Terrible performance today. Yep. I think deep down most fans expected a hiccup given the relatively short turn around in manager and playing style. I echo the comments about our current players not entirely being suited to the 3-4-3 system. That said, I think we are only a few players away from it being feasible. It also won't happen overnight.

I think we are fairly lucky to have attracted a manager of FDB's general status and calibre. Admittedly, his managerial achievements were in the Dutch league and in different circumstances. However, his knowledge of the game and contacts across Europe provide great potential. Hopefully this will pay dividends in years to come.

I'm sure he'll understand what happened today and might not be scared to be a little more flexible with his approach. Afterall he doesn't want another sacking. I guess the next few weeks and transfer window will dictate his plans, but he's not a mug and has been around a bit.

Hopefully he might tweak things for certain games and adopt different approaches depending on the opposition. Maybe we'll go to Liverpool and play 4-2-3-1? To assume we will play the same style week in week out is unfair until proved otherwise.

I think it's only fair to give him at least half a season to get things going. Steve Parish has mostly made great appointments given the snap shot in time. As s*** as today was and I mean truly f***ing embarrassing it's too early to write FDB off.

I'm in little doubt that if we had played a similar style as under Big Sam we would have got a result today. It's just a shame we wasted a potentially good home fixture in a state of transition.

Let's just get behind the team and hope we learn from today and make subtle if not wholesale changes in the short term.

It's very simple if we go down we are finished, do you understand what that means? I wasn't at the game today, so I don't know the reaction from the crowd. But The fans have had f all at home for so long, so if they vented frustration at the fact that we were playing a system without the personal to play that system then fair enough in my view, we've had so much crap for too many seasons. So perhaps it was a message to the manager and the board.

And for the record I'm not one to boo/hiss or vent, but I understand why people do. 3 very big points dropped today, it's not like we even looked in the game,

IH: "I thought Jonny and Wilf were brilliant but it took a 39 year old master to watch the ball and keep his eye on it to finish it".

It's not a hiccup - it's a complete change of style by someone who doesn't know the premiership and thinks we can play this way and win games. Only those with a quality squad can do that. Why change a system that works for a team like ourselves - it's complete madness. There is nothing wrong playing an Alardyce or Pullis way. We had a chance of going forward in this league (loads of dosh) playing that way and being mid table / just below and some cup runs. . Why change it?

there is no point talking about pardew or fat sam...the difference between them was big mamadou sakho thats all, before sakho sam was no dofferent to pardew...thats worth remembering & some.

we lost 3-0 today but in parts we did play football and create chances, but for me wilf needs to be out wide, theres to many players to double/triple up on him when hes in the middle of the pitch.

fair f***s to huddersfield they did their homework, pressed well & nullified our biggest threat but lets not lie we created a number of very good chances & could have on that game 6-3 on another day.

we CAN play this style and it told that the ajax boy is de boers mate as he followed his instructions to the tee but everybody else seemed nervous and not comfortable on the ball.

the crux of the situation is that the board need to spend £50m on ball playing defenders or we need to go back to being a counter team.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

Hang on, we either can play this formation or we can't, it's evident that we can't unless we spend 50 odd mil on new defenders, including a goalie.

IH: "I thought Jonny and Wilf were brilliant but it took a 39 year old master to watch the ball and keep his eye on it to finish it".

sorry, its rather rude to expect steve parish to not take a holiday, afterall most us fans have 4 every year.

lets not blame the loan signings as actually FLC & TRM were the only 2 players to come out of the game with merit.

im not saying £50m on one player but we do need 2 decent, experienced CB's. reidewald looked ok but will take time to adaot to the PL, but its clear he is no marquee signing.

also it wouldav been irresponsible to sign sakho as soon as the window opened especially as he had a ligament problem, but if he is fit we need him now...and i bet he would come

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway