Interestingly Sunderland fans seem to think the opposite from what I've seen 😅

I'm surprised more teams don't do thos to us. Tempo and pressure seems to cripple our gameplan entirely.

We're getting sloppy here - may be worth making a change

Makes you wonder why he barely got a look in last season

Yessss! Huge play by Hedges to win the free kick and then yet another Mowbray team who are utterly dreadful at defending set pieces.

Sure, but surely then you use him now - worst happens is he gives you a reason to drop him that the fans see. On the flip side, he gets us extra points and adds to his value. Win-win for everyone.

I think this is the take. Of course Rovers come before Dack, but when no reason is goven you assume the worst and if we're winning and still treating players that have given their all like crap then this lot have learned nothing in the last 12 years or so. We saw it in the Kean era with Givet, Samba, Nelsen, Salgado et al. Don't give the current lot a pass just because the team is winning a few games. JDT could clear up so much with a sentence or two.

Can someone explain how this squad is ever going to get any consistency when we mess around with formations and personnel this much? I can't even make sense of why some of these changes have even been made.

One thing I will say in JDT's favour despite performances is that he has been adamant that we would see consistency after the WC - if we're up near the top and he's right... could be an exciting season. That said, it's a big if.

But it wasn't a goal. so if we concede here and that's all they contribute, then it's perfectly fine to criticise their input.

If we conceded before 90 mins Boro are going to win it, we have been abysmal under pressure for years.

The way we use subs is starting to worry me. It's like he already decided what subs to make before the game rather than looking at what's actually on the pitch.

I know Boro are crap - but look what happens when we actually have a midfield! Makes the last few fixtures all the more frustrating.

Unbelievably poor again. Willing to give JDT a chance but he's proving even more stubborn than Mowbray with these garbage tactics. We're just gifting goals to incredibly poor sides and we have no attacking threat whatsoever. If we're still putting these kind of performances in by the WC I'd be seriously considering a new manager.

Our summer recruitment is looking worse and worse with every game. Especially away from home there seems to be no plan, no ability to attack and we just gift goals away for fun. We've got away with it at home so far, but if those results start turning this team will plummet down the table.

Our top summer strike target don't you know

At least Szmodics has offered some goals and assists already. I'm yet to see Hirst contribute anything other than that shoddy attempt at a penalty last week.

How many League Two tier performances do we need to put in away from home before we actually change tactics? Christ I don't think even TM persisted after this many abject failures.

The difference is Arsenal then went and threw many tens of millions at players who can play what he wanted, we're rummaging around in the bins at the back of the Championship.

Yep, I keep seeing that we want to press but if you want to make us roll over all you have to do is let us have the ball. We create way more chances for the opposition than for ourselves messing around at the back. I dread to think of the carnage at the dingles if Kompany does his homework.

Hirst shouldn't even be on the pitch, let slone taking pens. If he was our main target this summer I am seriously concerned about our recruitment policy.

Dack won't play unless JDT is desperate, there's surely no way he's here beyond January. Still can't work out what Hirst brings - I'd rather get Gallagher up top personally.

Yeah... we really played them close that half.

Sure, but when we lose, we get battered, and that's about 50% of games so far. There's only so long you can keep up performances like this before you plummet down the table. Also if you factor in 3 of those wins being a new manager bounce and it looks grim.

There's a few that don't seem to get a look in even if we're awful - A Wharton, Dack, Markanday and to a lesser extent Phillips jump to mind immediately.