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That last “line” has been used repeatedly Outsider, but perhaps it’s simply untrue.

The Trust podcast suggested the formation you do, and likely all of us would have picked the same.

Clubs have too many “qualified” people meddling with team selection, looking at the bench again, stacks of analysts and fitness staff who wouldn’t have existed when we had a Pleat, Moore, Harford, Kinnear, Still and early Jones.

MB picked the wrong team at West Brom and clearly did yesterday. But was it his decision alone?

He has been left with an unbalanced squad, none of us know why. Again does he want different/more but it’s not happening. I see Tovide played and scored yesterday, what happened there?

He spoke even yesterday about nobody new coming in before Tuesday, when clearly we are desperate for creative additions particularly with Wells a doubt. He also let slip in one of the interviews that we can only play Wells when he is fit, before correcting himself. Did he mean Wells has to be managed all season, I hope not.

Does MB make all the decisions like I always imagined Pleat or Kinnear did? Who really has the final say on transfers?

I can’t see MB meeting a Steve Clarridge in Fleet Services and negotiating a potential move. Not can I see MB negotiating with a Leicester to swap out Steve Thompson for Oakes, Linton and cash.

It’s true that many clubs have these teams of so called experts but in our case I genuinely think our fans would have picked a better team yesterday.