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Tbf we were poor before the subs came on and we have been poor afterwards. No change. We're treating Bolton like they're Man City, sitting incredibly deep.

It really feels like we're playing for the 1-0 now. Hugely risky considering our poor defensive record.

We've had an appalling start to this half. Can't keep hold of the ball.

Smallwood and Evans coming on. The least inspiring double substitution of all time.

Being penned back into our own half at the moment. Slowness on the counter attack still a problem. Feels like we give our opponents so much time to regroup.

Lovely seeing him in the opposing team instead of ours.

Decent enough performance so far. Need another goal though as I think we'll concede at some point.

We're so vulnerable whenever a high ball is put into the box. Not sure how you fix that with the players available.

Rothwell is a brilliant little player. Needs to be starting regularly.

Thus far a much better performance than Wednesday.

Scrappy goal but I'll take it!

Swansea 2-3 Ipswich. Lol. Don't think many people would have predicted that as their first win. Sounds like it was a smash and grab in fairness, but still, if you're conceding three at home to Ipswich you have problems.

Alternatively in January Leeds bought Tyler Roberts for £2.5m (rising to £4m) and he's managed 3 goals and 1 assist in 5 appearances so far this season. Also 19 years old. So the market is there to get decent young prospects at a reasonable price.

Just finished Persona 5, hell of a game but total game time clocked in at 85 hours... been a long time since I've spent that much time on an RPG. The game's aesthetics and music are fantastic, the story is fairly good and the battle system is quite easy to pick up (didn't think modern games still did turn-based battles!). It did have some flaws though. Lots of dungeon crawling puzzles which can get extremely tedious. I used a walkthrough as otherwise I would have been stuck in some parts for days. Lots of dialogue and text unnecessarily repeated. Some storylines didn't develop as well as they should have. Also there's a couple of "gay panic" scenes which really don't belong in a modern game. The translation is quite questionable at times too - I have an extremely basic grasp of Japanese but even I could tell some stuff wasn't being translated accurately. I guess most people play the game with English voices so wouldn't necessarily notice that. Due to the overall game length and the slog of some dungeons I'm not sure I'd play it again any time soon, which maybe says something as I can play RPGs like Final Fantasy 7 and 8 any time. It's still a solid 8/10 but can't wholeheartedly recommend it unless you're really into that kind of game.

I saw one of their fans post, completely seriously, that they should be considering Arsene Wenger.

Totally intentional.

We were bound to concede eventually as we were just giving them far too much space in the attacking third. There was such a sharp contrast between the two teams. Every time we got forward they were back in shape, surrounding our players and making life difficult. For whatever reason our whole team looked really tired on Tuesday and couldn't match the energy level Sheff Utd had.

I'd love to see us let the shackles loose in one appropriate home match and just see what happens. Have Palmer, Dack, Armstrong, Graham/Brereton and Rothwell all in the same team. It might end up being a total suicide mission but it'd be interesting to see if we could put a team to the sword with a genuinely dynamic and energetic attacking focus, rather than having the likes of Smallwood and Evans slowing everything down and just punting it up to Graham with the hope of a flick down leading to something.

Fergal was certainly one of a kind. Probably the most adaptable manager in recent history. He certainly wasn't above being pragmatic if it was necessary. Once Ronaldo and Tevez departed United played a pretty rigid style pretty much until he retired - but they were still challenging, and that was the key. I think Mowbray can be adaptable, and he really wants to switch to this three at the back system, but he just hasn't been able to assemble a good enough team to feel comfortable going for it. So instead we have this defensive, cautious approach which is frustrating to watch but has so far been good enough. I'm not sure whether we'll ultimately get to the point where Mowbray can play his preferred style. It'll be a shame if so, as we'll never really see what Mowbray wants us to be. Arguably the story of every manager under Venky's tenure.

Fans who offer critcism really can't win with certain sections of our fanbase. If you point out flaws when we lose then you're overreacting, knee-jerking, doom mongering, etc. When you do so after a win or a draw you're accused of not supporting the team, being unreasonable and not being able to "just enjoy the result". If you then keep quiet and stop criticising when we get a good result you get the old "haven't got much to say now, have you?" It's lose-lose with some people no matter what, so if you have something to say, just say it and don't worry about what others think. There's nothing wrong with asking for improvement or questioning certain decisions. Obviously it's possible to go too far down the negative side of the scale, but it's just as prevalent in the opposite direction. The middle ground is where we should all be aiming for.

Mid-table is realistically where we should expect to finish. Until we get a grip on the defensive side of the game we're going nowhere fast, but we have enough quality about us to stay up without too much trouble. There are some really, really bad teams below us. We need to arrest our alarming recent drop in form sooner rather than later though, and I am concerned that an injury to Graham, Dack or Mulgrew would be pretty damaging for us. Hell, even an injury to Nyambe has left us looking significantly weaker.

Probably not, but maybe Mowbray's thinking is that Armstrong is our player whilst Palmer isn't and most likely never will be. In that sense you can make an argument for Armstrong being ahead in the pecking order. That said, it's all about getting back on track at this point and we need our strongest team out there, whether it's loans or permanent signings.

Worryingly Palmer hasn't looked very effective yet either, but I agree he probably should come back into the team. We need some pace in the team if we're going to play so defensively, especially without Nyambe bombing down the wing from right back. We moved at a glacial pace going forward against Sheff Utd and that meant they knew they could throw men forward as we were never going to catch them out on the counter. They overloaded the final third as a result and it was a matter of time until we cracked under the pressure. I don't expect Bolton to threaten us in the same way, but if both teams are defensive and slow to move it could become a very turgid affair.

People have definitely been getting carried away with talk of playoffs. We need to focus on making sure we stay in this league for now. Getting battered by Derby a couple of weeks back and Sheff Utd tonight shows we're still some way off competing with the better clubs in this division. Add in our inability to see out games, over-reliance on Dack and penchant for conceding goals and you aren't looking at a team that has a realistic chance of getting promoted. We'll do well to finish mid table and that's certainly achievable. We need to start taking our flaws seriously and trying to correct them, though, as it feels like we're repeatedly committing the same mistakes.

A huge improvement needed. Bolton had an inexplicably good start but they aren't anything to worry about. We really need to make a statement here and go for them, as they are definitely beatable. That said, I expect another defensive performance and to concede at least one goal. 1-1. Knowing us Lowe will score theirs.