I wouldn’t be looking to give him the armband again any time soon. If anything it seemed to weigh him down rather than up his game, and all he did of note all afternoon was whinge and moan at everyone. Hill, JRC and Tronstad all look better organisers from a distance.

Szmodics. He was dreadful today.

That was pretty dire. We should’ve been 2 up within 15 minutes but it didn’t take long for Swansea to figure us out and completely control the game. Once they realised they just needed to be a bit more aggressive they had us beat. Sigurdsson with another poor game. Brittain was dire even without the glaring miss and should’ve been subbed after the third time he did the same stupid flick straight to the opposition - cowardly play. Szmodics was woeful and should not have completed the 90, his captain attributes seem to be whingeing at everyone around him. Scott Wharton started well but went to pieces, but we had bigger problems than him today. Not sure why Dolan got subbed off. Markanday will never be effective enough. Speaks volumes about both Ennis and Telalovic that they were unused subs. Leonard bright but needs some finishing practice, Adam Wharton needs to play, Moran looked good. Hill my MOTM. Not looking forward to Chelsea half as much as I was this morning.

Agreed. Look so much more solid with Hill at the back, and he can play a bit. Brittain on the wing gives us some real natural width which we’ve otherwise lacked, and JRC looks fantastic box to box. I’d like to see Adam Wharton back in, but that would have to be for Sigurdsson meaning a change of formation. So he’ll probably have to bide his time.

Special mentions for both Wharton brothers too. They contributed very well coming on in difficult circumstances.

Toughest choice yet this season I think with several strong candidates. Britain, Hill, Carter, Tronstad, Dolan all brilliant. JRC just edges it for me, never put a foot wrong and showed that box to box midfielders do still exist.

What a load of bollocks. He’s been immense tonight. Again.

Britain is definitely a better winger than he is a full back! Great goal! Quality finish and what a ball from Hill!!

Worst goal I’ve ever seen us concede. Pathetic goalkeeping and none of the defenders covered themselves in glory either. Until our goal only Dolan and JRC could hold their heads up. We finished the half strong though, but a good few players seem off it tonight. Szmodics and Tronstad off for Ennis and Wharton before too long at this rate. We need to out play them here because if the game becomes more attritional they will win it.

I liked how the full backs were often looking for (and finding) that big diagonal ball over to the opposite wing today. Definitely worked mixing things up a bit than every ball coming inside to Wharton.

I think getting some minutes in Ennis’s legs was the right call today. Telalovic looks like he needs a while in the U23s and perhaps a January loan.

We needed that! In the end the only disappointment was we didn’t get a couple more to repair our dismal goal difference. We look a lot more solid with Hill in the back line. Nothing against Brittain, and while his personal form has been good of late we’ve shipped a lot of goals while he’s been at right back. He actually looked very at home on the wing and with a striker to actually get on the end of crosses that could be a really good option. Really pleased for Dolan getting. Goal and putting in a really good performance - he’s had it tough so far this season. While the criticism of his form is wholly understandable some of the questioning of his attitude has been ott. Hopefully today puts that to bed. Sigurdsson is going to be an absolute class act. He still looks a bit off the pace, but pretty soon he’s going to rip this league to bits. Much better midfield performance too, there didn’t seem to be as much space as there tends to be between Travis and Wharton. Seems like this game came at a good time for us. QPR are not very good at all, comfortably the worst side we’ve faced, although that Armstrong looked a proper handful.

That’s the sort of talk you’d expect when a team has employed a new manager when languishing adrift at the bottom. We had a 7th place finish to build on. 4 defeats on the trot means something has to drastically change, not be built upon.

Nothing wrong with that goal.

He’s put in a typically disciplined first half performance, allowed us to play out from the back and helped us retain possession. He’s sat deep, always shown for it and never given the ball away. He’s playing exactly to instruction I should imagine and doing what the manager wants him to do to perfection. It might get harder as the game goes on and players in front of him are marked. That’s what normally happens.

Keeping us ticking and massively important. Seen plenty of the ball in tight areas and made sure we’ve retained possession. He’s so important in turning defence quickly into attack.

Thank god JRC is back in. Hill deserves a start. Plenty have been shouting for a change of keeper. Not sure why there is so much negativity around the changes, I know Dolan isn’t flavour of the month at the moment be has been in rotten form, but Ireland he’s a better bet than Markanday. We’ll see the best of Sigurdsson when he’s up to speed, probably needs a rest just now.

In our last 5 league games we have conceded 15 goals, lost 4 and won 1. This coincides with Rankin-Costello’s injury and subsequent loss of starting 11 place.

Mowbray wouldn’t dream of rocking the boat, at least until A week or so before his contract was up. If JDT turns the subtle digs into outright complaints he’ll go the same way as everyone else who has dared question the owners.

Defensive horror show for the entire game. Absolutely toothless up the other end too. Adam Wharton was our best player by some distance for the first 60 or so minutes. He’s expected to pick the ball up in tight positions, turn and get us playing, and start creating things from just in front of the back 4. He was doing it well today until every player in front of him started tiring/getting marked out of the game/lost interest. He is also left ridiculously exposed in this current system. We need personnel changes in the defence. JRC has to play. The number of goals we have shipped since he has been out of the team is horrifying. One or both of Carter or Hyam deserves dropping now. Carter is taking a lot of stick today (deservedly), but seeing Hyam chasing strikers to the halfway line and being taken out of the game with a simple pass is far too regular an occurrence. We badly need someone who can organise in there, Hill has shown this in brief glimpses. We basically played 5 attacking midfielders and no striker today. Only Moran (clear MOTM) really did anything. Sigurdsson still getting up to speed, Szmodics had a real off day. Markanday was back to slowing down play, causing attacks to stall, and making bad decisions. Dolan did pretty well when he came on. Annoyed with most of the players, the manager, the sick notes (Gallagher and Ennis), the board, and especially the owners today.

Worrying that this is the final word on the interview. Perhaps I’m overanalysing, but is JDT proving a point here by picking players to develop over players to win games? Maybe to prove a point?

We’ve had some people not receiving emails. Our new system will prevent this occurring in the future. The majority of members receive them fine, a few have raised the issue on here and I’ve took their details to make sure they get added rather than ask them to go through the contact us page of the website.

Yes. For the better part of a year JRC has controlled a lot of games from a fullback position. Brittain’s strengths for me seem to be traditional wing play, he’s very good at crossing. Subbing him on to see out games cost us several times last season and since he’s come in for JRC we have shipped a frightening number of goals, primarily due to our midfield being left exposed.

Wharton had a break midweek. He’s the first name on the team sheet as he’s absolutely integral to the way JDT wants us playing. Unfortunately JRC didn’t get a break on Wednesday so I can’t see him starting. This is a mistake for me as he’s by far our best fullback and his ability to come inside and help out the midfield has been central to everything good we’ve done since last Christmas. I’d like to see… Wahlstedt JRC Carter Hill Brittain Garrett Wharton Markanday Moran Sigurdsson Szmodics

Yeah, we probably should’ve realised there was a potential clash… the club definitely should have. If you can DM me your details I’ll get it sorted.