Exiled_Rover

Changing to his vaulted 3 at the back now. From 4-3-3 with a 5'2" CF (and two 6' advanced forwards) to 4-3-3 with a False 9 to 5-3-2. He's a tactical mastermind.

When did this lying down behind the wall become a thing and how long until football realises that someone is playing a practical joke on them?

Yes. He moved Buckley to a False 9 and moved Dolan out wide right.

For what it's worth, Ayala has been fantastic today. Of course he won't play more than 5 games for us this season.

He's playing Buckley as a False 9. Mental.

This is where Mowbray is at his weakest (and it's a long list) - Swansea have changed things around and are dominating. We need to adjust. He won't.

He's trying to do too much this half - think the first half success went to his head.

Not in the slightest. Boy who cried wolf I'm afraid.

This Smith guy is everything wrong with modern football. Dived three times, won a free kick two times - and screamed and cried loud enough the third time to have the game stopped due to an injury. Watch him 'jog' it off in a moment.

Shockin' keeping, that.

He's a damn sight better than Bell or Douglas.

I mean he's never a #9. He provides nice energy out there, but he should never be leading the line at this level.

Their GK is MOTM so far. I'm also glad Gallagher went through their #22 - he's a cynical little cheat.

So this ref has booked Pickering for a perfect tackle, but not their #22 for the most cynical foul you'll ever see on Gallagher? Ah. I see. Usual standard of joker with the whistle then.

Aren't the Coventrio making enough money for doing jack shit as it is? How can you be that greedy and that incompetent in one package?! Also they need to have a chat with Fat Sam - he always benefited financially from transfers. Allegedly.

That PIckering challenge is another reason why I've not rushed back to watch live football. Lovely clean tackle. Yellow card. Game is unbelievably soft these days - you're simply not allowed to defend.

Just seen the team - so that's 4 Academy graduates in the starting XI and all 7 (I'm counting McBride) subs. This is the same team that wants to flog it's training ground and dismantle the Academy. You literally couldn't make it up.

This is the same bloke that's played with a False 9 in the Championship. The same division he can't organise a team to keep a clean sheet in. He's beyond deluded.

He's not got PL pace. You saw Championship FBs have him in their back pocket. PL CBs are much much more athletic than what you find down here.

Yeah the numbering system annoys me - Travis at 27 etc. Maybe I'm pedantic, but when I occasionally play Football Manager I have 1-11 as the starting squad and 12-24 as the backups. Granted I'm also someone that thinks NFL WRs should have numbers in the 80s (niche reference I know), so maybe I'm just behind the times.

We're not a poor club, Jim, just an exceptionally poorly managed one (from top to bottom).

So we're going to be bailed out of our FFP hole by a PL club with a massive bid for Armstrong (cash only please, we wouldn't want a young, quick player of our own in return to develop) and then Ol' Tone is going to turn around and spaff it on 5 PL youngsters who will all have guaranteed starting positions, stunting the development of our players. Parents asked if I fancied going on Saturday. I'm glad I said no. I want nothing to do with this journey we're on.

Hire a manager who doesn't constantly remind us that Sutton and Shearer were years ago and how every week we're facing a massive club that we can't possibly hope to compete with. That'd be a start. If he doesn't play turgid football too that'd be a nice bonus.

He's basically saying "the squad I've lovingly assembled for 5 years is shit. The formation we're going to play is dependent on what youngsters PL teams are willing to release on loan once they've finalised their 25 man squads". This is the man leading our club. It's a disgrace.

Bloody hell I forgot to add Ayala to my list of wasted wages. To be fair I forgot he was at the club. He makes Grella look positively robust.