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I’d be reluctant too but I’d also make sure they have protection in front. Players to help head and kick it when necessary to take the pressure off the centre backs. Johnston reads the game better than anyone we’ve got and I think if you say to him and Toal you are here to head it, kick it and keep...

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Worth noting that before we switched to a 3 some on here wanted Johnston out of the club, because he was "never a defender" in a back 4. That is absolutely not snark, by the way - but I think we'd have to assume that a Johnston coming back off a full year out and coming into a back four is unlikely...

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So any manager who sets us up to concede 5 goals in 10 games and to have the sort of structure they showed in the run in will I think have more joy here. I have no issue with that. You can play differently to how we do and still have the same basic principles in place. The new manager doesn't have ...

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Simple question for those who are (understandably) asking for a back four: who's your one central striker, in either the 4-3-3 or the 4-2-3-1? If it's Charles, and let's be honest he's easily our best source of goals, how does that help the total lack of 'stickability' we saw on Saturday? If it's n...

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I didn't like Sharon (to my eye) playing the gallery for a peerage in the commons the other day. Ditto. I was surprised she was there at all and was surprised again that she wasn't more measured in her comments. You don’t get peerages for select committee appearances so I think that’s wide of the m...

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I didn't like Sharon (to my eye) playing the gallery for a peerage in the commons the other day. Ditto. I was surprised she was there at all and was surprised again that she wasn't more measured in her comments. You don’t get peerages for select committee appearances so I think that’s wide of the m...

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I'm not Evatt out yet. I think I was on Saturday night and whilst I've still not fully simmered after a pathetic performance, I do have to look back at the good the bad and the ugly and wonder if anybody would've done a better job. I'm not sure.... What does concern me though, is where do we go fro...

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Oxford's manager doesn't think he changed a huge amount tactically. He tweaked their midfield set up, but has said their approach didn't change vastly since they lost to us and he's right. He's certainly not a "building a whole club in my image" manager - he's a coach that slotted into an existing ...

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You can say whatever you like but Oxford set up perfectly for that final. They didn’t come to be ‘pretty’. There was no nonsense. No ‘we have to play a high line and roll the ball around’. Whatever anyone says or whatever picture they paint - Oxford had that in their locker in spades. Same in the s...

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The ‘improved us every season’ line is exploded by looking at the places that Derby, Portsmouth and Oxford finished last season. All below us. Oxford 19th. All have gone way past us now. Oxford had a bad season, but stuck to the same plan they've been working to for a while and didn't panic. They n...

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Days after being beaten (again) in a local derby and the day before a crucial fixture against a then promotion rival: "I've haven't enjoyed this week... it's taken an awful lot out of me" and "I'll reset in the summer and think about what happens in the future". A sure fire way to rally the troops....

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The ‘improved us every season’ line is exploded by looking at the places that Derby, Portsmouth and Oxford finished last season. All below us. Oxford 19th. All have gone way past us now. Each season is its own thing and it’s about achieving the goal in that season. This season is a failure and finis...

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The thing for me is we need big changes. Not tinkering. We need to look at how Oxford setup and play like that. We have quality up top. We need some wide players. Go to a back four. Priority is to sign leaders throughout the pitch. Men. Who have done this before. Know what you need to do. Will set s...

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The problem with that was Maghoma likely struggling with injury didn’t fancy contact. He was clearly not comfortable to do it. And secondly the out was Ogbeta who might as well have been a bloke from the crowd he was that bad. I really don't want to shit on individuals. I'd have subbed Oggy off aft...

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But what would we have to do differently? I ask because I was with a good youth coach yesterday who within ten minutes identified that we needed to switch to a back four which would have stretched out their midfield block and provided us easy outlet to fullbacks. I think tactically it looked pretty...

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Sorry, that we'd go up... Yup. I thought we would this season and believe that we *should* have and Evatt has to take responsibility. He had a great chance to get the autos and I can work somewhat with the injuries issue, but it was still there to take. The final is another issue entirely. The play...

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How are you proposing he set them up? Not to pass through a narrow 3 with a single pivot who is obviously going to be marked out of the game. Oxford were warming up with Harris marking and their back three doing heading drills over their heads. Their plan was always to shut down that short route ou...

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Even Kachunga had the bollocks to have a go at Wembley. No fear. Losing the pizza cup would've been a "meh" so maybe they played with a little more freedom however yesterday not one of them took a risk. It was a do not lose situation that we all know and love. Helps when the manager sets his side u...

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I know dempsey ran around a put a few tackles in but was he actually any better? I dont think hes going to drag us to promotion next year. No. He put a shift in and that was noticeable in a team that didn’t but I don’t think he’s the answer particularly. Neither one thing nor another for me. In my ...

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I'd be surprised if there's a wholesale change in personnel. I’d be amazed if there isn’t. If we go into next season with Evatt and a similar squad it’s going to be incredibly grim. I could see it being bottom half. Yep. Same team, same manager, lose 1r places in the league?!?!?!! The league next s...

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