It’s really obvious when you are losing momentum. That’s when you change the personnel, add legs, find an excuse to fake an injury and kill 2 minutes. Really basic stuff. #ncfc

I don’t think the experiment to reanimate Schlupp’s corpse has been successful. #ncfc

Topic, McLean and Crnac look like they’re asleep. Passengers today. #ncfc

The problem won’t go away when we bring on Stacey, since he’s a worse defender. Fisher is being left 1v1 with 20 yards of space behind him. Need the RW to actually help out. Crnac is just floating about. Maybe replace Crnac with Mattsson in CM, Kvistgaarden back to RW? #ncfc

The gap in effort level between Crnac and Fisher/Medic/Darling today has been disgusting. #ncfc

That’s what happens when you defend for your lives for 100 minutes. The brain slows, the legs exhaust. Pretty sure Darling has an injury and couldn’t actual clear that ball. #ncfc

Felt very Bristol City blueprint. Don’t love it. Hopefully it was making the best of an off-day where we struggled to put three passes together, rather than a legitimate plan. Because Coventry aren’t good enough to warrant parking the bus. #ncfc

Unbelievably gritty performance from Fisher, gave up a lot of ground, beaten a few times but kept fighting. Left on an island most of the day. Pretty much flawless second half from memory. #ncfc

Live by the Jack Stacey, die by the Jack Stacey. #ncfc

Is the adaptability of Manning that he can make us look shit against sides playing in different ways? #ncfc

The reality of this tactical setup is that it leans on the attacking output of Stacey and Cordoba, whilst minimising Diallo and Sargent. And the cost of that moronic trade-off is being completely vulnerable against long balls and any counter attack. Genius stuff. #ncfc

No words to describe how abysmal Cordoba has been today. Living about 20 yards out of position. #ncfc

There’s lots of things in play for what looks like Manning’s slow march to a sacking - but selection-wise, Crnac’s continued selection is baffling, and Stacey>Fisheris just annoying when we have two years of evidence against it. #ncfc

It’s very fair to give Liam Manning a much shorter grace period than JHT when he’s meant to be the finished product walking in the door - that was the whole point. Just to pre-empt an inevitable column from someone with no qualifications, talent or grip on reality. #ncfc

Actual #ncfc setup changes I’d like to see: - Two natural CBs on the pitch only. - Kovacevic into the defensive line in possession to make a 3. - Fisher > Stacey - Hitting Sargent on a long diagonal at least once every ten minutes. -Three CMs on the pitch.