BigGibbo

Albrighton for Fatawu and we might be set for another rally.

Daka has been fantastic as a number 10, but abysmal as a number 9. Would probably work well alongside Cannon if our system would allow for it.

That is wild. Unacceptable in the extreme. Get Cannon on now before they wrestle the initiative.

Think they are just both having a total nightmare, but it's bizarrely bad.

I wondered what they were wittering on about saying if Rutter was in control it counts? It was irrelevant, it was a goal. 🤷‍♂️

What the actual f**k is going on with our wingers?

Hah! A bit of urgency would be nice, but that's just not the Enzo way...

I want them all on the training pitch heading the ball until their foreheads are dented come Monday.

Our centre halves are incapable of defending - shocker. We were a combination of unlucky and bizarrely out of sorts aside from that.

Ah well. At least we didn’t go out with a total whimper...

The pass completion rate today must be an all time low. 😆

We've broken the spell. 3-2 incoming.

Dennis Praet showing all of the shits he gives again there 🤣

As nonsensical as it is at least Maresca is attempting changes and showing some urgency.

How the f**k is Praet still on the pitch?

Faes is a very poor man's David Luiz. Hilarious to watch though.

At least we get to find out if Maresca is capable of a plan B today. 🤷‍♂️ Could get hilarious if we're still passing back to Hermansen at 2-0 down on 70+ minutes.

I don't know why more teams don't have a go at us. Our defence is still a paper tiger... or fox.

Talk about a never never event. I'm more p!ssed off because I was expecting to see Alves today as we were coasting.

Swansea commentators: "That sums up Daka's first half." - "I hope he stays on." 🤣

We take pushing our luck to a new level... Take lots of risks at the back and very few risks going forward. That's literally backwards. Never got out of 2nd gear and should have won comfortably 😏

I'm hoping it's not going to be quite that dramatic, but agree that if we deludedly believe this 'best defence in the country' as is will this time be good enough for the Premier League then there are going to be a lot of sorely disappointed simpletons come next Christmas.

You're right that today is not the ideal day to illustrate that point due to the 10 men, although 3 in a half against that level of opposition should be folding in anyone's book regardless of the amount of men on the pitch. We have conceded a lot of chances (not quite the same as pressure as the opposition is below our level) this season and my point has been that we would have conceded similar numbers to last season had we conceded the same amount of chances against Premier League quality opposition, such is the difference in how clinical players are at this level. I've also said that should we sign the right players to go along with the promotion confidence it can be fixed. Hopefully the club get it and we are planning new defensive signings, but the way we're persisting with Verstergaard, who is not Premier League quality, over assimilating Coady, who is, and aren't appearing to be prioritising defenders in the transfer market, is a concern.

You could tell he hadn't experienced an atmosphere that hostile before and got overexcited. Cost us the game so hopefully will understand and learn a lot from that.

I've been through this before so forgive me if I can't find the time to rehash it in detail, but my point has been that this defence against Premier League quality opposition, or in this case under sustained pressure, is still as fragile as last season. We've not had to defend against quality or deal with sustained pressure for most of the season, but any time we have, like today, does nothing to disprove my point.