cannable

We were playing well under Clough, decent football. I will never understand why he couldn’t spot the weaknesses though. We couldn’t break teams down at home because we persisted with a narrow diamond and we couldn’t defend set pieces. SIX goals from set pieces conceded in our first nine league games.

Won a cup with Boro as well. First half of his second spell with us he actually had us organised and hard to beat rather than fluid. I sometimes wonder if he tries to get his teams playing football too early in the team-building process.

How come? £2,000,000 profit from 16/17, £2,000,000 from Jackson Irvine, presumably a profit last season - I was expecting Burton to be comfortable

Carson Tomori Keogh Evans Fozzy George Butters Mount FloJo Marriott Lozza

Why? His best game for us was deep and controlling the game against Wolves, in his very first interview with us he stated he wanted to have the lost passes on the pitch. A player capable of playing as a pivot will transform us. That team is miles away from Lampard’s vision.

How come you can’t debate my point?

balls to pressing, Butters and Evans in. Solved.

How are you expecting us to play out from that back with that pairing? The system needs tweaking, not abandoning.

When lessons aren’t learned THEN it’s the manager’s fault. Thorne, Evans, Huddlestone or even Butterfield are a necessity.

This has been a longstanding criticism I’ve had of Carson. Players just can’t.

Pivots are a tactical necessity if you want to play from the back.

We did, to great success, three years ago. Check your tampon.

Ditch the emphasis on pressing, get some control in the team

I used to like when we came out to Blind Faith

There’s a gammonish obsession worldwide with body language and perceived work-rate. Ozil was blamed for Germany’s capitulation against South Korea despite the fact he made three or four inch perfect crosses that weren’t converted. People don’t rate Martin because he’s slow and mardy.