Red flag...

[Lurker#3]

Yet again. Too negative. 

This time from the start, not with the subs. 

This one's on mason sadly. Never once gave ourselves a chance.

[Josh1873]

Respectfully disagree, chap. The set up was fine. Tactics were good. We played well, I thought. We limited Boro to next to nothing, conceded a sloppy goal, which is on Heggebø, not Mason.

We, once again, created enough chances to score goals. Phillips should have scored in the first minute, Price should have scored with the Wallace cross. Their Keeper made a good save in the second half, just before their second.

I really don't see a lot wrong with how we're playing. The simple fact is that we lack quality to take those chances. It's not as if we're playing games where the opponent is having all the ball, creating chances after chance, hammering us, while we create nothing.

We're in games, we're limiting the opposition to very little, and we're creating chances ourselves. There's lots to work on, admittedly, particularly in being more clinical, making better decisions in the final third, and cutting out stupid defensive errors. But there's also a lot of positives to build on.

I see a well drilled and coached team, where players know their roles. It's closer to a CC team than a Mowbray team. I think you mentioned Mason's selection and tactics are as bad as Mowbray's. That's complete nonsense, we're a far better team under Mason than we were under Mowbray.

[Mickyfudge]

Mowatt and molumby are both ok but they should never be in the same lineup.we won’t improve unless we get some creativity in central midfield

[11amstart]

The quality in the final third is where we fell on our sword last night, for sure!

[Stillclem4england]

Yet again. Too negative. 

This time from the start, not with the subs. 

This one's on mason sadly. Never once gave ourselves a chance.

Sadly I agree. Zero out ball.

[Shabby Russian]

I think if we had approached the first half in the same way we did the second, we would have given ourselves a far better chance of getting a positive result.

The quality in the final third is lacking, but has for some time.

[Shabby Russian]

I think if we had approached the first half in the same way we did the second, we would have given ourselves a far better chance of getting a positive result.

The quality in the final third is lacking, but has for some time.

[BasingBaggie]

As you are the stats guy, we had more possession, more shots, more attacking play and our XG was just under Boro’s. The quality in the final third let us down again but if Price had scored, when he should have we might have been talking about a different result. I expected a loss but now feeling frustrated we didn’t get anything, unlike last year when they tore us apart twice

[SW4Baggie]

We will win some games this year and we will lose some, and Mason’s primary task is to ensure we are competitive in every one. Yesterday was the first time this season I’ve felt we were not in the game, and the frustrating thing is that it wasn’t because Boro were far better, but because we deployed tactics that didn’t suit the lineup.

Mason is getting 70-80% right, and gets some slack whilst he’s still so limited in terms of the attackers he has available, but if he continues to fail to use what he does have in the way he’s shown against Derby and Boro, questions will rightfully be asked.

Leicester a big game now, we need to lay a glove on them.

[Jerry]

Yet again. Too negative. 

This time from the start, not with the subs. 

This one's on mason sadly. Never once gave ourselves a chance.

Agree with your statement.

My thoughts are:
Campbell not a fullback - no attacks start from him.
Three defensive midfielders no creativity amongst them.
Wallace on the wing when he lost his starting role 2 years ago.
No Johnson.
CF who plays down the middle only and does not make runs.