What the hell was that 1st half - they looked like they couldn’t be ar**d.

Note to Tonda: stop playing Dobbin as a centre forward when Larin is out - it should be Mubama or AN other….

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With no Larin and Dobbin liken to play off a front man, why could we not play 442. Take your pick with the 4 at the back. 4 across the middle.. Scienza and Masuki wide with JWP holding, Azaz playing in front. Dobbin then plays off the shoulder of Mubama. Today, we had Dobbin playing as a 9. It doesn’t work. We tried it with Adam Armstrong and with Archer, it doesn’t work. All to small and weak. Yet we keep doing it.

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Strange game. Tactics clearly weren't working—but they're only ever as good as the back line can defend, and once Schlotterbeck put 110% into injuring himself we became a Jack-Stephens-led defense, which tends not to work out so well. This time a second-half push wasn't enough to save us. We have to get out of the starting blocks much more quickly.

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