Was it a wonder we made mistakes at the back when our 'fans' were booing from the get go. Disgraceful imo.

So what? He saved the club and he should be thanked for that but how long do we have that mindset for?

If someone saved your life how long do you give the person who saved you before you grow tired of them taking liberties with your wife, driving your car, drinking your beer before you say "Thanks for what you did but you need to buck your ideas up, pal!"

Yeah a mental block which booing is gonna fix or make worse?

Talk about adding pressure, no better way than home fans booing.

Anyway each to their own. If you think it's productive or that becuase you've paid you have a right to. Well ok your choice, I don't see how it helps tho.

And as for those saying the booing started once we was behind I'll disagree with that. Maybe mistaken but pretty sure booing started before we went behind.

Our lads confidence isn't gonna grow by having the fans on them from mid way through the first half. That's all.

ignoring the sarcastic patronising of me

The fatal error so far this season is the inability to defend crosses. This is basic stuff we're talking about, losing a man in the box and not pressuring the crosser. In the Hudds game Mooy (and Ince) had the freedom of SP to cross as our 3 atb system and high line was exploited by one long ball (which Schalke used again and again) into the space. Riedewald was partly to blame as well for losing Mounie. Even in the first few mins v Swans they nearly scored from a cross to Abraham.

Another thing is the absymal movement of the team in possession. No one presents themselves as options for the pass, no one creates space for themselves in the 3-4-3 system as I suspect they barely understand where they should be. With Wilf there are no runners in the team and the wing backs have half a mind on not being caught up the pitch. As a result our build up play is easy to defend against. No surprise when Andros ran at their defence (going with his instinct as a direct player) we looked like we'd threaten them. Unless the movement is there then we will create f*** all.

Thirdly, the system has completely negated Luka's presence by forcing him to push up instead of screening the CB's. He is a defensive midfielder, end of and should be in a midfield 3. He must take some blame for his poor performances but the system is not right for him. With 2 CB's and him in front he can drop in between them to collect the ball and distribute to Cabaye and RLC (the ideal partners for him) then stay in our half but he has too much to do now. He is a very effective player in the right system but FdB is using him poorly.

Edited by iheartcpfc (28 Aug 2017 8.14am)

Ok apologies for remarks made, and thanks for a productive reply. However, Set pieces were and I agree are bread and butter for any footballer, and were in my view footballer errors, maybe Riedewald but wrong footed in my view by Mounie. Some players are going to find themselves being out of position and in unfamiliar territory, that's Total football.

Midfielders losing the ball stopping transitional moves from progressing are I agree what lost our games and does not help and may appear as if players don't know the system, yes fluidity in the transition of defensive to attacking back to defensive will come with time, and the window is still open. Again down to some players concentration in my view.

Where he has placed players like Luka as you mentioned in apparently wrong positions, it is clear that it was temporary in order to allow other players to get used to being in unfamiliar territory, and learning to help each other as a team that's 'Total football'.

Ok, we saw the same matches and I'm quite happy to go around filling half empty cups on HOL. Thanks again, so I admit it is also a learning curve for the Manager and the board too but nowhere as steep as the players used before the window shuts or as some on HOL suggest. The only way the board would be pant wetting as much as some on HOL is if CPFC2010 truly don't have any more money to back up Frank. In which case I believe and the rest of the league would agree, he was misled.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND, sincerely