As poorly as we played, had we won we’d have been joint top of the table and had the best start since the last time we won promotion to the premier league. As frustrating as these performances have been, there has been some quality too. I think that’s what makes these performances so agitating.

We were playing with 9 to start the way Szmodics and Hirst played.

We set up with 5 in the back 2 holding midfields and sat back against might fucking Wigan. We deserved to lose with that mentality.

Lot of fees paid for the lot not through our academy too.

But we have 58% of the ball

90 min not a shot on goal.

It seems as much about instructions than players

10 to go and we’re still fucking around in the back

Without Dack on our only way forward us long balls in the corner to Diaz. Completely incapable of anything from a number 10 to create a chance

Our x goals with 3-5-2 must be atrocious

4 of 5 wins when having less that 50% of the ball. Because all our possession is deep and in more dangerous areas to be scored in than score ourselves.

The ability for Wigans attaching players to control a ball is something we’ve lacked all season.

Game over. Never getting back into this with 5 defender and 2 holding midfielders in the pitch.

Should have fallen in the ball when he was shoved

Absolutely shite. Dribbling sideways across the back line? Childish.

Excellent ball by Pickering Em there

Gally coming on to show Hirst how to properly give the ball away.

3 min in and Hirst has given it away 3 times already

Only because Hirst stays on.

And when one of the 2 are either Hirst or Gally there’s nothing up front either

Didn’t we sign a proper right wing back this summer

Mental to be playing to checking players 30 yards from our goal. Surely we can start the play future up the pitch. 3 in the back or 4 we seem to have no ability to get it wide and start the movement quickly. All too slow, too sideways. It will lead to goals against.

We only play through balls in our own third to guys checking in 70 yards to goal. We get to half, then go back to hood it forward. Complete madness. It’s only a matter of time before we concede

Makes Gally look a quality player. That bad

Hirst and Szmodics have to be hooked at half. Can’t play that poor and stay on. Send them both to the 23s now.