Smal

Bruno has been absolutely shocking, mind.

we look non-league

absolutely awful from Botman, that

could be double figures, this

we have tried to restrict the gap between our defence and midfield and it’s come at he expense of just letting them have the ball around our box without any pressure.

could be a big score, this. Just walking through us and we’re late to every press.

Every counter stopped by a cynical foul. We need to do more of that ourselves tbf.

I'm sure he'll turn it round but Bruno's been really bad.

Got in each other's way tbf

Miley's final pass is pretty much always perfect

Bournemouth are a good team, mind. Got the cynical foul to stop every attack down to a tee.

What a cross that is, man

Stick him on gardening leave for the rest of his contract and get someone else in. Don’t let Man UFC have him.

How many goals are you allowed to concede in a home game before it’s a sackable offence? I feel like 0-7 would do it.

Posted this in the Botman thread yesterday: To underpin the difference further: Pope: Dubravka: It’s never been clearer than the Awoyini pen shout yesterday which came from their keeper taking a long punt forwards from the edge of his area. The comms talked about Botman’s poor defending, but Awoyini didn’t actually touch the ball until he was a yard inside our own area. Any goalkeeper should be looking after that situation and any defender will be expecting them to do so.

Yep, definitely looks like he should be playing at a higher level. Fantastic passer and really quick too. Think he'd be an ideal Burn upgrade in our system with some coaching. edit: see 1:16 on the clip below:

The injuries definitely play a part aye, and I don’t even think Dubravka has been playing badly, but he’s just the opposite of the right profile for us. I don’t even really rate Pope either, but he is a completely different goalkeeper to Dubravka and it’s shown massively during his absence what a goalkeeper of Pope’s profile gives us. Relatively slow back line that regularly plays high up and man to man? You need an aggressive keeper who will dominate large spaces, not a meek one who hasn’t got a clue how to come off his line.

We have Gordon as a third choice striker which is probably the best third choice in the league tbh. With Murphy, Barnes and Almiron all fit I’ve not really got any worries about AG up top.

our xg conceded per game before and after the Pope injury (not including today): Before: 14.3 in 14 games = 1.02 After: 26.1 in 9 games = 2.9

Not been Gordon’s game to say the least

Murillo is way too good for Forest

Burn is losing aerial duels to MGW now… confidence is completely shot.

Awoniyi doesn’t even touch the ball until he gets into our box, man. How on earth can the keeper let that happen.

We are missing Bruno in deep build up. Would consider swapping him for Miley and getting Hall on for Miley who’s looking a bit spent.

How’s Dubravka not saving that mind