18:31, Tue 26 Dec
Dear oh dear. Just as it looked like we were turning a corner.

Defence a disgrace.

The defenders aren't a disgrace ... the way the team is set up is a disgrace - Rooney just doesn't take into account player's limitations.

Can people now see why we used to play with a low block with 2 in front of the defence and only pushed one full back up at a time ?


But having said that i get NO satisfaction from being right - i like Rooney as a person, think he's a decent lad .... and it breaks my heart to see us under-performing like this
18:31, Tue 26 Dec
This 100%

Why do we set up, week in week out, in a system that leaves us vulnerable.

Stoke aren't managed by an idiot, they know our weak point and have exploited it ruthlessly.
18:31, Tue 26 Dec
Rooneys tactics are suicide.

He’s either too thick or stubborn to adapt.
18:31, Tue 26 Dec
If the owners do the right thing before the weekend, tonight might just turn out to be the most positive point of this season.
18:31, Tue 26 Dec
Rooney won't need sacking, he looks ready to quit as it is
Any other team. Any other manager. Rooney would be sacked.
18:31, Tue 26 Dec
malahideblues
Rooney, Oshea and Cole have to go, now, shocking

Dion Sanderson has to do much better. It’s not the system that he’s struggling with - it’s basic defending.
18:32, Tue 26 Dec
Rags
Dear oh dear. Just as it looked like we were turning a corner.

Defence a disgrace.

The defenders aren't a disgrace ... the way the team is set up is a disgrace - Rooney just doesn't take into account player's limitations.

Can people now see why we used to play with a low block with 2 in front of the defence and only pushed one full back up at a time ?

But this is more entertaining apparently. A winning mentality.

We can all see what rooneys trying to do, right. It'll get there.
18:34, Tue 26 Dec
Rags
Dear oh dear. Just as it looked like we were turning a corner.

Defence a disgrace.

The defenders aren't a disgrace ... the way the team is set up is a disgrace - Rooney just doesn't take into account player's limitations.

Can people now see why we used to play with a low block with 2 in front of the defence and only pushed one full back up at a time ?
You have to work with the players you have. These players can't play from the back and press. There just not good enough.
Kym
18:34, Tue 26 Dec
Reedy1968
Time to get an experienced manager in
Clear the decks and start a rebuild

Steve Cooper's free. I'll drive up and get him.
18:35, Tue 26 Dec
We’ve neither played from the back or pressed today.
18:35, Tue 26 Dec
Please get mowbray in.
18:35, Tue 26 Dec
Mr Driscoll
If the owners do the right thing before the weekend, tonight might just turn out to be the most positive point of this season.

This just ain’t sustainable unless he turns over 14 players in January because they ain’t doing it for him.
Writing is on the wall tbh for the owners!
They are smart men in business, unfortunately a football pitch isn’t spreadsheets!
18:36, Tue 26 Dec
Mr Driscoll
If the owners do the right thing before the weekend, tonight might just turn out to be the most positive point of this season.
It would be the best Christmas present ever
18:36, Tue 26 Dec
Stoke fans having a disco