Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Totally agree. Am I the only one who thinks the squad is good enough (just) to survive with correct team selection, tactics, motivation and management?
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays No mate you are not, with a strong centre half added and another forward or 2 , instead of Tudgay and Davies we should be able to stay up as long as Wiseman and McNulty do not play in defence at the same time.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Not at all. From what I have been told by friends and relatives who have gone regularly this season, we have not been outplayed in general - far from it in fact, which suggests we can compete with some minor adjustments. That is what is so disappointing about Keith Hill's reign, it genuinely seems like we weren't very far away from being a competitive second tier side. Fine margins and all that.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Judging by his body language over the last two games, I think he knew the game was up and he'd given up. Probably just trying to draw it to a quick conclusion.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays i agree gary megson anybody!
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Ask you friends and relatives who the worst 2 central defenders we have played there this season, if the answer is not McNulty and Wiseman then they have been watching the wrong defence. Hassell played much better than McNulty on Wednesday, Stones also had a decent game on Wednesday, I admit I knew Hassell was dropped yesterday, but to drop Stones and play Wiseman instead and to also play Done from the start , for those things themselves he deserved to go. He sheer pigheadedness has cost him as much as his lack of tactical nous.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays That is exactly the way I have seen things (from afar!)
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays I think you mean yes, madmark. A strong centre half and another two forwards is not the same squad fella ;-)
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays we were further away than what your mates suggest imo.thats why we are where we are now.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays But I did say that Tudgay and Davies would be leaving so all we need extra is a centre half. Those two will not be here anyway.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Go on I'll buy that. We've needed a strong centre half for as long as I can remember.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays He's not got the spine right, dodgy keeper, no creativety in centre midfield, poor central defenders and a lack of quality striking options. He gambled on the bad boys cos he thought he could work miracles, signed a cart load o players (14 in all) and didn't improve the team one bit.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Can't argue there Mark
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Wiseman is a good right back but was awful today BUT is nowhere the near standard of John Stones. Stones has proved over the last two games why he has so much potential. For some reason, McNulty has been in the first XI some times this year then not in the 18 the week after. Not half the player he was last season and Hassell fully deserved to be in the side today at centre half, if not right back. We should have taken that offer from Millwall in the summer for McNulty and maybe, just maybe we would have signed Mark Beevers from Wednesday.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays I said exactly the same today.
I think this is the most frustrating aspect. Keith really had to go though - too much chopping an changing. He never really knew (or had any faith in) his best eleven. I just wonder if he had adequate help from his assistant when it was really needed.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays Completely agree Mark, I'm just glad it's all over even if it is a few weeks too late.
Re: Any manager that drops Stones and Hassell, to play McNulty and Wiseman and plays I still can't believe he didn't sign any defenders over the summer. He deserves sacking for that. Either incredibly arrogant in thinking he could train his signings into better defenders then they abysmal goals against tally suggested or plain flawed. Even with the loan window he didn't bring anyone in. The only name I heard was Greer, and earlier perhaps, Beevers? Surely he could've got a robust, fast centre back somewhere in league one that was a better option than what we had. I'll really miss his interviews and personality, but the defence situation is just crazy. Conceding from set pieces ought to be the easiest deficiency to identify and remedy