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

Once again, the standard of refereeing this weekend has been an absolute joke. Some utterly awful calls in the West Ham game and now the Kovacic incident Yes, I agree some of the vitriol towards the officials is a disgrace and yes, it’s an extremely tough job. But these are supposed to the “elite” o...

Want to give your fullbacks more protection? 4-4-2. How is 4-4-2 offering the full backs more protection when that's what we play now? It's not necessarily the formation that is the issue, it's the way the players are being asked to play and the players we have available. No point trying to force p...

Burnley have had the Manchester pair and Spurs in their first 5, as well as a good Villa team. Their most favourable fixture was Forest away where they drew and were unlucky not to win. They have the best chance of the 3. Wolves, Everton and Bournemouth are all at risk. But agree Luton and Sheffiel...

Did Dellor also ask Selles about his current all-time favourite player Tom Holmes and criticise him for not playing him or was it the usual case of him endlessly harping about it on air and then not having the balls to say the same to the manager face to face? Tim did ask if Holmes was likely to be...

Agreed the formation needs to change away from home. 4-2-2-2 offers the full backs no protection, and if teams beat our press Savage and Hutchinson get overrun. It was 5-3-2 second half yesterday - perhaps that is worthwhile from the start next time. Though in our 2 worst away games (yesterday and ...