Honestly surprised playing a left back at right back, a left back at right mid, a centre mid at centre back, a centre mid at left midfield isn't working. Bowyer masterclass.
Can not get my head around trying to keep games tight when our defence has been so fragile with all the injuries. Surely we have to focus on where our current strength lies.
Bowyer has got it all wrong again today. Players out of position. Wrong mindset with such a negative starting XI. Right footers on the left, left footers on the right. Unsurprisingly we look so disjointed.
Can't believe how many people are having a go at Pratley. Agreed he was poor last week but generally has been good. And of course Curbs said last week how impressed with him he had been. But there again a load of you used to criticise him.
Exactly. Seems some people are more obsessed with the concept of being ‘out of position’ than the reality of how Pratley has performed. He’s been good at CB and as he gets older it’s not surprising that he’d start to settle into more of that kind of role anyway. Pratley makes fewer mistakes than Deji who is a poor centre half. We’ve only ever seen Deji play badly at CB when he’s been there whereas Pratley has typically been good, but as that’s his ‘official’ position playing Pratley there instead has to be a mistake. It’s very odd
Agree, I have no issue with Pratley at CB when Oshilaja is the alternative.
My concern is we’re set up to keep the game tight or nick a goal from a set piece - by setting up such a defensive midfield four it puts more pressure on the defence as we lack attacking outlets. Don’t expect Maddison and Williams to start together (though I’d like to see it) but why leave both on the bench?
Predictable start but now we have to attack and we get to see how we do with Watson or Pratley in midfield.
When I saw the team sheet I almost went back to bed because you know exactly how it's going to go. We look lost as a team. There's no clear attacking patterns and we're sloppy at the back. We're not going to win this game because we don't win when we go 0-1 down. It's all so predictable and so frustrating.
Sod off Bowyer. Every f***ing week. We were 2 points from top, all squandered. The two teams below us now have the games in hand and we are heading mid table.
Where the fuck has Gunter gone there? And Matthews marking fresh air at left back. Dreadful defending.
Charged upfield to support Maatsen ... but the youngster gave the ball away leaving Gunter hopelessly out of position when Hull went back the other way.
That pulled Pratters across to the right leaving gaping holes in the middle.
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He doesn’t know how to produce the same football with a squad that is far less talented than when we were last down here.
Injuries and the Cap haven’t helped either tbh
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Offside, Hull City. Mallik Wilks tries a through ball, but Hakeeb Adelakun is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Mallik Wilks (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
That pulled Pratters across to the right leaving gaping holes in the middle.