Recent content by Bob

Froze my nuts off watching that. It is a relatively easy game. One team attacks one way and the other team attacks the opposite way. Why then do we always seem to be playing the same way as the opposition? 70 % of backward and sideways possession whereas Derby just attacked whenever they had...

Vitor Matos seems to have a different approach to our recent 4 managers. I’d be quite happy to see him given a go. I want to see some balls into the box,shots, goals - not the garbage I’ve paid for over years.

Would agree if we had Roberto Carlos and Dani Alves at their prime but we ain’t gonna get that in the championship. Stick round pegs in round holes, don’t confuse with “ inverted play” ( whatever that is) and attack. Easy

Difficulty with such appointments is that, if it goes tits up - everybody annoyed with all. If a half succesful season, Leeds or some other crappy previously ok team will poach in 12 months. As long as he doesn’t play 5 at the back, I’m fully on board

Yes. Towards the end of the game “we want Sheehan out” loud and repeated. North bank gave him loads because the organisation was crap and the players hadn’t a clue what they were supposed to do. I don’t believe that anybody was booing the players - but that is my feeling.

Giving up! We were 4-1 down at home with the worst display for years! That’s why many walked out. The rest stayed to see the stick that Sheehan was going to get. We have a far better squad than our current position.

When Josh Key first came to us, he looked great. Confident, taking on players, often best player on the pitch. Is it really his fault that he is made to take theblame for everything, or is he not supported or coached properly. Wasn’t Franco at fault for 2 goals today? Couldn’t see for sure in...

This was a dire performance brought on by Sheehan’s tactics (or lack of). Thank feck we’ll have seen the back of that ridiculous back 5 that has never worked and was painful to watch today. The referee wasn’t shite. The players didn’t give him much choice and he could easily have sent Tymon off...

Don’t care who the manager is as long as we don’t play 5 at the back.

This was always the outcome when the team news was announced . Back 5 and Cullen on the wing. Another game lost because of the manager. Sheehan has been negative all season, trying to protect one goal leads or draws. This was a formation to try and prevent Man City scoring too many against us...

Preston are better than us because we have a line of 5 at the back marking 2 Preston attackers. This leaves us short in every other area. Nobody wide, nobody central. This will be a hiding if not changed.

I hate 5 at the back. It’s negative, sitting back, nobody in front of the full backs to pass out to. Has never worked and never will with championship players. 1 down already. Shite.

We’ve tried a back 5 many time since relegation and it has never worked. It sounds a great system but it inevitably becomes defensive, negative and has always stultified attacking intent. After a few miserable games of trying it out again, we’ll turn back to 4 at the back as has always happened.

Big difference is that the City players were always aware of the space around them and the first choice was to turn with the ball and move forwards, rather than taking the easy pass backwards. A joy to watch.