Lumley - looked out of sorts today but playing behind our defence you can't blame him
Furlong- very poor first half and as soon as Rangel is fit I can see him being relieved of his duties
Hall - is too slow and is not good enough for Championship football. I would be amazed if his contract is renewed
Bidwell- was as poor a performance as I have seen from him
Lynch - is a bigger liability than Scowen and got out muscled by Che Adams
Scowen - Was invisible in the first half but didn't use that invisibility to our advantage. He doesn't warrant a first team place.
Luongo- improved in the 2nd half but his overall performance was poor
Freeman - Did well but was let down by his defence
BOS- didn't do a lot and was taken off as a result
Smith- had a very good game and if Lee Camp hadn't been on top form in the 2nd half he would have had a hatrick.
Wells- does a lot of running and is like Conor Washington in that he is a team player who is not clinical enough in front of goal. Poor penalty.
McClaren - too set in his ways and not sure how many more times he will play 4-4-2 before realising our central defence is weak and need that man just in front of them. Once we went back to 3-5-2 we looked a lot better.
Until Cameron, and Rangel are fully fit I can see us conceding far more than we score.
We are letting average teams look like Brazil How long will this slump continue for now Bristol city away,a revival it won’t happen then in my opinion One good thing Matt smith is a good partner for wells by the look of it
The Birmingham goals mostly came through jota And their fourth goal was a very good goal to be fair The other 3 were poor and I mean poor defending Why do we always have these slumps no matter who’s in charge We need to try and get back on track somehow in the league
We are on relegation form at the moment according to some
kingfisher Bidwell missed one in the last minute against Reading last season.
I'd have given it to Smith as he was on a hat trick, just let him blast it home. Or Freeman considering he is so good at at pieces.
Ah I forgot Bidwell missed that one northwesthoop! It would certainly have been fair if Smith had a go, especially if it gave him a penalty. What strikes me is that the team were so poor in the first half, resulting in a huge deficit to overcome, but the second half saw substitutions that us moving to a 3-5-2 and (despite the risks in leaving ourselves exposed at times) we played better and nearly drew or won!
I think the second half comeback doesnt disguise how bad our defending was in the first half We will not win many more games if we carry on defending like a non league team and bad formations by McClaren I don’t know if he has the players for a plan B though
I think the second half comeback doesnt disguise how bad our defending was in the first half We will not win many more games if we carry on defending like a non league team and bad formations by McClaren I don’t know if he has the players for a plan B though
That is the nub: McClaren does not have enough (fit) players capable of playing with confidence in the Championship (yet). Given the restrictions imposed by FFP I cannot see us progressing as a club in the immediate future. The FA Cup is a nice diversion but it cannot disguise the fact that we have had to rely upon what we have, and some of the players are just not now top Championship material.
Question is based on last few games Will we get sucked to a end of season relegation battle We’re far away now but it soon creeps up on you if you don’t start winning games
