The Doctor

Clearest foul you'll ever see, just judo threw kdh

Going to fetch a different ball when there's one on the pitch. Truly pathetic levels of timewasting, have a word ref

This is the test for us TBF, how much have we improved at breaking down parked buses, because these have no intention to go forward at all

Phenomenal to be timewasting after just 5 minutes with these goal kicks

Wait, one of the police died?

Bold idea but it'll never catch on

Ok, how about the simple maths of being able to go 9 clear of Ipswich on Tuesday? Bigger gap to more teams gives us more leeway so the closer side to us winning is the worse outcome

Right, and Southampton will beat QPR so what does it matter if it's 13 points to Leeds or 13 points to Southampton?

Correct. Not sure why people would rather Ipswich keep pushing us rather than building more of a gap to second given third will almost certainly stay the same

I mean the last time we played them at home was boxing day 2004. They'd not won away all season at that point... 1-0 Rotherham. Fortunately this time we've got Enzo and Mavididi rather than Levein and Lee Morris

Hopefully he'll be back involved now thats sorted. Exactly what we should have been doing with certain ex players 18 months ago (sign or don't play)

Not when they're facing Ipswich! People are honestly being disrespectful to Ipswich when they imply Leeds are the bigger threat. Ipswich have shown the ability and momentum to keep pushing us, far more so than Leeds so an Ipswich win is the last thing we want regardless of who they're playing

Against an Ipswich win it is. Draw > Leeds win > Ipswich win is the order of preference. Obviously assuming we beat Rotherham. Draw and both drop further back. Leeds win, gap stays the same to 3rd (Southampton will beat QPR) but gap over 2nd extends and we are guaranteed top after boxing day regardless of result. Ipswich win, they've got confidence and momentum ahead of boxing day and stay in touching distance of us

Yea the points advantage we care about isn't over Leeds, it's over third. Win v Rotherham and either Leeds or Southampton win and it stays the same, so a Leeds win is preferable because that allows us to extend over second given third almost certainly won't change even if Leeds lose

It's a fair question, particularly given Plymouth played suicideball, but honestly I'd direct you back to games against QPR and sheff weds. Daka is not playing a different role to Vardy or Iheanacho, it's the same role and the same movement patterns - striker drops in to pull defenders out, 8s surge forward/wingers inside to the vacated space to create overloads. While we didn't convert them, think how many 4 v 3s we had last night. Vardy and Iheanacho have been making the same movements but have been coming too deep which allows the defenders to drop back and let the midfielders pick them up, and have lacked the pace and energy to spin back forward and add to the overload having created the space. No doubt it helps that Birminghams understanding of defence starts and ends at it being the thing that goes round degarden, but Dakas movement in this system has been better than Nachos or Vardys

We've scored 10 goals in three games with him in the team and the way he can drop in and link up with the 8s/winks (as is the role of the striker in this system) to enable the wingers and 8s is a big part of it. If you don't think he's making a good contribution, maybe that's because you don't understand his role in this system, because he's playing it very well

Should have won by more but it'll do, big chance to possibly be six points clear before playing Ipswich

Had to score Butch

It's a Monday mate

Proper Americanisation. Did they do it prior to Brady?

Who's the left back now then? Souttar and Vesty are as mobile as frigates

Pretty sure I've made these exact subs on FM 13 managing some league one team

Luke jukebox is still playing?

Fatawu did them, not Daka

Good work by Fatawu, not a good shot by cannon