funkyrobot

I’m in no way a Marti out man but I can’t get my head round the decision making process that brought Skipp into the game. Skipp is not fast, he’s not a great tackler, hes not physical, he doesn’t give the impression of having any great energy - he’s not particularly fast to press, he’s not a great passer, he’s no goal threat. He weakens the team when he comes on because he’s never anywhere near as good as the player he replaces. Wrexham ended up with a stronger team than they started with - James and Broadhead particularly. We ended up with a weakened team -because Marti thought that at 1-0 late in the game it was a great time to get Skipp on to do Skipp things which is basically mainly watch the game go by as an onfield spectator.

As soon as he came on we were effectively down to 10 men tonight. Terrible decision by Marti to bring him on. Schooled by Broadhead continually and lost him for the goal. Matty James gave Skipp a lesson in how a midfield sub should impact a game.

Got ripped apart to the point that Monga should’ve seen he was having an absolute mare and helped him way more than he did. It was obvious he was getting hooked at half time. Only problem is VK is barely an improvement but at least he does try and go forward.

Give the lad credit I thought he did well tonight. Some of his lay offs were real quality and nearly scored.

Again. Thought JJ ran him close though.

Aluko plays right hand side or central.

It’s usually an expensive plain top with a badge on the arm. Bit harsh

He did have a howler and it was compounded by us getting knocked out and thus he’s missed a second opportunity to impress in a cup match. The season is very early and Nelson will get his chance. He just needs to grab it by the scruff of the neck when it happens. Every time Faes has a brain fart like the goal last night he gets closer. Okoli might be ahead at the moment but his lack of ability on the ball will ultimately trip him up in this system.

Omfg🤦🏻

Monga is great but for me there’s no problem with him being the ‘finisher’ off the bench or rotating that role with Mavididi. They are both excellent players and create opportunities.

So Ric what do you mean? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Harsh to blame Soumare from that goal and a harsh review of his performance. I get it, he’s been poor for us but in the last two games alongside Winks he’s been good. He probably will eventually be replaced by JJ though Marti prefers two number 6’s and a 10 whereas I think JJ is a 8 and best suited to an Enzo sytem. So it will probably happen if the manager tweaks his system to a single pivot. That being said Soumare was good yesterday. Lots of positive forward passes and drive.

The problem was Soumare was having a good game with Winks so there was no deeper role for James to drop in to. I

Sorry don’t know what you mean mate. He put some fantastic passes in to danger areas, particularly in the first half.

Yeh and a draw away at West Brom isn’t a bad result.

Come on mate that’s not true. He isn’t a number 9 but he can be outstanding at this level. He was brilliant against Oxford. MOTM and a goal. That’s not an abhorrent player.

Whilst we continue to concede the 1st goal then teams will play like this.

created plenty of opportunities in the 1st half

No, I’m just watching it without the rage that appears to have taken over foxestalk. We played some good stuff tonight. We also did lots of things not so good. Particularly our finishing and our final ball. They got more chances as we had to take more risks in the 2nd half but we were the better team and deserved something. If you don’t think that then I’m guessing you stopped watching after 5 minutes.

Come on, we are not a poor side from a Championship perspective. Nor are West Brom though!

Those people saying lucky draw what game were you watching? West Brom basically played as the away team. They literally didn’t want the ball and tried to pack the defence and play on the break. We just were very poor in front of goal tonight. Other than that we totally dominated the game, the possession and the chances. West Brom are no mugs despite getting written off on here. They have real quality at this level. Iling Jnr, Johnston, Price, would be assets in our team, plus lots of prem experience at the back.

Do you mean a striker? What about Carranza? He’s barely set foot in the country ffs. Give him a chance.

This thread is not fun.

Wtf

Mavididi is having a good game so why would you take him off?