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Just back. That was certainly the most organised I've seen us this season! An almost masterclass in discipline, until the 80th minute. As a tactical example, it was intriguing (almost impressive), but it was exhausting watching us give total possession to the opposition. Goodwin will have approached this as the first of two games rather than just an individual one, which is understandable, if a little grating. If we'd got a tanking today, the fans would have been seriously restless against the second scum. We can now be a bit more ambitious against the Hun without necessarily going full kamikaze like the last game against them. I don't envy Goodwin, there's very few ways in which the current squad can be arranged into a winning side against a better team. Even against weaker opposition, the tactic of putting a very attacking side on the park has led to it being flip of a coin at times between winning by three or losing. The last Hun game proved the obvious, that we can't simply play the same way. Unfortunately, it's getting that middle ground that we're really struggling to identify. The midfield is the weak point. Ramadani is a sitting midfielder who can't really be deployed to man mark or get up and down and fly into tackles, and Barron and Clarkson are good at doing the same thing as one another. McRorie would help, I think, but we have no other option in a back three, and we're weak in a four. I can't think of any good choice, and it's a shame to hear pundits on the radio being correctly critical, but without putting forward alternatives. Hopefully we've learned that Miovski and Duk isn't an option in this type of game. We need that link between what will often be a deep midfield and a forward player. They were both poor today, but I think it's easier to nullify Miovski than Duk, so I'd go for him. Watkins, Hayes or Duncan should take his place. McKenzie did really well today, and Coulson switched off once but was probably his best defensive performance too. As a unit it was incredibly disciplined and the moment where Barron switched off was probably inevitable and you just have to hope they don't score as they did.

After watching that shite today it reminds me how much we desperately need a central midfielder. Barron and clarkson aren’t the combo, it has to be one of them and a more experienced head. While today was extreme we went 8 at the back and 2 up top for the most part, bypassing midfield and going long. Definitely a hard position to fill but a Jim Bett type that will run a game from midfield. We lack that player/experience/leadership. All the noise we’ve heard is defensive signing focus in this windows but we have a large squad with a number of players who can play wing back or right back, we really lack any sort of depth in center mid.

Harsh. He’s a good player. No point in playing him today if this is our tactics, not the game for him at all.