's just recycling the ball if "the opportunity" doesn't open up. And we've sacrificed what made us a dangerous team earlier in the season to do so. Same old City, so flat against teams who don't leave gaps. Just hasn't felt fun to watch under Manning so far for me personally. Feels like the personality has been sucked out of the team. Trying to be something we're not.

Only difference is that our press is weaker and that we'd rather have the ball at the back a bit more. Not fun to watch either.

Manningball wonderful

We ain't done enough anyway, performance has been so flat and passive.

Thought we were passive and flat in the first half, second half a bit more confident and actually playing the ball forwards into good areas and running at them. Weimann, James and Wells subs killed our momentum but the players were tiring, I'd like to see Cornick come on earlier. Bet Pring needs about three icebaths after the amount of running he got put through today tracking Bowen and bombing forward. Was annoyed with how we went about the first half, gave them too much respect. They're a decent team in the Prem but they're not overloaded with creative players. We shut off the ball into JWP further up and forced him deeper and Bowen was a bit of sick of running at Pring so he drifted more inside. Deserved the draw and either side could have pinched it.

Cut the passing lanes for Dickie and this team ain't got much. TGH the standout for me so far, putting himself about well.

Knight on the ball does my absolute head-in

We keep playing the same way, back to Dickie or Vyner once our forward options don't show for it. Weimann goes hiding in behind markers and looks like he is running through sludge. Knight hasn't got the strength/pace to hold off or get beyond players and hold it up. Mehmeti not consistent enough. Conway isolated and the subs are always like-for-like so nothing changes. The opposition can stay in their set-up and defend as it was and we don't look like changing it up. Wells on his own like Conway fighting battles they'll rarely win. Sykes looks crocked, Cornick and Bell not in favour, Yeboah won't get an opportunity now. The players aren't being played to their strengths and that's evident with this tippy-tappy hot potato 'front-foot-football'. Can see what Manning is trying to do. Just isn't what I like to watch, I like to see teams mix it up a bit and we are so predictable. I don't mind losing to better teams or teams with a clear plan that counter us but Millwall really didn't do that much to beat us today and that is deflating.

serves us right

Knight runs and runs but if he's going to play in a forward position he has to be an outlet and hold the ball and link it up, keeps going back and back - so frustrating.

Toothless and passive yet again. All we do is just give the ball to someone else instead of trying to do something.

They are there for the taking and we've turned up and barely laid a glove. Not enough conviction when we've got into good areas, just letting the opportunities pass by.

When he has little time to think with only one, two or three touches he's great and makes real positive contributions. Real instinctive player going forward and can contribute off the bench, still like to see Mehmeti getting more opportunities from the start. Played well like the rest of them today.

That Asprilla is killing them with not tracking Pring. Giving Mehmeti and Conway more space in the left side areas. Whole team fighting well, pinching the ball and breaking well but shout out once again for Rob Dickie, best signing we've made in a long time. Oozes calmness and hasn't been at his best over the last 2 games but his positioning is getting Pring right up the pitch and we are a big threat. Bit more calm in the final third and we can bury this game but expect them to come out firing. That Martins is a real threat and Tanner has a different danger to deal with now.

That Ekwah is a hell of a player, always passing forward - first time one-twos, very impressed by him.