Great game this Chelsea v City. Haaland’s assist from his own cock. Indeed. Mentioned before that I’m really not a fan of watching City but those 10-15% of games where teams (successfully) take them on and don’t sit deep produce excellent spectacles (similar to the 3-3 draw at Newcastle last season...

8 goals conceded in the 90th minute in the last 8 games. Quite possibly could have been 9 if Bristol had been awarded their deserved penalty on Tuesday

Team are mentally shot, desperately needs a new direction because it’s not going to happen under Selles

Once again, very flat and lifeless performance

Just like under Ince, Gomes, Paunovic and co, we have a defence that can’t keep a clean sheet, a blunt attack and very average midfielders with no real identity who offer little. It’s not a recipe for success.

Thoughts and prayers with RR, Orion and Hound at this most difficult of times for them. :P I remember the constant comparisons to Eze. One has become an established Prem player in and around the England squad and the other can’t get into the 24th place side in L1. Speaks volumes Always thought he f...

His selections have been very scattergun. Camara the latest to appear then disappear. Definitely some favourites there (Savage, Azeez) who haven’t necessarily earnt tbe appearances they’ve had (like both of them but they’ve been up and down) whilst the likes of Rushesha seem to never get the chance...

Agree with playing 3 CM’s. If we start the game as badly as we did against Fleetwood we’ll get massacred by Pompey. I also disagree with Hound that 4-2-2-2 is just the same as 4-2-3-1. The latter gives more width and protection to fullbacks, relies on the fullbacks less. Agree 3 in midfield is the ...

And City have played 5 out of 9 games against teams in the bottom half of the league, and lost to one of them. And they are 2nd. People seem desperate to discredit Spurs Spurs' squad doesn't have the depth of City, Arsenal and Liverpool. But they also have no European football - they basically play...

They are certainly playing with a lot more passion and freedom. You would seriously worry about them though if either Maddison or Son were out for any length of time, light squad. Yep, the squad depth isn't good enough by any stretch, except for maybe in midfield. Spurs won't be winning the title, ...

All this talk about formations lately but it’ll be tactical suicide if he perseveres with the 4-2-2-2 (no it isn’t 4-4-2, no matter what people argue). The organisation and structure is so far away from being good enough and we look susceptible to conceding almost every time the opposition attack. I...

So, another season and everything is even worse. How accountable is Mark Bowen? I feel like his recruitment for the past 2 seasons has been as good as we can expect in difficult circumstances, but the Selles appointment is a disaster and is ruining the belief of our squad. I think he needs to shoul...

Urgh ‘Good old fashioned’. Awful phrase Remember when English teams first went back into Europe and got destroyed tactically by anyone half decent? That’s what would happen if teams went ‘good old fashioned’ again. Wasn’t Ince playing ‘good old fashioned’ 4-4-2 last season? And that was fun Don’t r...

This all over We were the better side on Saturday up until their first but what did that translate to? A few pot shots and a couple of set plays. For all the intricate passing in and around the box, Charlton scored with one pass out wide, being direct out wide and a simple cross and header Football...

4-2-3-1 in itself is barely any different from 4-2-2-2. In fact when Vickers has played up too it’s been more like 4-2-3-1 anyway imo But yeah too much stress on the FBs. If they were really good it may be ok, think Yiadom with his experience could cope. Maybe Mbengue due to his quality and pace as...

There's a reason that through the years 4-4-2 has been popular. It's simple, it's fairly rigid and everyone's responsibilities and play is fairly clearly defined. Unfortunately, we now have a generation of coaches who all want to play like Barcelona or Real Madrid and are incapable of recognising t...

Poor first 30 minutes. Miles too static up top, Foden couldn’t get into the game and Rashford kept running into blind alleys whilst failing to do his defensive duties. Much the better side after that and deserved winners in the end. Italy were neat, tidy and intricate but struggled with the two most...

Would go with: Button Rushesha Bindon Abbey NGW Hutch Wing Elliott Knibbs Ballard Vickers Norcott, Yiadom, Craig, Savage, Mukairu, Smith, Ehib Not too fussed about the personnel in defence but would like to see more of a settled back line rather than the constant chopping and changing. Keen to see m...

Phillips is there as cover for Rice in the defensive midfield role, can JWP do that cos not getting a start in front of Bellingham and Maddison is ahead of him as backup there and can also take a decent set piece. I like JWP and think he's just unlucky that he's a midfielder when the strongest part...

It's not just looking at who is picked - it's about who isn't. At CB it suddenly looks like we have a pipeline of potential starters in Colwill, Geuhi and Tomori, plus good squad options in Konsa and Dunk. So picking Maguire is indefensible. Whereas in midfield JWP is the only one I would say is kn...

There is no way THIS season's squad could be at the top of League 1 with minor improvements Maybe it could with MAJOR improvements. How many ex-Academy players started at Leyton Orient? Four? Some of us could foresee the demise of Reading FC and did say on HNA that our club was likely to follow the...

City have badly missed Rodri in recent games, 3 games and 3 losses without him

Very poor today