Such a pity there`s 4 or 5 very average teams in the PL otherwise Scumchester United could be in trouble

aaronson may not be perfect but he's already scored more than rutter did all last season.
I don't think we'll get a 10 as we can cope till the summer. hopefully we'll need a better quality player by then.
possibly another no 9., maybe another full back

2 points dropped. tanaka totally switched off at the corner and bang.
looked leggy, not surprisingly, and imo farke got the subs all wrong. bamford offered absolutely nothing and ramazani should have been on.
still, 7 points from 9 over Christmas.

I think we’re all so used to winning at home that it feels like a real setback. In fairness to Blackburn, they did a job on us again. We really struggled to create anything that first half, and for me the two right footers (Byram and Solomon) going down the left hand side killed our shape in the final third. We’re coming back inside and congesting play up front far too often from that left hand side. No real presence in the box until Joseph came on as well it has to be said. Dan James had his worst game this season probably, and it maybe sums up just how over reliant we might be getting on him at times. I agree with Tad re Bamford, I’d have just brought Joseph on for Piroe and Gnonto for Rothwell and that would have kept a better shape on the field. Anyway, no panic stations, just a very good winning home run coming to an end. Bounce back at Hull hopefully.

i agree about byram. kills loads of breaks. solomon i thouhht was looking dangerous. i'd have dropped piroe to 10 to find a pocket of space.
as it stands, and it will probably change, sheff utd on for 1 point from 9 so makes ours look superb.
big game at hull.then it's a fortnight with only harrogate in there and surely resting players.

We said it earlier on here that Byram will struggle to play 3 games so for me that was a risk to select him.
Solomon the only one showing a threat in the second half with James showing nothing and he brings Solomon off.
What was the point in Bamford coming on again.
Just keep him out please.
Need to beat Hull and today we will forget about it.
But we always seem to struggle against physical teams.
Not sure if anyone heard Merson saying he feels for Leeds as they struggle to break down teams who sit back.
I sort of get his point but we keep snagging the points.

[quote="chapylad"
But we always seem to struggle against physical teams.
Not sure if anyone heard Merson saying he feels for Leeds as they struggle to break down teams who sit back.
I sort of get his point but we keep snagging the points.[/quote]

Farke has been somewhat out managed by John Eustace in the last month it has to be said. Two games and only one goal scored, and an iffy penalty at that. We were outmuscled to some extent, and their left back stood up to our two best attacking threats in Bogle and James very well. Some teams will find you out and Blackburn have done this season. Our lack of aerial threat and strength up front with Piroe was again highlighted, and this may well have focused some minds with the transfer window opening.

some good points.
as good as james has been his crossing was abysmal yesterday. we got into some great positions wide but apart from 1 supurb cross each by solomon and james. from which we could have scored twice, we created nothing.
a tired display against a big, solid side who shithoused all the game.
should have won, got a point, move on.
as I said before sheff utds 1 point in 9 puts our christmas into perspective

Agree with a lot of the above. didn't see the game as was laid up badly but from what i have read and the extended highlights, we were well below par against a team who are a bit of a bogey side for us.

I heard an interesting stat about Bamford that he hasn't scored a goal when coming on as a sub for a very long time.. he's very rarely an effective sub. The loss of Bogle and Byram i think probably cost us the win in the end, i suspect we would have defended better when we went 1 up. Strujik defending was poor for the goal also, he should have blocked the shot.

Still results went for us and Sheff U have had a horrendous Christmas which is great. Nice 3 point gap now (plus excellent goal diff) will do. Hull on Saturday is an important one. We need to go hell for leather at them then rest everyone for the Cup. Use the Cup to get mins in Bamford and Joseph along with Ramazanni - then play the young lads. Debayo, Crew etc.

Agreed

I have thought for a long time that they are practically running Aaronsen into the ground (even if it means burning him out) with the intention of bringing in a 10 in the January window.

It will all sort itself out.