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And if we have no semblance of a midfield our ‘wing backsa’ have nowhere to go other than back to the centre backs. We’re very much built for a back 3, without it we’re utter dross, which makes not replacing White and Burn even more perplexing.

Let’s see how he gets on once we revert to our back 3 with Cucu and Lamptey as actual wing backs who can stay high up the pitch and not be terrified of losing possession as there’s very little defensive cover. I bet Tariq would find it quite novel to see a forwards pass that he could run on to...

Was that the move when March took an age to fanny about and lost possession on the edge of the box?

Something we can all agree on, it seems bonkers.

I dunno man, this is quite a tricky one to wriggle out of as there’s enough factual evidence from the club’s coaching staff who literally say Bruno looks after the attacking.

Surely this isn’t so much an ‘attacking coach’ problem as it is a ‘strikers coach’ issue?

Not intentionally, but it’s very apparent that we don’t have a central midfield currently and Mwepu can cover a lot of ground in the middle. It would be nice to have at least one player who resembled a CM.

Whilst he’s an utterly unpredictable berserker we do seem to miss Mwepu’s energy in the middle.

For me the 2 holding mids works very well IF at least one of them is looking to carry the ball forward, if one is a carrier and the other holds that’s fine, ideally both can drive with the ball which makes it harder for the opposition to defend as they don’t know which one will trigger a move...

At times March was LWB today as we fleetingly went to a 3, but it was predominantly a back 2 which severely limits Cucurella and Lamptey’s ability to impact the game. The whole squad seems terribly imbalanced right now, we have a disgusting lack of pace, centre backs, centre mids, wingers and...

We don’t actually seem to have a central midfield? We have Bissouma hovering around just ahead of the centre backs, then a smattering of slow yet technically sound players dotted around the periphery of the middle of the park, there’s **** all in the middle. Terrible.

The home wins generally is where I’d expect it to be, but this season it’s fecking appalling to be quite honest.

I’d noticed an uptick in traffic exiting the university, wasn’t aware of any train issues other than general incompetence by Southern. I’m. Lucky that I don’t really find a few fixture changes too much of an imposition.

Ignore.

I have a question, I’ve noticed a lot of people using the hassle of getting to and from the ground as an excuse/reason to stop going, has something changed to make things dramatically worse? I appreciate Bennett’s Field is no longer in operation but that wasn’t huge, I’ve been fortunate that my...

10 goals in 13 home games, is that right? If so we’re basically doomed if the opposition score, which we can all see with our own eyes. The tactics seem ludicrously easy to defend against, we offer zero threat through the middle of the pitch, it’s all slow progression down the flanks largely...

He was possibly the most smug person I’d encountered on this forum and that is saying something.

As if that pompous tool would still be here spouting bollux about Bielsa’s incredible formations and his preference of an enganche or doble cinco.

Forgive me, I’d not seen anyone mention ‘big lumps’, I thought it was just bigger forwards that were being spoken about.

That’s more to do with the overall evolution of the game isn’t it? When you see the pace and skill of full backs these days it’s staggering, the ability on the ball of the modern day centre half is worlds away from the kick and head defenders of yesteryear.