THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Not sure we're being careful enough playing so many loanees with so little game time at their respective clubs.

He was standing on the ball similar to Emi Martinez at Villa. Brighton also use that tactic. Try to draw out strikers.

Dean should have scored, Lofthouse should shoot or pass faster, Harrison touch awful. Lewingtons pass to Bate. Our tactics which killed any conposure we have in final third. So many things wrong, but easy to blame the ball playing keeper - who yes made a mistake for their first goal. We should be livid with the attackers for not killing the game, not the keeper for putting his studs on the ball

Just said something similar in the new keeper thread. The game should have been dead by that point anyway.

We look guilty of over playing in the final third. Almost too many players who can do similar things.

I get that, but it wasn’t drawing them out at 1-1 as they were happy to sit. We were chasing the game and he was just massively slowing it down and the reason why the fans were getting on his back.

His passing was decent but not without error. Some of his long passing was shocking and he kicked it right at their player. If we signed him for his passing, then I’m disappointed with what I saw. Tomlinson was also getting pretty frustrated.

All well and good doing a few passes that most keepers can’t do, but if you’re overall game is weak you’re in trouble. In this league, he’s going to get absolutely abused at set pieces.

Hoping he settles and improves over the next few games.

On a non keeper related post, not been impressed with Lofthouse yet. Has the same phobia of shooting that norman has. Found himself about 3 yards from goal, nice side foot into the corner but chose to pass it into a backed box.

My knob's heads dropped TBH. Was expecting a tough game, but not a defeat. Stared at him in the eye and a tiny tear is welling up.

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Three cheers for his nut brown arsehole, hip hip.....

One bad result* and the sheets need changed. WE ARE BACK BABY!

*yes I was annoyed with the second half, it was poor, but we go again Tuesday.

Hear F- hear.

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Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

He had the odd decent interception and lay off but overall, so far, I guess it's a meh (whatever that means).

I’d like to see Tomlinson back on the right and Harvie pushed back to LWB with Lewie at LCB.