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No. The issue is tactical. Swapping Hinsh out for Milner, who’d really struggled as a high 8, would’ve left us more exposed with his worse pace and mobility. What we needed was to stop the transitions at source or drop the midfield players further back so that they were in better positions to...

Of all the bad decisions we witnessed yesterday, this one blows my mind most of all.

This is absolutely the case. Not all the time, of course, but the weekend was a good example of players needing to manage the game by understanding when to drop deeper.

In fairness, a striker should always be shooting there. Just not straight at the keeper like Welbeck did. But that’s why he’s playing for us and not a top 4 side anymore, because he’s not a natural finisher.

The issue is the two 8s being so far away from the DM player. Teams are surrounding the 6 at all times, making it difficult to play through them as they’re isolated, and meaning they have players to counter the moment there’s a turnover. The 8s are positioned so high they can’t react.

Yeh, I get that argument. I think it’s probably one of those orange card tackles that could go either way. But it’s a yellow minimum.

The issue is how wide the area that player is having to cover though. The gap between them and the next man in midfield is often huge, making it next to impossible to be in the right position all of the time.

He had to go through the player to get the ball. It’s really that simple. It’s a blatant yellow, whether he gets the ball or not.

It’s difficult to keep the ball when you’re against 10 men who’re sitting behind the ball, and you have 5 of your own players up against those 10 men. There’s just no space.

They’ve already sussed it out. It’s just a case of them exploiting it more effectively, which will happen as the season progresses.

Which is fine until he positions them nearer the striker than the 6.

Tactically he’s got a lot to learn, that’s for sure.

A brave change. Puts us even more at risk on the counter.

It’s the two midfielders in front of the 6. Their positioning is so high it makes counter pressing so difficult.

Nah, not even close.

When you don’t take your chances…

We need to make this count.

Does this mean we’re over the Dunk taking free kicks stage?

Dwayne’s not gunna be happy.

Also, why do we persist in thinking Adingra is a right winger?