cityfanlee23

I think the point was more that the players were signed for that level, even though many of them have not performed at that level, they are miles above the championship regardless of the poor few seasons they have had.

If we don't get promoted he will be gone imo.

Yeah, in some games it worked and we looked fantastic, in most it's been the bare minimum for a team of our quality in the championship, Hermansen is a premier league keeper already I think most of us can agree, Ndidi Vardy Coady Ricardo Winks KDH is one of the best midfielders in the division and arguably a lower prem player for many Iheanacho is a premier league level striker Vestergaard is arguably the best CB in the division Dennis Praet is better than the championship Callum Doyle is proven at this level Faes is more than good enough for this level Souttar proven at this level and has had some decent games in the prem Mavididi and Fatawu are 2 of the best wingers in the division, Fatawu could very likely step up as could possibly Mavididi with the right setup and some confidence. This is a top 2 team minimum. Regarding which system is better, it's not my job to decide that, but i'd suggest we would very likely improve if we played a system that didn't actively play against the strengths of our players collectively. Even if we wanted to play possession, Alonso has a very aggressive possession based system that utilises overlaps and fast flowing attacks, something that would much better suit many of our players, we both have the same average possession this season. Too many times this season we have been below par for our level in this division. Enzo is in the minority of managers playing this style in worldwide football, there are plenty of alternative systems that would work with the squad we have, what we are doing right now is exacerbating our own flaws by playing a way that our players can't play to a high standard consistently enough, we've been let off the hook by opponents missing chances on many occasions this season, but we have also made a hash of many of our own chances this year too.

Do you mean in terms of would it be a big loss if Enzo goes if he messes this up? If that’s what you mean then no it won’t be a big loss, the big loss is the repercussions we would face if we slipped up now, I’m really concerned.

He's obviously a really principled man and that has to be respected, but right now we face a very perilous situation off the pitch and a worrying one on the pitch. This is one of the most important seasons in our recent history and if we bottle this we could be in massive trouble, potentially facing points penalties or financial ruin. With that in mind it's frustrating just how stubborn Enzo is being, it's clear to anyone watching that we don't have the players to play the way he wants at the level required, it has worked in some games this season where we've played really well, but there have been far too many poor performances this season. We really cannot afford to mess this up, and yet here we have a manager utterly refusing to adapt his system to fit the squad he has to extract the best performance. Not only that, teams have adapted to us because they have worked out that under pressure we crumble, and they are exploiting that. It will be unforgivable if Enzo puts his philosophy before the future of the club and we fail. I have a feeling he will be off in summer, his system needs investment that we simply cannot give him. If he is not going to be pragmatic then we need someone else who will.

I think you're right. If Vardy isnt starting I'd be putting Cannon on personally. He needs to find his feet for next season, because we will need him regardless of the division we are in.

This was supposed to be the part of the season where we are so well clicked that we are dominating everyone, instead we look lethargic, over-trained and putting philosophy over the result. Very poor, but given how awful we have been recently the point will be happily taken, we could easily have thrown it away today and almost did on multiple occasions, take the break and regroup. We just need to hang on by the skin of our teeth for the rest of the season, then make tough decisions. I don't think this is working, we don't have the players required and we don't have the finances to bring them in during the summer. I'm really hoping Enzo will finally be a bit more pragmatic after the break because given what's going on financially around the club right now, we could very well end up bottling this season and being in serious trouble. Refusing to adapt to suit your players is in my opinion putting philosophy over the clubs future, (if it doesn't work) we cannot afford to mess this up.

There is a shopping list of players who have been stealing a wage recently unfortunately.

Daka gave us all a bit of hope for a couple of months but good god he's dreadful 80% of the time. How this guy ever played narrow Red Bull football is beyond me.

Agent bearman from the shadow realm I was going to say entertainMAXVERSTAPPENWINS

Well atleast I can rely on the F1 to give me entertainm...... oh...

Honestly wouldn't have given that. He dived for the first tackle, and contact was made in the second but he was jumping before it was even made. Light if given.

I wouldn't back it as In think we will nick one but those are tasty odds

I'm not sure they are going to be THAT tired to be honest, our opening 30 minutes half the hull squad were walking left to right as we shifted the ball across because it was so slow. I expect their wingers/fullbacks might need to be changed though as they have put in a good shift.

I really hope we don't immediately slow the game down again, these will crumble if we get at them. We can control the ball aggressively...

Can't disagree with you there, I'd much rather see us just play how we did in that passage of play, maybe not all the time, but we clearly have the quality to switch it on like we just did to equalise, more of that intensity and we won't need to worry about Albrighton coming on

Great goal Vardy, far more direct there and he punished them. Please continue.

Right, and he needs to get over himself if he's going to put his philosophy over potentially the literal future of this club. I get that he's a principled man, but he's a professional football manager in a very dynamic sport called football. Top managers adapt.

Genuine question but could Cannon offer something in the air if we needed it? He seems quite strong to be honest.

NOT play a possession based system with players that struggle to hold the ball under pressure. We have more than enough quality to put this game to bed. I understand your points about the midfield being light etc, I get all of that, but why oh why have so many fans convinced themselves that this is simply the ONLY way to play, and nobody else could do anything differently without losing every remaining game. We are very clearly playing a system that we make far too many simple mistakes trying to play.

Enzo is like Voldemort these days isn't he

Calm, collected, methodical

If he puts his head down and runs there isnt a full back in the league that he wouldn't beat consistently, seems to be constantly questioning himself.

2 very soft penalties, so we will take that, we desperately needed it.

Hopefully he can learn from the lessons.