funkyrobot

£6 million + of wages in that time too

He’ll be there in his seat as he ALWAYS is 👀

Play one of the kids. Aluko, Cover (what happened to him?) Whoever. Literally anyone but Luke.

Had an off day and was still miles better than the rest of the team. Feel sorry for the lad having to do all that carrying. Making him play in a midfield alongside Skipp and Reid is almost cruelty.

What other good games has he had then? He’s anonymous. Carried week in week out by JJ.

Marti is poor, we have no centre forward, our wingers are malfunctioning, Luke Thomas is out of his depth. All these are true and can and do exist alongside the other truth that is Oliver Skipp simply hasn’t been good enough since he came here 18 months ago other than Derby away and Ipswich at home this season. Two games in 18 months.

Page can play alongside JJ or in the 10 role. Needs to start the next game

This is no support of Marti but if you can honestly say that Skipp has played well today then I’m watching a different match. A midfielder is an absolutely key player. They can’t be anonymous even if they are performing the water carrier role. Skipp is anonymous.

If he’s our best player why has he been hooked off after 60 minutes!!!

Reid could also argue that Skipp wasn’t helping him! Stop giving him a free pass. He’s almost as poor as Thomas and equally as bad as Reid.

That’s why he’s been hooked off after 60 minutes. Anonymous

Skipp is absolutely part of the problem.

Can we stop overrating Skipp now after another anonymous performance. We need a central midfielder alongside JJ almost as much as we need a left back.

He needs quality and presence alongside him. He gets nothing from Skipp when he needs help

This lad is league 2 at the very best. 3.5 years left of this.

JJ having an off day highlights how little Skipp brings to our midfield.

We seriously need alternative options at left back. We are targeted on that side every game. Mavidididoesn’t help the situation but we can’t expect a left winger (who himself can’t defend well) to continually cover for a vulnerability that Thomas shows when he’s up against a winger with a bit of guile.

I like him. At this level on the right he’s got some ability

I’m assuming she’s employed by SUFC TV

Our left hand side - Thomas and Mavididi have been awful. Powderpuff defending from both and I don’t think either have passed to a player in a blue shirt yet.

Bobby Reid is getting absolutely mugged in midfield every time. He’s lost the ball in bad areas 3 times now

Hate those post match Lampard weird punch celebrations that he’s nicked off Klopp. Looks like there’ll be more incoming today.

Not with Captain Podcast Coady running the show (whilst never ever leaving the bench.)

We weren’t ever going to be able play counter attacking football in The Championship with the squad Enzo had. Playing on the break relies on teams coming on to you thinking they have a good chance to win, so attack. We won the Premier League because we were outstanding at playing on the break and also because up until after Christmas of that season, teams thought that we were relegation fodder and attacked us. When teams realised we were the real deal, they pressed less and had a lower block and we won by odd goals and through momentum. Under Enzo, passing sideways increased as teams playing against doubled down on the deep block and playing on the break in the 2nd half of the season as they realised that this was the only way of playing against us and because they could see we had no alternative style of striker to Vardy. A point became a good result against us. Like in the PL winning season, this meant tight games, decided by fewer goals. It’s very hard to beat a low block at Championship level. Despite this we still got over the line as champions.

I’ll hold my hand up and say I did actually like watching Enzoball. Not sure any manager plays the style that every fan wants. Maresca emphasised wing play and loaded the team with creativity. Eventually every team parked the bus against us which is very difficult to play against and will ultimately result in having to grind out games.