I'll be honest, I still have no idea how he wants to play. Nothing makes sense watching the games unfold. We are far to deep, the back 4 drop right back to try and play out from the back. They dont have the ability to do that, so the midfield ends up dropping deeper and deeper to give them an option. We then end up in a practical back 6 and are incredibly easy to push up and defend against. Just get diaz up top, dack in behind. Thomas one side and dolan/hedges the other and get them to play a higher line. At least get our midfield higher up the pitch in areas to do more damage rather than pinned in our own 3rd all game. Play with more urgency and look forward more. Dont be afraid to give the ball away, look to make a positive decision. JDT is paid to coach and improve the players. With each passing week we get worse and worse. No good blaming recruitment, try and do your job first then add in areas the squad lacks. There is an air of inevitability watching this side every week under JDT, its a painful groundhog day.

Not a great endorsement for his coaching ability when the team gets gradually worse the more he coaches them. You would hope for the exact opposite

Not sure what level has to do with it. I have followed rovers a long time, seen some great sides and great players, but when Dack does leave I will look back on his time and performances here as fondly as any player we have had. He was a rare shining light in some dark times for this club

I hope Dack is injured. Because is this is JDT trying some show of power against a club legend who is bursting to play. Then he needs to give his head a wobble. Management is all about dealing with egos and personalities. Trying to mug off Dack is just poor form. Guarantee TM is delighted to see no Dack on the teamsheet

Genuinely wonder how many years following rovers takes off your life expectancy. Manic roller coaster constantly

The really sad thing is I reckon that u21 team tonight would beat last night's starting 11

They can't be. No way the forward players are happy all being played out of position. Plus Dack isn't just popular with the fans. A big dressing room figure being shunned will cause chatter amongst the players

What I don't understand with the passing from the back is, if he trusts his back 3 or 5 to do it. Why does he ask/allow morton to constantly drop so deep to take it off them. Either he doesn't trust them and tells morton to do that or he does trust them and he needs to tell morton to move forward more and take the ball more in the middle and final third and help us create more. The gulf from what turns into a back 7 and the forward 3 is huge

Better to lose the game 1-0 than finish with 10 men. Dear god JDT

Feel for the players. Can't fault the effort, but they are being let down by an absolute tactical shambles. Its an mess. Even the games we win I feel we win in spite of the tactics not because of them. The whole thing needs a massive rethink by JDT and quickly. Penny for Dacks thoughts. Busts his balls in rehab to get back and has to sit on the bench watching players not fit to lace his boots running about like headless chickens

Looks like like for like subs. Sigh.

Strikers wide and a false 9 just blows my mind as a tactic. Just play players in their best positions ffs

To many managers these days trying to reinvent the wheel and make themselves look clever and some sort of tactical genius like pep. Just keep it simple, get you best players in their best positions and fill the gaps around them with what you have left. Then get the ball to said players as quick and often as you can. We have 20-30m of attacking talent in Dack and Diaz and they are either on the bench or feeding on scraps from the left wing while Dolan runs about like a headless chicken playing this daft false 9 role JDT and others insist on

Get Diaz up front and central, get Dack just off him, then fill in after that however you want. But we have to get our 2 biggest goal threats and best players on the field together and in positions they can make the biggest impact

When you play Dolan as a false 9, you have no choice but to play out from the back. The real problem for me isnt really trying to pass it out, I could live with that if it led to anything, but it doesnt match up with the rest of the setup. I have no real idea what we are trying to do going forward. It seems to be keep the ball and hope someone pulls a rabbitt out of hat somewhere in the 90mins. My sanity cant take much more of Gally playing wide, I thought them days would die with TM leaving and Im sure gally do to 😞