Recent content by The Huddlefro

I disagree a bit here. Even Redknapp or Ancelotti, which it is fair to say are more of the ‘old school motivator’ type of managers had their styles they stuck to - 442 or 433 respectively - and while they might have not coached a system (or highly specific patterns of play) they had a...

I think the squad is still a bit of a hodgepodge of players who have been bought for different managers and who the manager doesn’t seem to quite know what to make of. Brennan is a great example. Last two seasons he’s mostly played RW and in his first season I think he topped the assist charts...

There’s quality in the squad but there’s obviously selection, coaching and availability issues too. I do think a lot of this is on Frank right now, he just hasn’t worked out how the team should be structured, should build up, and how it should attack together in the final 3rd. Our best fit 9...

Oof Sangare. Thats the game done then. I had to watch Arsenal win late in a bar full of scum yesterday and now the weekend has not improved! Just not brave or good enough today. Not enough work being done to commit players and force errors in the face of an abject lack of creativity and a...

Everything we do in the final 3rd today has been so poor

Richy has been absolute dog all game. Get him off, Odobert on the left. Run at them and try and force their players into doing something stupid. It’s probably the only chance we have of actually creating something.

We just can’t get anything stitched together up top. Need to get the lads in at half time and get their heads straight - if Frank’s a brave man there may be some changes too. Wouldn’t mind seeing RKM in the middle and maybe a change in midfield. It’s not really been Richy or Gray’s day so far.

Weird game so far. Forest have settled better but both teams are a bit sloppy and feeling their way into the game still. I do think we miss a natural left footer out there, Spence and RKM don’t always look that smooth.

There’s a lot of young players to fit in. Gray hardly deserves to be dropped and you want one of Palhinha and Bentancur in there. And Xavi deserves to keep his run going at 10. Bergvall and Sarr both slight casualties of this recovery of results we’ve seen. For the latter the charitable...

Oh my days Romero

That’s a soft pen. We can’t buy a break at the moment.

The players now all look exhausted and barely able to pass to one another as a result. Frank needs to make some changes.

I have no idea who the manager should be. I think we have plenty of good players but a vanishing few who have the mentality to be elite and actually take responsibility. Part of having money as a club is being able to write players off and not renew contracts to protect value (Bentancur) for...

There’s more to football than ‘wanting it’ but sometimes it’s as simple as that. I don’t think Frank has the ability as a manager of a group to embed the mentality of needing to win every duel, every moment on the pitch, every game. His tactics aren’t working and he can’t motivate the group. I...

Truly shocking stuff. You can’t play for 15 minutes a game and expect a result. There’s simply too many mental passengers in this team. VdV, Bergvall, Kudus, RKM, those are the players who actually give what you need. But it has to happen over 90 mins. You can’t sit there for an hour 2-0 down at...