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• Just got home. Sick of seeing us beaten at home again, apart from Mansfield. Moyes out for me, his tactics are as baffling as apparently Sorensens were, square pegs round holes etc. He needs to take McNeil, Mykolenko, Beto, Barry, Tarkowski and Gana with him. Sorry mark M (84), but Gana has been replaced in my eyes by any of Garner, Rohl or Armstrong, but I agree with all the other parts of your post. Next game Patterson, Keane, Branthwaite and Aznou our back 4. Rohl, Garner, KDH midfield Dibling, George and N'Diaye up front. Never happen in a million years with our manager unfortunately....
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• Its a disgrace that Michael Keane was dropped against Bournemouth.. Hes been one our most consistent performers all season. Personally I'm actually relieved that O'Brien is facing a ban, as Moyse will surely be now forced to play Patterson at right back, where he shouldve justifiably been all along. Every manager in the Premiership except Moyes knows that playing O'Brien at full back is our weak link, with Mykolenko a similar proposition at left back. Teams continually target our flanks and we are subsequently punished. Their teams continually exploit Ob'riens weaknesses. Hes been well suused out.Branthwaite must play left back for the time being as Mykolenko is a liabilty. Tarkowsi should not be exempt from being benched just because hes club captain. But for the time being, Id go, Patterson, Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite, as my back four. Garner, Gueye, KDH and Armstrong across the middle and push Ndiye and George up as my strike force. Good old fashioned 4-4-2. Because...
  Phil Lewis in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• Has to be put down to Moyes' stubbornness/ignorance. Patterson should have been the right back not O'Brien. I think Keane should've played instead of Tarkowski or maybe given Jake and Jarrad a go to see how they would get on. Tyriq George done ok, he was exciting on the ball and didn't deserve to be took off. I said the other day that Gana Gueye looks tired and don't think he should've come straight back in for Rohl, seems Moyes just selects his favourites. Was good to see Mykolenko get a few crosses in but Armstrong just isn't a winger and was a bad decision to put him out on the left. I wish people would chill out over Barry, he's a young player who couldn't even speak English at the start of the season, I'm hoping he will come good but agree we should have got a proven striker in, but Beto is the one who should be legged, he's absolutely wank. I went down for a pint at half time and it was great to look at the table and see us above the redshite for all of 20 minut...
  Jay Lewis in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• The tactics(?) were interesting when we went to 10. Jimmy G at right back stepped into midfield like TAA or John Stones have, Gana seemed to drop in, and it felt like we weren’t a man short. To my eyes, anyway?? Tbf though, it always feels like we’re one short with JOB at right back, not to mention whichever lump is up top, thus feeling like we’re 2 short.....
  Chris Davies in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• I know some don’t like knocking Moyes because of where we are in the table, but my main issue is his brand of football. Nights like tonight are unbearably bad, but even when we win it’s feels like you’re having your teeth pulled. I don’t think I have smiled during a game since Carlo and we know Moyes well enough to know what will happen even if he’s here another ten years. No pushing too hard for Europe, no “over exposing” of young players, substitutes at the death and in some cases designed to preserve a loss and consistent dampening of expectations. I want to be entertained once in a while. Now and again I would like to see us have more of the ball than our opponents. I would like to see evidence of a plan B or C and less of an over reliance on some players because of a fear of trying someone different. I’d like to go into a derby with a manager with a have-a-go attitude rather than a “Well they’re better than us, let’s not try to lose by too many” approach. M...
  Mark Wynne in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• Andy cheers but I’m snug as a bug in a rug in the Atlantic hotel having declined the anticipated celebratory dinner. Whether your local or not, match goer or not, that was a painful watch and to me brought some home truths painfully to the fore. Our much vaunted central defence is really not all that. Both their goals were amateurishly defended. Our promising attack isn’t really all that promising. It’s shite. A few goals in la Liga doesn’t make a striker the next Lukaku, (or even Niasse) Barry is an awful footballer.full stop. Mykolenko isn’t good enough, nor is O’Brien (neither at right back nor cb imho) Tarks is past it and we need to clone Gana Gueye, cos without him we’re f***ed! Watching Keane thrown up front at the end was embarrassing. Chasing a goal at the end with the attacking talent we still had on the pitch and they hadn’t a clue. Moyes out....
  Mark Murphy in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red