• CO CountryRoyal 28 Aug 2021 · 8:24pm

  Not even sure what to say. Complete and utter ineptitude. Each week I’m sure we can’t play any worse and then the next game I’m unpleasantly surprised how we outdo ourselves and surpass our own mediocrity. I was doubtful we’d win but expected it to be a bit closer than that, wasn’t even that bothered for the rest of the game because the moment they scored their first you knew it was game over. Cynically, the case could be made we looked defeated long before the goal actually came, with any meaningful attack coming from Huddersfield. I’m not a fan of the old “how did we lose to x they are shit” but the most genuinely frightening…

• ZI Zip 28 Aug 2021 · 8:57pm

  Pretty damning but absolutely fair comment. Teams know exactly how to place against us and have done for months and Pauno doesn’t have a clue how to adapt our playing style. Teams press us as we desperately and painfully try and play the ball out of defence before we end up making a panicked clearance which the opposition always seem to win. It was worrying watching both Laurent and Rino consistently losing 50/50 challenges and being easily knocked off the ball. If we are playing two holding midfielders and sacrificing a striker then boy do they need to be protecting the back four. Both are totally failing to do so. I feel sorry…

• KI Kitsondinho 28 Aug 2021 · 9:02pm

  Got in at just before 6pm. That was the best thing about today, living where I do means it didn’t take long to get home. I have nothing else to say. We were that bad.

• MC Marcus Crassus 28 Aug 2021 · 9:13pm

  Pretty damning but absolutely fair comment. Teams know exactly how to place against us and have done for months and Pauno doesn’t have a clue how to adapt our playing style. Teams press us as we desperately and painfully try and play the ball out of defence before we end up making a panicked clearance which the opposition always seem to win. It was worrying watching both Laurent and Rino consistently losing 50/50 challenges and being easily knocked off the ball. If we are playing two holding midfielders and sacrificing a striker then boy do they need to be protecting the back four. Both are totally failing to do so. I feel sorry…

• NR Notts Royal 28 Aug 2021 · 9:57pm

  Pretty damning but absolutely fair comment. Teams know exactly how to place against us and have done for months and Pauno doesn’t have a clue how to adapt our playing style. Teams press us as we desperately and painfully try and play the ball out of defence before we end up making a panicked clearance which the opposition always seem to win. It was worrying watching both Laurent and Rino consistently losing 50/50 challenges and being easily knocked off the ball. If we are playing two holding midfielders and sacrificing a striker then boy do they need to be protecting the back four. Both are totally failing to do so. I feel sorry…

• JI Jinx 28 Aug 2021 · 10:04pm

  That's pretty bloody depressing reading! Must be worse for CR to actually sit through it Some of the criticism I don't know what to make of - the manager decides the tactics but should he have to tell experienced players (Moore, Morrison, Yiadom) how to defend, how to play football?? It's time for the players to take some responsibility too

• LE leon 28 Aug 2021 · 10:18pm

  That's pretty bloody depressing reading! Must be worse for CR to actually sit through it Some of the criticism I don't know what to make of - the manager decides the tactics but should he have to tell experienced players (Moore, Morrison, Yiadom) how to defend, how to play football?? It's time for the players to take some responsibility too Fair point. These guys should be the leaders. I believe they’ve all been captains. That said, Paunovic is proving to be an utterly shit manager.

• CR Crowbar6753 28 Aug 2021 · 11:02pm

  "Country Royal" pretty much summed up the current situation perfectly...that was dire to say the least. There is alot going wrong at the club at the moment, maybe even more than we get to see, and yes, we've had to endure a crazy injury crisis to our best players, yes, due to our current financial misfortunes we have had to sell player's and be governed to some extent on who we can bring in, and yes we have had to blood some younger players against seasoned proffesionals... i get it, we knew it was going to be tough, but when the going get's tough you need your seasoned pro's to step up and be counted!! Today for me Liam Moore our…

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