martyn

What a rubbish track this is.

Worry a little bit for Braybrooke. He isn't suited to this weird high and wide position he has been taking up for a lot of the season, and with Lundstram in, he isn't going to get too much time in the deeper central role which his skillset is more geared towards. If Chaplin gets fit, i think his position is likely under a bit of threat.

8 Page, Riis 7 JJ 6 Lundstram, O'Hora 5 Cullen, Alves 4 Braybrooke 2 Thomas, Souttar, McCarthy

Braybrooke cant complain tbf, been a non factor.

Had enough of Souttar

That is appalling from McCarthy

3 assists for Page

It's frustrating isn't it. The default setting the team has is to always just "reset" the play. It makes no sense either as the whole point of the style is to try and create those kind of openings with the ball, so why not exploit it on turnovers.

Souttar's distribution is hopeless. Need to try and get O Hora on it where possible.

I've far more issue with the team shape having lost possession than Thomas as an individual for that goal. Essentially a clearance finding a Stockport player had them 1 easy pass away from running with free reign at our back 4.

I don't think my post was overly critical of the man? It's posting observations about how he looks on the pitch thus far, which is well below what we need. His personal circumstances are obviously very sad, so with that said, and if he isn't mentally well enough to perform, then why are we putting him in the firing line. The "liked at a previous club" comment bears no weight. We have 3 very recent examples of players well liked at previous clubs, Ayew (Palace) Reid (Fulham), and Skipp (Norwich) who have been lamentable with us. The future of the club is allegedly at stake if we dont go up this season, we can't be carrying passengers at any level.

It seemed odd that Ipswich gave him a new contract then sold him a month later for pittance. Wonder if they noticed a massive drop off in his physical levels in pre season or something? For someone lauded by Ipswich fans as being a quick and direct winger, he looks nothing like that here. Yes he may be stymied a bit by the style of football, but he looks a mile off where he needs to be. As Ric nentioned earlier in the thread, he's towing a caravan.

Quite. I keep seeing stuff about Rangers fans warning us. We were all aware of Martin well before his stint up there.

Kick it head it merchant whose weaknesses (mobility, quality in possession) are horribly exposed by Martinball. Unless we sack the manager and/or move to a back 5 he's completely the wrong fit.

Same excuses made about lack of experience that Martin has used before when things went wrong at other clubs. Next one will be fans making the players nervous, then finally it'll be throwing the players under the bus.