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Can’t remember the last time Rothwell carried the ball forward with pace. Earlier Kaminski would look to his feet as soon as he got his hands on it. Now it’s just lumped forward

Not good enough for the bench really. How bad has the right side been?

Everyone is told they needs years to integrate into our team.

In the end we are more of a challenger for playoffs than automatic promotion. We always knew it but we’re all hopeful we could be more.

Certainly can’t plan on the chances falling to center halves. Buckley should have a 5-8 by now. Travis needs to pitch in and our wing backs should too. It’s can’t all be on Diaz and Khadra all the time.

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Yeah if TM was thinking of a more attacking option on the right, why not move Zeefuik there and bring Naymbe off when Khadra went on? JRC hasn’t shown much since returning.

Would have fancied Ayala as a center forward today. Might have Gergen his head on one of the 60+ crosses and unlike last weekend there was no chance to run in behind.

Agreed but we can rely on our center half’s to be producing from the run of play.

On a totally unrealated note, nice for Fisher to get a clean sheet. Wish the kid all the success

Even if had not been saved off the line the ref had blown jrc for impeding Fisher

Remember when the window closed and TM said something like, “The phone was ringing with clubs offering big number 9s, but we did listen because we don’t play that style…so why bring one in?” With 61 F’n crosses sure would have been nice for our promotion chances to have an ugly monster like that to put up top. not to have the foresight that in the last 17 games that sort of tactic might have been needed is mental

This is the exact situation where having Dack back, if only for the last 20 min would be massive.

We have very little creativity when it’s not a break in a counter. No one even attempted to beat a player in a duel out wide. Settled for crosses into a back 6.

What’s clear is we lack much if any creativity in the final 3rd. All season we’ve created in the counter with space and numbers. Today up a man against a side parking the bus we didn’t even try to break them down. Never took a wife player on, never played to a forwards feet, nothing through. Everything went wide with long deep crosses. Made it easy in them. Khadra, Diaz and Buckley are not the 3 to be playing long crosses into. To a man the performances were poor. Buckley had an awful game. Sitter aside he got caught with the ball under his feet too many times. Then when received the ball in space never drove at the defense.

Brought jrc on instead.

Not sure BBD has gotten but 4 touches. Good thing we saved him.

Our attack in the run of play when we’re not on the counter is very simple and predictable

Haven’t sniffed the goal since going up a man

Up a man and playing backwards and sideways. Going down a man was the best thing that could have happened for the swans

Or Naymbe off and Zeefuik to rwb

Bring on BBD for Zeefuik. Giles to wing back.

Just don’t think he’s great at finishing. Certainly a part of his game that needs improvement. It’ll come, just not this season.

Likely due to the fact we don’t have another option. Giles could play there but then who plays left? Clearly Diaz and Khadra are deemed not fit for 90 min. JRC was worse, Ayala and Johnson can’t do it…

Was thinking everyone looks a bit off the pace