To be honest we paid so little for Rothwell he's been okay I think. Chapman is yet to play, and also cheap. Brereton and Gallagher are the ridiculous ones.

We could go 442 -------------------------Walton Nyambe----Lenihan----Tosin----Bell ----JRC-------Travis----Holtby---Downing --------------Gallagher---Graham Another raft of changes, but what's new?

I agree we have only one effective way to play - patiently pass it through the middle. If teams press us and out muscle us that goes out the window. Therefore as you say a plan B is required. Theoretically we should have a long ball option to Gallagher but we dont as he cannot for the life of him hold up the ball. And we cant get it wide as we have no wide players. I think we're just going to have to give Chapman or JRC a whirl and see how it goes. And try and get some cash together to sign a striker who has a decent scoring record and can trap a ball. No idea where we get that cash from. Nor do I trust Mowbray to find that striker. But I can't see what our other options are.

Yup. The only thing that matters is signing a striker who is decent and scores goals. I think Raos may give Mowbray short shrift after paying out 12M for Gallagher and Brereton. They may well say "play Brereton".

What's so sad is it's hard to see what we can do to improve. Barring major investment I think we've played all our cards. Somewhat stupidly Huddersfield seem to have started standing off us.

Weve been well beaten here. Huddersfield have been really poor technically also, but much better physically.

Huddersfield have figured that if we get tight pressed we are absolutely desperate. Reckon we could have a bad few weeks as every team does that to us.

Absolutely horrendous from Bennett, but typical of how the whole team have played.

I admire your optimism!

It's frustrating as we have passed it pretty well in recent games but it all seems to have been lost over the last 3. All I can put it down to is we are being pressed more effectively.

Actually scratch that - Armstrong for Gally or Graham would make sense. I know he's frustrating but he scores and creates goals from very little.

Rothwell was a total waste of space to be honest. Offered nothing. We have slightly improved since the change. Still abject on the ball though. Why isn't Holtby in squad?

Don't know about Mowbray but I'm bereft o ideas on how we can improve. Wouldn't bring anyone on.

What's happened to Tosin? None of the passing quality we've seen before.

Both sides look so so so so so poor on the ball.

Have to say Rothwell apart from one great game has looked absolutely ineffective despite given a long run in the side. Hard to argue with him being hooked. Nyambe is a big miss for me.

Have to say I don't get this. He's dropped everyone - Smallwood, Bennett, Evans, Williams, Armstrong, Johnson etc.

Sounds plausible in terms of the lack of info on what's going on with Tosin. On the other hand I can't see how an agent is able to influence whether he plays or not. More likely City have notified they want him back and will pay back the loan fee etc. What's strange though is that they haven't announced this. Why wait? All very odd.

Whens he back? Really really missed him again.

We we had one of those in Dack though he's out now. Have to agree that Graham is going to really struggle to make up the scoring gap.

Draw looked a fair result. The real key point is that without Tosin our possession game collapses, he opens up the game, allows everyone to push up. Wihout him we become very predictable. How long is it till he's back?

He goes inside though every time , if the oppos is weak through the middle he can be devastating, but if they're tight he's completely ineffective. It would be good to see someone really stretch a tight defence. It's worth at least giving Chapman a try. Could have made a big difference against Wigan. We need that option Id say.

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Agree with the formation but would play Bennett and Bell instead of Downing and Armstrong.

On Boxing day I think we would have dropped Dack and turned the whole side over like at Bristol City any way, so we won't really see if we miss Dack till the game after that. Question is do we go 442 or stick with 4231. I personally would go 4231. Despite the team performing brilliantly Brereton was still a passenger last game. I just can't see the point. Also I do agree we need a bit of width on the bench. Crying out for it last night. Why not give Chapman or JRC a go? I think we can keep the run going as long as Tosin comes back.