Two ways of looking at this

[Cheshire East Baggie]

If Phillips and Price scored from two of the easiest chances they will ever get, we'd probably be celebrating an away win.

Or maybe Mason has reached the point that Corberan got to several weeks later in the season. Not scoring enough, conceding too many and seemingly unable to fix either issue. Relying on Plan A and the favoured "reliable" players to turn it around. CC stuck with Wallace for ages and took too long to get Styles in the team. Mason is fixated on Price and Molumby. If you want more defensive solidity, drop one of them, don't move them around and drop our best attacking outlet.

The team selection for Leicester will tell us a lot about Mason's thinking. I'm saying he'll stick with the plan and we'll lose again. If it's not working, change something FFS sake!

[Josh1873]

Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

[MrBater]

Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

We didn't do enough to beat Derby, otherwise we would have won...

Scoring is simply the most important thing a team can do... Always has been, always will be (unless they start dishing out points for clean sheets). It's why Derby beat us, it's why Boro beat us ..

[SW4Baggie]

Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

How long do we take comfort in “we did enough to beat…” but once again didn’t? I think it’s been around 3 seasons now. 

Plenty of worse sides than us manage to do enough to win games. I can’t remember the last time we won a game despite playing badly, I can remember plenty that we *should* have won but didn’t.

[Derek Hardballs]

The same posters moaning about two narrow defeats are the same posters who have advocated for projects, wanting young players and coaches and operating within a moneyball framework. We all know the squad is unbalanced to use the messiahs (you know who you are) words currently with too many soldiers and not enough artists but it’s going to take a number of windows to rebuild a squad capable of promotion potentially. I don’t know what is gained by being critical or nit picking about performances currently, we are clearly working in progress.

[SW4Baggie]

The same posters moaning about two narrow defeats are the same posters who have advocated for  projects, wanting young players and coaches and operating within a moneyball framework. We all know the squad is unbalanced to use the messiahs (you know who you are) words currently with too many soldiers and not enough artists but it’s going to take a number of windows to rebuild a squad capable of promotion potentially. I don’t know what is gained by being critical or nit picking about performances currently, we are clearly working in progress.

Can you list who these posters are so we know

[Josh1873]

Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

How long do we take comfort in “we did enough to beat…” but once again didn’t? I think it’s been around 3 seasons now. 

Plenty of worse sides than us manage to do enough to win games. I can’t remember the last time we won a game despite playing badly, I can remember plenty that we *should* have won but didn’t.

It is frustrating, and if it we keep losing, then obviously that's an issue that needs to be resolved. 

However, it's not a poor run, yet. We're playing well,, and we've started the season will. 

The Derby result was a fluke and an anomaly, Boro away was always going to be a tough game where we'd do well to get something from. 

As I said it's frustrating, I don't like it, but there's no alarm bells ringing for me. I'd be more concerned if we were playing poorly, and there was no gameplan or structure to the team, but that's not the case.

[BradleyFromTheHalfWayLine]

If Phillips and Price scored from two of the easiest chances they will ever get, we'd probably be celebrating an away win.

Or maybe Mason has reached the point that Corberan got to several weeks later in the season. Not scoring enough, conceding too many and seemingly unable to fix either issue. Relying on Plan A and the favoured "reliable" players to turn it around. CC stuck with Wallace for ages and took too long to get Styles in the team. Mason is fixated on Price and Molumby. If you want more defensive solidity, drop one of them, don't move them around and drop our best attacking outlet.

The team selection for Leicester will tell us a lot about Mason's thinking. I'm saying he'll stick with the plan and we'll lose again. If it's not working, change something FFS sake!

The same posters moaning about two narrow defeats are the same posters who have advocated for  projects, wanting young players and coaches and operating within a moneyball framework. We all know the squad is unbalanced to use the messiahs (you know who you are) words currently with too many soldiers and not enough artists but it’s going to take a number of windows to rebuild a squad capable of promotion potentially. I don’t know what is gained by being critical or nit picking about performances currently, we are clearly working in progress.

How was Price's chance one 'the easist he will ever get?' Diakite and Wallace's shots were better opportunities. It was an opening, but I wouldn't expect Haaland to head that in more than 1 in 10 times.

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Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

How long do we take comfort in “we did enough to beat…” but once again didn’t? I think it’s been around 3 seasons now. 

Plenty of worse sides than us manage to do enough to win games. I can’t remember the last time we won a game despite playing badly, I can remember plenty that we *should* have won but didn’t.

It is frustrating, and if it we keep losing, then obviously that's an issue that needs to be resolved. 

However, it's not a poor run, yet. We're playing well,, and we've started the season will. 

The Derby result was a fluke and an anomaly, Boro away was always going to be a tough game where we'd do well to get something from. 

As I said it's frustrating, I don't like it, but there's no alarm bells ringing for me. I'd be more concerned if we were playing poorly, and there was no gameplan or structure to the team, but that's not the case.

Neither Derby or Portsmouth are bad teams, the difference between them and a side like Boro is negligible, a smidgen more quality up front for the latter is all. I'm not expecting much from us this season but the league is as weak and open as I can remember it and it would still be a shame not to see a genuine play-off push even if it ultimately ended in failure. Are we really that far behind sides like Coventry, Blues and Bristol? We have the quality in the squad to be challenging these teams.

[SW4Baggie]

If Phillips and Price scored from two of the easiest chances they will ever get, we'd probably be celebrating an away win.

Or maybe Mason has reached the point that Corberan got to several weeks later in the season. Not scoring enough, conceding too many and seemingly unable to fix either issue. Relying on Plan A and the favoured "reliable" players to turn it around. CC stuck with Wallace for ages and took too long to get Styles in the team. Mason is fixated on Price and Molumby. If you want more defensive solidity, drop one of them, don't move them around and drop our best attacking outlet.

The team selection for Leicester will tell us a lot about Mason's thinking. I'm saying he'll stick with the plan and we'll lose again. If it's not working, change something FFS sake!

The same posters moaning about two narrow defeats are the same posters who have advocated for  projects, wanting young players and coaches and operating within a moneyball framework. We all know the squad is unbalanced to use the messiahs (you know who you are) words currently with too many soldiers and not enough artists but it’s going to take a number of windows to rebuild a squad capable of promotion potentially. I don’t know what is gained by being critical or nit picking about performances currently, we are clearly working in progress.

How was Price's chance one 'the easist he will ever get?' Diakite and Wallace's shots were better opportunities. It was an opening, but I wouldn't expect Haaland to head that in more than 1 in 10 times.

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Given how we've played so far this season, and the fact we did enough to beat Derby, and could have taken a point yesterday but for wasteful finishing, I'd suggest the formation and selection is working.

How long do we take comfort in “we did enough to beat…” but once again didn’t? I think it’s been around 3 seasons now. 

Plenty of worse sides than us manage to do enough to win games. I can’t remember the last time we won a game despite playing badly, I can remember plenty that we *should* have won but didn’t.

It is frustrating, and if it we keep losing, then obviously that's an issue that needs to be resolved. 

However, it's not a poor run, yet. We're playing well,, and we've started the season will. 

The Derby result was a fluke and an anomaly, Boro away was always going to be a tough game where we'd do well to get something from. 

As I said it's frustrating, I don't like it, but there's no alarm bells ringing for me. I'd be more concerned if we were playing poorly, and there was no gameplan or structure to the team, but that's not the case.

Neither Derby or Portsmouth are bad teams, the difference between them and a side like Boro is negligible, a smidgen more quality up front for the latter is all. I'm not expecting much from us this season but the league is as weak and open as I can remember it and it would still be a shame not to see a genuine play-off push even if it ultimately ended in failure. Are we really that far behind sides like Coventry, Blues and Bristol? We have the quality in the squad to be challenging these teams.

This would be the Derby side that’s currently losing at home to Preston having not had a shot, and a Pompey side being done 2-0 at home by a Sheff Wed side that can barely put a team out.

I don’t care about the result against Boro, I expected to lose the game, the issue is the lack of quality chance creation in midfield and the fact we don’t ever look like nicking a game we don’t deserve to win.