You also have to get credit to Samuel for turn and excellent pass to release Antonsson. That is NOT an easy pass to get right. Inch perfect angle and weight.

For me Mowbray is an upgrade on Coyle. At least the club acted swiftly getting a new man in.

There is an interview with MGP in Norwegian media today: "65% Rubbish" Which is Morten's description of his own perfomance last season. He admits only the last part was up to scratch. Other points worth noticing: - He's training a lot more strength this season. - Ince has challenged him to score at least 10 goals this season. - Says Annan has impressed (Annan plays in the Norwegian League) - Praises Tugay a lot, and hopes the club can find a younger version of him.

Being one of the ones crying for Benni and Gamst, it was from the start, not half way into second half. You're probably right in that the substitutions didn't matter, but we had lost the flow when they came on anyway. Dunn was knackered and should've been subbed first of all, as he gave the ball away a lot and not able to track back. He played well for the first 50 min though, but we lost the shape when he went into the middle. Benny never had any chance to influence the game with coming on less than 20 min left, replacing Derbyshire who'd given a good Benny display by running into offsides all night and missing with his only chance. I also agree with the thread name being out of scope. We all think Hughes is fantastic manager.

I thin AESF raises valid points, and he does not say our season is a disaster. Hughes and his team get a lot of credit and plaudits, and rightly so. There should also be room for pointing out improvments. Yesterday showed the management weakest side which is persisting with the same team and formation that won last match and starting with the same playyers. Firsly this was partly fault in Larissa where they played the same 11 as done all season, even though those players had played 2-3 games a week. By Hughes' own admission they should've refreshed things. The worst part was that same team started only 3 days later against P'mouth, still jaded and not performing. This led to the change in midweek cup game vs Bham, which paid off with change of formation and personell. Not forgetting Bham had changed the entire 11 from their last league game. Using the formation vs Sundeland was a good idea, it made sense because we were playing away vs Sundeland and there would be spaces for Bentley, Dunn to be creative and Derbyshire to run into. However, by also treating Larissa the same way when it was obvious that they would be defensive and compact before the game (Donis even said so), was plain wrong. 4-5-1 failed on all accounts, most of all on getting width to get crosses in. Derbyshire and Dunn moved into the centre and gave no option on the flanks. Bentley had as expected against a compact team, no space to play in. It took to half time for the management to change the formation. Pedersen and McCarthy should have started to be a given a chance to show their reaction being left out last game, which was a good move by Hughes, but he forgot to milk it. Derbyshire does not function in that role, which he proved in Plymouth as well. I see I come very negative now, but it's mostly because of last evening. I'm chuffed about the league form and our management, and we seem to be moving forward all the time. Could also be a good thing not to have the distraction of Europe. And did we really deserve to be there after last year league campaign?