DJ Barry Hammond

We’ve been pretty awful with the ball so far.

Ayew hatrick incoming

Yeah, their board help gut the side in January - not been the same since.

Well, I checked the hutch and found the normal number of chickens and three points for Leicester City, so I might as well go to bed now!

Yes - but we were also excellent in that half. I wouldn’t call us that in this one.

I think some Bristol City fans will be relieved they’ve already reached 50 points… because they look very, very poor on this showing so far.

Urrrrgh, streams showing Stoke vs Ipswich preview 😒

Yeay, Vieites is back on the bench

Daka should be high on their list then! I also wouldn’t be suprised if they have Luke Thomas on a long list… his long throw ability will have been noted.

Really!?! A pinball session deep inside in our box, second shot in quick succession, that has come through several bodies in the process. Also - he goes with his feet because that was the closest part of his body to the ball.

If we’d have won 3-1, Andy would still be manager.

No chance of this working - it would be pure suicide. Now Skipp can’t cover both flanks at the same time, so if he’s filling in at right back, who’s slotting in on the left? If it’s Nelson… what’s the point of playing 3 centre halves if you’re not trying to keep them playing more centrally? Also - Wink’s position in this mock up misuses his skillset. He’s naturally suited to being a deep passer looking forward, not a half turn / box crashing midfielder.

If you’re setting up a 3-5-2 with our available squad, the most natural and obvious solution for the left wing-back slot would be Luke Thomas. He’s a player that has shown he can get up and down the flank for 90 minutes and there’s quality in that left foot of his.

Ah yes - the sedant position of central midfield

This ‘defence’ of said player also needs to be sided with the fact that Abdul was one of the most prominent parties guilty of wasting possession under little / no pressure - especially in the second half. There is no question - he had a poor game.

There’s an argument to say these things were evident in the interim games before Rowett joined.

That wasn’t about fitness levels, it was about basic ball retention. Too many players making bad decisions with the ball.

I feel his changes were questionable… not necessarily who he brought on, but where they were asked to play. Of course I’m mainly looking at the idea of playing James wide left to begin with. I think there was an acknowledgment from Rowett himself that it was a bad move, because not long after James swapped with Mukusa… but then ended up on the right after Aribo came on, with Winks suggestively operating as a 10. Personally - I’d have been minded to take off Fawatu, or as a minimum, switch him to the left flank.

We can’t keep dropping points from winning positions though - especially as the more it continues, the more we’ll play these brain dead, risk adverse half’s of football in an attempt to get over the line.

How long does this ref want to play in this second half? It’s surely been two hours long already!

Fair play to this ref - that shouldn’t be enough for a penalty, but plenty of officials would have given that - especially given the previous ‘shouts’ can lead to an unconscious bias.

Well this is a truly tepid start to the second half.

That was never a penalty - I’m amazed a pundit can claim so with a straight face!

This needs to be converted now. If we don’t get the maximum points here we will be staring down the barrel.

Already gone very negative with the ball. And Stolz holding on for an eternity typifies that.