I imagine its long been the case that gifted players are lazier in training. Those less gifted naturally have to work harder to impress. I can't imagine Tugay was ever a great trainer.. or Gazza, Maradonna, Ibrahimovic etc. Still be the first name on the team sheet though. Either build a team aroun a talent or move the talent on if you want a team of grafters.

4 points minimum needed this weekend. I fear anything else and we kiss the play offs goodbye with a whimper.

Piss poor since goal. creating nothing.

Dolan, Hedges, Morton all need replacing

Watch his performance back second half - especially off the ball.

We'll find out about the squad metal now. Will they wilt and feel sorry for themselves... or go all out to get to the playoffs?

They were the 2 subs to make.

He constantly lost the ball/shit out of tackles and jogged back. Yes he's a young lad but that was unacceptable. Its not the first rime either. I wouldn't play him again to make a point.

Good game, poor subs.

Morton. Fuckin awful. End of.

Morton just get off.

At least make extra time.

We're shot.

Big chance wasted. Under the cosh.

Take that. Average half. Think Sheffield probably playing better than they have recently. Hopefully we can step it up a bit second half. Next goal wins it.

Arms out. shot's on target - I think if it was beating the keeper, he'd be off.

Playing Morton is like playing one in midfield. He offers nothing.

snigger, snigger

The problem wth Morton is he doesn't influence the game enough. He has 2 assists and no goals in 30 odd appearances. That's pretty poor for a creative midfielder. His tackling is weak and he's also cost us 2/3 goals with stray passes/dallying on the ball. Not sure how accurate the data is but Adam Wharton has 1 goal and 2 assists in 14 appearaces. Also struggled with the physical side at times though. For me, especially as he is our player, Morton doesn't deserve to be ahead of Wharton. Such a shame we fecked up the Obrien signing...

beautiful. Good skill from Gally - Things you don't say often 😂

How is Morton still on. Kid's not good enough.

Game over based on the first half hour evidence.

Agree with all this. The commentators also mentioned today that we don't play needlessly around at the back as much. For me, dropping Morton and as shocked as I am to say it, Pears, are the key changes. Pears is quite happy to put his laces through the ball and get rid. His distribution is far superior to Kaminski. This seems to have coincided with a team decision that it's ok to clear the ball and turn it over in their half not ours. As a result we aren't gifting team chance after chance. It's a far more pragmatic approach. If JDT has swallowed his pride a little on that front, then hats off... It's a bit like the time in league one- after the first few defeats - when Mowbray realised we couldn't tip tap our way out of the division and changed the system to be more direct.

Sometimes, that adversity just works for you. It's not by design but it may just see us in the playoffs.

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