John supports the manager but asks if Ismael is overreacting to poor performances by individuals, Pete asks why we are not pressing upfront or playing at a high tempo as had been expected from an “Ismael side” where has the intensity gone? The full back role and performance is reviewed.

Rio comes on and regrets the respect we gave them and the gaps in midfield and, despite being the better of the two forwards, the Bayo miss in the first half. Rio would like to see more of Chakvetadze but ponders who drops out of where to accommodate him. Reviewing the season so far Rio sees us either dominating and not scoring or scoring and conceding because he was so open – before hitting us with the new that he was sat 2 seat away from Mogi Bayat (Bayat has not signed him up as a player)!

We join up the Ion family in different cars and see if we can start a family feud on the basis of who should start up front! Gary asks why play Louza if he doesn’t seem interested, we go across to Danny, - a shake up in midfield is suggested to increase the work rate. We compare Jake Livermore’s contribution with that of Jonny Howson at Middlesbro and discuss the lightness of fit midfield options and quality. We go to arbitration Jack to decide who should start up front.

A confused Blue Cheese Brett joins to inject positivity and insists that the hire manager/sack manager routine should stop, he asks if Louza could play deeper in midfield in the Will Hughes role. Leboffski asks can we just hang in there and build slowly and organically over a couple of seasons – and then panic!

The 5 word reviews and long forms tell a tale of a frustrating afternoon.

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