Ghost of Clough

Poor us. It's a miracle we're this far awaay from relegation with our pathetic c£14m wage bill. Warne should be manager of the year based on where we are in the league and the budget available to him. To help copare our amazing useof funds, Bolton and Charlton were only just above the £10m mark in their last set of accounts. No other current L1 was above that figure.

Rowett's style of play still varied. A bit of magic from Lawrence or Vydra. Nugent and Winnall pressing from the front, and Jerome to give us a target man for Forsyth to aim his crosses at. Weimann and Russell (until Jan) mixed it up on the wings. Warne gives us "pass to Hourihane who will pass it out to the right to get Mendez-Laing on the ball. Mendez-Laing will cross to Collins". It's all too predictable which contributes to it being boring to watch.

I think it comes down to a lack of clear plan on how signigns will fit into the side. We had the same in the summer byt signing 2 RWBs and a LB to play as wing backs. The LB struggles at LWB then the RWBs pick up injuries. We sign a RB, shift to 4 at the back and the LB looked settled when he eventually had a couple of starts. The RWBs no longer simply slot in the side as both lack defensive qualities Warne wants to see at RB, or are either not quick enough or lack end product to play at RW. Our CF targets varied in style. Mark Harris, Rhodes, etc.. No we've gone to 352 without a recognised LWB and only 1 forward, despite starting a winger at CF, having 2 wingers on the bench and another who has regularly played there this season.

Wildsmith Ward Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Adams Sibley Mendez-Laing Collins Blackett-Taylor Subs: JThompson, Nyambe, Bradley, Hourihane, LThompson, Wilson, Barkhuizen

'Only' 1 shot a game

Adams booked after getting pushed to the floor 😂

How is the ref allowing so much man handling in the area?

2 points off top with a game in hand!

That's how we started. Now changed to 433 with Barkhuizen on for Ward

Scored in the 11th minute of injury time

Barnsley losing now. It could be a really good day for us

Ward blocked off but no foul given. It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?

Stevenage losing too

Nelson LCB, Nyambe RCB

The coaches spent a while debating putting JThompson in the U21 squad. They won't rush him into the first team. He's 3rd GK for this game and warming up with Loach. That was Price

Bradley will be in the middle. The other 2 is difficult to judge, but I would also expect Nelson to keep his RCB spot.

As expected, Brown gets his first start.

2-2 FT. The first side to stop Man Utd from winning this season is still a good achievement. MUTV commentators kept referring to our 'experienced' side. They've started with 9 of their 11 most used players. Meanwhile, we were missing JThompson, KRobinson, Gill, Hawkins and Wheeldon as well as Eames only starting on the bench.

Unfortunate. 92nd minute equaliser in the top corner.

Hit the crossbar from an Allen freekick

We need to make sure the pathway into the U21 squad doesn't block him or other CMs stepping up. That means quite a few need to either move up to the first team or get loaned out. We'll see 1 or 2 released/sold in the summer too. Our other CM/AM options being: DRobinson, Radcliffe, Fapetu, Lindsay, Weston, Hawkins and Bates. McAndrew will also be looking at U21 football next season.

Dominating now and just regained the lead (Banks scoring from an Allen corner). McAndrew came off shortly before the goal due to injury.

I wonder if it stemmed from this...

1-1 HT. We're more than capable of getting something from the game as our high press is causing them a few problems.