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Tbh, very much like Enzo, Marti likes his wingers to be effective in 1 vs 1 situations, it’s a clear tactic that he possesses as he indicated in that coaches voice video he did while at QPR. The problem I find is our build up play is too slow, in a league where the pace of play has statistically sped up since the last time we were in it. We are the fifth slowest team in the Championship in terms of direct speed. So many times, once the ball gets out to our wingers, the opposition have their defence shape, our wingers might get doubled up on, to the point where you’re expecting them to create a moment of magic. Which as we’ve seen numerous times this season, you’re over relying on Fatawu to score a worldie which of course isn’t going to happen every week.

I think his tactics have been very over reliant on our wingers, so many times this season it’s felt like, get the ball to our wingers and hope for the best, it’s all become very predictable. But our attacking problems also weigh heavily on the lack of a goalscoring striker, take Hull City for example, like us, their defensive statistics have been diabolical, but they are the second top scorers in the Championship, while Gelhardt and McBurnie have scored 19 between them. What is most worrying is our defensive statistics and the way Marti sets us up, we are far too vulnerable on transition. So many occasions last night where Jordan James was caught out too far forward, which then vacates a massive space that Oli Skipp has to defend on his own. He needs to tweak our system to make us more defensively secure, or maybe 1-2 signings in January can help us out on that front. It’s why our personnel deserves to be criticised. We lack leadership, we lack physicality. Where’s our Wes Morgan? Where’s our no nonsense Robert Huth? Where’s our Wilfred Ndidi? At QPR, Cifuentes had the luxury of two 6ft3 imposing central midfielders in Jonathan Varane and Sam Field, we have no player of that ilk, that along with no real leader in defence and no regular goalscoring striker, it’s evidently hurting us.

Don’t know how anyone can blame our issues on one particular thing, our problems on the pitch come down to a bit of both imo. There’s been plenty of issues with Marti’s coaching and tactics, and it shows up in our statistics. Average attack, shit defence. But I think you also have to blame personnel issues too. We don’t have a regular goalscorer, our depth at central midfield is crap, both full-back positions have been questioned this season, while we also lack physicality and leadership. There’s been major red flags with Cifuentes, but he has also been dealt a bad hand.

Hood’s match against Noppert was match of the tournament, now he goes on to produce that. Keep this up, he could genuinely win it.

Just go in some Gerwyn Price fancy dress and you’ll be alright 👍🏻

The more I watch Marti’s setup, the more I feel Skipp needs some help tbh. Our defensive data is crap for a reason, one reason imo is how vulnerable we can look on transition. Numerous times last night, Jordan James was getting caught too far forward, basically playing like a number 10, which then left a massive space for Skipp to try and defend it by himself. We don’t need a regular starter as such, but it’s glaringly obvious we need a proper defensive midfielder who can start some games or come on in others. Not replacing Ndidi’s attributes in the summer was criminal imo.

Fair play to Littler last night tbh, I’ve heard it worse, but glad he showed some balls to call out those specific idiots that whistle and boo. As much as this Sport has risen in recent years, sections of the fanbase have become worse.

If we were allowed to play Derby every week, we’d be top.

Glad that match delivered, as both play at an exciting pace, joy to watch.

This sudden Bunting hate is a strange one. He isn’t allowed to call himself “The People’s Champion”, even though Darts fans were the ones that started it. A kid isn’t allowed to support their Dad, because it offends viewers. He isn’t allowed to sing his walk on song, even though many other players do it. And he isn’t allowed to show a bit of personality on Tiktok. What a criminal.

Yep, new contract for Jordan Ayew 👍🏻

Third Round, completed it mate. Now time for Dirty Harry to fvck up The Ferret.

Tactically inept. What you can’t do against Watford is allow Imran Louza to dictate the game, for large spells of the game, he did just that. Also sick of saying this, but he can’t set up a defence to save his life, we’ve been defensively shit for months, our defensive statistics continue to be some of the worst in the Championship. Everything is pointing to a mid-table or bottom half finish if we continue to persist with Marti. Whether it’s in attack or defence, we are showing zero signs of improvement under his leadership. Even though I think he’s been dealt a dodgy hand, our results, league position and statistics indicate that it’s time to go!

Should get sacked for not only the result, but for also keeping Ayew on for 90 minutes.

Great hold up play, great lay-off, perfect assist, what a striker Ayew is 💙

2-1 win incoming, Silko Thomas with a last minute winner

Merry Christmas to all, especially to the best in the business, Jon Rudkin 💙

Match of the tournament so far 🔥

Othmane Maamma masterclass incoming!

I hope they release some sock ties again tbh, I really enjoyed wearing my Mark De Vries one’s back in 05/06.

We need a seriously smart transfer window, but Leicester being smart holds little hope. In Striker - Probably Antonio Central Midfielder - Loan Winger - Loan Left Back - Loan Out Winks Faes Daka or Carranza

He may have stamped out some negative culture, but certain elements on the pitch continue to get worse. Our attacking data is mediocre, while our defensive data is some of the worst in the league. If he continues to show zero signs of improving our defence, then he surely gets sacked.

If you ignore the first half, we won 1-0.

Just need Fatawu to score from inside his own half five times in the second half. Keep the faith.