Your formation should reflect the strengths of the player's available. Some manager's like to fit formations to counter the opposition which time and time again Mowbray has failed. Dack is injured at present so we should not be playing a formation that suits him but none of the players fit. Mowbray tried to show horn midfielders yesterday into a formation that suited midfielders that weren't available. He tried shoehorning Evans and Johnson into a team when it is clear it is one or the other not both. Mowbray has changed tactics when he has been forced into a change of formation. The past tells me that we be back to 4-2-3-1 as soon as he can. Once that formation returns he stick to it and will change the personnel even if they dont suit it.

The fact 4-3-3 doe not suit Dack is irrelvent at the moment and has worked well on occassions this season. Its the lack of the ability to change it when its not working that is of concern

err so do the forwards but they didn't. Nyambe offers little in attack either so doe he get dropped as well? I don't rate Bell one bit and would replace him but on Saturday there were far worse than him. Easy scapegoat me thinks

To be fair Bell did little wrong on Saturday so I dont see the need to replace him for this one. Further forward every player did not do much right for the last two games so all of them could easily be replaced without a blink of an eye.

Just like other seasons, the fact is simple, if a team can counter plan A we have no plan B....we have plan A with different personnel.

Apologies if this has been covered earlier but why did Mowbray bring a tall centre forward on and play him wide[I know that has been covered] and then bring a winger on and play him in the no.10 role central? A player who can dribble, take a full back on and can cross a ball from out wide? Yet again Mowbray persisting with SG out wide is just not funny now!

I know but he ran his contract out before so there was a chance he'd do it again. Im sure no one would have budgeted for money coming in

They wont see it though will they? Lets hope they like SG and Ellott on the flanks. Remember its the future

Personally think he was always going to run his contract down like he did here. He then gets the transfer fee as a signing on fee. We were never going to see a pay day from him

Works though doesn't it??

Too good to be true?

Big Woy's last game at the Scousers.

What you say is basically correct. Allerdyce getting sacked needn't have been the death nail in the coffin though. His football was mainly sterile, only played in games he felt he could get a result in and by his own admission he was walking at the end of the season regardless. The death nail was not replacing him with a proven replacement.

Suspect the overall package would have meant it was Manning or the four players we've brought in which swayed the decision

That all depends if he is going to be held to account

Spot on. Now with a selection of 'Wingers' at the club. SG as a true centre forward may work as a plan B to the pace on offer with Armstrong on plan A. But this will rely on him being confident in himself that he can stand up to a big centre half and also that these wingers can cross accurately, an art which seems to have faded in the modern game

I understand the reason for him being in the squad and being Club Captain. What many didnt understand and why the 'hatred' arose was the shoe horn effect around the team Mowbray did last season often to the detriment of the team when a place on the bench was required for him.

Those people on social media all like a reason to hate. They always find a common cause. Enough idiiots follow it, it becomes a disease. It is the football hooligism of the modern day. Real fans dont hate players of the team. They may dislike some, they may disagree with the manager picking them.

There isnt hate, I think Mowbray over relience on him playing in positions where the fans think there are better players has counted against him. Nyambe overlooked for Bennett last season is a prime example. It gave him the image of a teacher's pet and it is that many dont like

Dont see a hate comment. All that said was Bennett main reason for being in the squad was his positive attitude and experience.

Hes not meant for the first XI but gives options and experience from the bench

I think if Bennett hadnt picked up the injury I think he may have been surplus to requirements but him getting injured changed all that

Thats what Mowbray has been saying, if the budget allows once the dealings have been done then he'll do a deal for a player that the deadline does not count. For the first time in a long time its a decision that made sense. No point wasting time and money on a bit part player before getting in players that were wanted but were on a deadline

One spot left for Downing

I guess now the deadline has passed, contracts have to be addressed