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Think the forum is bubbling up nicely. I’m more entertained by this than the match

Very fussy ref.. seems to have forgotten football is a contact sport

Outside of the top 2 it’s pretty much pub football

We’ve not had a huge amount of success with signings directly from Scottish football, not necessarily Scottish players…

You could get the Duracell bunny running around up top, it’ll make little difference with nothing to play off of.

I’m going to order the special edition DVD… One day Cornick’s 3rd will be spoken about in the same way as Tinnion at Anfield

Exactly this, pricking about 5 yds from his man being more interested in getting his arms behind his back than getting close enough to make a difference

Poor from Roberts and Max.

Not a dig at you Red Kev, but merely using your post to pose the question as this is something that other posters have brought up about preseason. What additional magic do you expect him to find in preseason that he has not been able to do since November? I’m failing to see how a week in some Bavarian resort with the players cycling to training will suddenly transmit whatever style he’s trying to put out on the pitch…. What we are currently getting is functional but really not entertaining, and it appears we’ve already had our one shot on goal in this match now.

This one appears to be working the best

Nothing more than a glorified academy coach that was once employed by the City Group, and given his perceived lack of interest in our academy players, I’d even question that. Not even close to being a championship standard manager.

Disagree with this, he’s definitely regressed under whatever system is being imposed at present, it’s almost as if the spontaneity has been drilled out of the team. I see him as a player that can keep things ticking over with an eye for a pass, Manning has turned him into some sort of drone.

With the level of football being played at present there’s more chance of losing 10 on the spin than ever coming close to winning that number. The quality of football that the current head coach is presiding over is dreadful, it’s not entertaining and has very little to get enthused over.

I think he’s stymied by Mannings way of playing, the majority of City players receiving the ball tend to look to play backward , I guess because the are looking for the “trigger”, I don’t think this is anything to do with bravery more being over coached. Add TGH to the ever growing list of players who have regressed under super coach.

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I wonder if the coaching staff are holding their handbooks and clipboards the right way up during the coaching sessions, this might explain the urge to pass back constantly.. Lads you know the wooden frame with the net that’s on the training pitch that you kick balls into during the Robins uncut videos, perhaps have a go doing that during the game, preferably the one that does not have Max in it

Errr.. no you’re alright, I’d take a manager with international experience at the highest level over a glorified academy coach, but thanks for trying.

it’s not a view on the last 4 games, look at the trend and the form table for the last 10 games, it’s only Rotherham that has are worse than us. The only reason why our league position is not worse is partly due to the starting point that Manning had and the fact the Sheff We’d and QPR had dreadful starts. The Cup games, Boro and Southampton merely act as the icing to disguise the shit cake. The problem is now that the damage is done.

I don’t think what they were drinking was the issue, I suspect they’d been smoking fertilizer…

True, but they’ve definitely got something about them as a collective, and pace too. The generally accepted view was that they’d fall away just after Xmas, if anything they’ve got stronger.

I’ve watched him to it a lot, he is a ball carrier and drifts in field a great deal, but he’s not pacy and when he invariably loses it he’s so out of position. Not overly impressed

I think you do them a disservice, the sum of the parts is much much more than a league one squad, as much as it pains me to say it. I’d say that Leeds and Ipswich have been the 2 best teams at AG this season. It might be league one recruited players but they do have a thing going for them. Reminds me a bit Cotterill’s promotion team, they just know how to win and have huge belief that they will regardless.

Absolutely, McCrorie is better up the pitch, but does not convince as a right back regardless of whether he thinks that’s his best position, he’s not the quickest and then gets caught out of position meaning that someone has to cover. A half fit Sykes is not the answer there… I’d be starting Tanner if fit

The obvious replacements on that side would have been Mebude and Roberts, not sure that really would have strengthened. I think we have to look at the defending generally, Burns just caused the panic. you give a team like that a head of steam and they’ll go for it, 28 points including tonight from being behind in games is staggering.

Not with tonight’s referee. Loved playing to the crowd