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(01-20-2026, 10:09 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:01 PM)Sliced Wrote: It sounds like hindsight, but if you've had hardly any time with the players don't put them into a system that's completely alien for them......
As I said elsewhere, you run the second positioned team really close, do yeah, rip that up and go wayyyy off piste... All he had to do was build on the Boro effort.
He literally played the same system. Just swapped MJ for Price, which everyone thought was a good choice and dropped Heggebo for missing a sitter.
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(01-20-2026, 10:18 PM)Ted Maul Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:09 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:01 PM)Sliced Wrote: It sounds like hindsight, but if you've had hardly any time with the players don't put them into a system that's completely alien for them......
As I said elsewhere, you run the second positioned team really close, do yeah, rip that up and go wayyyy off piste... All he had to do was build on the Boro effort.
He literally played the same system. Just swapped MJ for Price, which everyone thought was a good choice and dropped Heggebo for missing a sitter.
I was going off all the posts about nobody having a clue who was playing here and nobody knew who was doing what, which sure as shit did t sound like the same system.
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(01-20-2026, 10:20 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:18 PM)Ted Maul Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:09 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:01 PM)Sliced Wrote: It sounds like hindsight, but if you've had hardly any time with the players don't put them into a system that's completely alien for them......
As I said elsewhere, you run the second positioned team really close, do yeah, rip that up and go wayyyy off piste... All he had to do was build on the Boro effort.
He literally played the same system. Just swapped MJ for Price, which everyone thought was a good choice and dropped Heggebo for missing a sitter.
I was going off all the posts about nobody having a clue who was playing here and nobody knew who was doing what, which sure as shit did t sound like the same system.
It was the same shape. It was clear.
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01-20-2026, 10:22 PM
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(01-20-2026, 10:20 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:18 PM)Ted Maul Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:09 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:01 PM)Sliced Wrote: It sounds like hindsight, but if you've had hardly any time with the players don't put them into a system that's completely alien for them......
As I said elsewhere, you run the second positioned team really close, do yeah, rip that up and go wayyyy off piste... All he had to do was build on the Boro effort.
He literally played the same system. Just swapped MJ for Price, which everyone thought was a good choice and dropped Heggebo for missing a sitter.
I was going off all the posts about nobody having a clue who was playing here and nobody knew who was doing what, which sure as shit did t sound like the same system.
Fair enough, my big worry on appointing Ramsay was that he took over a shit team, who weren't meant to be good and made them good playing in a manner that suited them (Minnesota). He's never taken a team expected to not be that awful and win games he 'should' win (us). The Boro game suited his style, tonight he well and truly shit his pants trying to get us playing ever so slightly differently.
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(01-20-2026, 10:22 PM)Lurker#3 Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:20 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:18 PM)Ted Maul Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:09 PM)MrBater Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:01 PM)Sliced Wrote: It sounds like hindsight, but if you've had hardly any time with the players don't put them into a system that's completely alien for them......
As I said elsewhere, you run the second positioned team really close, do yeah, rip that up and go wayyyy off piste... All he had to do was build on the Boro effort.
He literally played the same system. Just swapped MJ for Price, which everyone thought was a good choice and dropped Heggebo for missing a sitter.
I was going off all the posts about nobody having a clue who was playing here and nobody knew who was doing what, which sure as shit did t sound like the same system.
It was the same shape. It was clear. Clear as custard.
Brown custard.
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Just so so poor all over it’s hard to analyse ( and that’s just up to 3-0).
Players looked out thought, out battled and like the team that had been in the bottom three most of the season.
What’s happened to Griffiths? Seems to be getting generally worse rather than better.
How we have missed Palmer.
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(01-20-2026, 10:58 PM)EastMidsBaggie Wrote: Just so so poor all over it’s hard to analyse ( and that’s just up to 3-0).
Players looked out thought, out battled and like the team that had been in the bottom three most of the season.
What’s happened to Griffiths? Seems to be getting generally worse rather than better.
How we have missed Palmer.
In what world is Griffiths to blame?
Genuinely amazes me what some people see when they watch football.
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01-20-2026, 11:02 PM
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I haven't seen any of the goals back yet but Griffiths looked completely exposed by his defence for all of them. Difficult to attach any personal blame to him. I thought Johnston at least tried to create something and was clearly getting pissed off but looked like he cared. Jed at least really tried even if there was no end product.
The rest were awful but I'll give a special mention to Mepham who was absolutely shocking. A disgrace of a player.
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01-20-2026, 11:04 PM
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(01-20-2026, 11:02 PM)AnelkasBeard Wrote: (01-20-2026, 10:58 PM)EastMidsBaggie Wrote: Just so so poor all over it’s hard to analyse ( and that’s just up to 3-0).
Players looked out thought, out battled and like the team that had been in the bottom three most of the season.
What’s happened to Griffiths? Seems to be getting generally worse rather than better.
How we have missed Palmer.
In what world is Griffiths to blame?
Genuinely amazes me what some people see when they watch football.
Not to blame but just not very good and so easily beaten most games.
Do you watch the game ? Live games that is not tv.
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