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I thought that was a decent performance. We had the better of the play in both halves, hit the bar twice, and just can't catch a break. If only the lads weren't so wasteful in the final third. We can't shoot and can't pick the right pass and it's been like this for so bloody long.
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That's just common sense though away from home. Take the rhythm away from the home side and quiet down the crowd. And actually we went forward a lot.
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Definitely offside
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I thought we did a really good job for mist of that half. Totally nullified WBA, played the ball forwards, at times pressed high. It was almost a perfect away performance, and then a bad ball from Knight starts a chain of events containing several errors. I thing Manning got the tactics right, and the players almost did their jobs well.
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I genuinely don't know who the first choice right back should be
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That's what people wanted so one less thing for OTIB to rail against! Seems like a reasonable lineup. Sykes a no brainer and Roberts seems to be sharper than Pring at the moment. Williams and James out is a worry though, and we might not see much more of them going forwards at this rate!
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My hypothesis is that in the games that we did well in (I won't say the S-word ), we were better at showing for the ball, finding players whether in space or tight, one touch play and forward passing in all thirds of the pitch. When a few of those areas drop off, we look negative and ponderous, and fans react accordingly. Now, some people think I'm giving too much benefit of the doubt to the gaffer, which might or might not be the case
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I'd be very pleased with 4 or 5 points if we're just focusing on numbers
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Perhaps, but receiving the ball in tight spaces, and threading difficult balls is the level up compared with current imo. I think this is a pretty common challenge for Championship teams when faced with an energetic press. Nige used to talk about being brave with the ball and I think it's an enduring problem. Tanner and Vyner are just very limited [currently] in their vision and confidence passing the ball imo. Hence they hesitate and go back. They are great at defending though.
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No but I put in another thread that I see midfielders showing to receive the ball but defenders not being "brave" enough to play the ball. I think it's a player problem. As you know, there's nothing wrong with going back to then go forwards, but we're struggling with that atm
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What do you mean by "not great at them"? Versus what expectation? Dors he give an update? Yes. Does he stand up to any question that Piercy throws at him without letting emotion get to him? Yes. What more do you need? Jokes? Card tricks? I think pre-match interviews are just a tick box for managers and he ticks the box and gets back to work. He said in the last one that his football philosophy is to have control of possession with intent to attack and not to keep passing it around the back. That's what we want to hear. Job done. I also see a lot of comments about how unmotivated his voice is. Well, the players have looked highly motivated I'm almost all of Manning's games. We've had problems under Manning but motivation isn't one of them. Some of the criticism has been reasonable, some of it doesn't make sense.
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I don't think ore-match interviews are supposed to be entertaining anyway. We just need to know about injuries and the rest is for the journos to write their standard preview.
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I wouldn't go as far as your first sentence, but the level of negativity on here across the board is quite extreme for a manager who is only marginally underperforming. If we were getting hammered every week I'd understand. I totally defend the right for people to criticise Manning though, that's their prerogative. Some of it is a bit childish, but hey this is OTIB; not the place to come for sanity! Passion, hard work and hunger are three big ticks and not to be sniffed at. Competency is another very important tick box, and for me the jury's undecided, whereas other people have jumped to a quicker conclusion (some more politely than others, which I think has irritated Jimbo in this case.)
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My total guess would be that Twine plays the first hour. I'm not sure how Knight fits in though, presuming Mehmeti and Sykes continue in the wider roles
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Can't wait for an Anis Mehmeti masterclass!