@baldo, can we install you as manager just for Saturday, let Mick watch from the stands, and whilst watching,hopefully learn stubbornnness gets you nowhere!!!!
Good team that.

Jw is at forest and guess what he's injured

[Team:757]

Substitutes: Gerken   Parr   Malarczyk   Douglas/Tabb   Toure   Pitman   Murphy/Sears   

I would remove the rose coloured spectacles from the manager when watching the performances of players that are clearly out of position and struggling.

team:760

Substitutes: Gerken   Malarczyk   Douglas   Toure   Pitman   Murphy   Smith   

Balanced back 4, pace and creativity out wide, magic from Didz, Skuse and Bru complement each other.

I'd have Glenn Hoddle picking the team

Bart
Emmanuel Berra Smith Knudsen (shaky at times but it would be silly to lose faith so early)
Bru Skuse Tabb
McGoldrick Murphy Oar

Start by changing the way we play and commence an attacking style of soccer that will get us out of the Championship after 14 years otherwise it will be bye-bye MM..

he may make one change and one enforced both in midfield MM is a dinosaur most all know that and he will never change i am afraid .

Bored with saying this but haven't had a proper right back since Wright so would definitely bring in Parr . Bart in goal as he is our best by a mile and the central midfield needs to be resolved so possibly Coke & Bru as more mobile and McGoldrick & Sears up front as they are not target men and might encourage rest of team to play football ! As we already know MM is as stubborn as the most stubborn donkey and will not listen to any of us . Better start winning on Saturday Mick !

I'd give a wake up call to some of our players who have become too comfortable!
Substitutes: Gerken   Chambers   Berra   Douglas   Maitland-Niles   Murphy   Pitman   

We went on a good run last season with this sort of system, McGoldrick was central but drops off leaving space for the wide forwards to come in - Murphy last season scored lots of goals from here

any team without Gherkin in goal, Chambers at right back, no midfield dynamo pairing of Douglas and Skuse and definitely no Tabb and I will be as happy as I would be amazed.

These were my comments and team before the Blackburn game , views havent changed but would now swap Oar for Frazer due to injury or bishop if fit . Cannot see MM changing anybody but Frazer though even though no post on here has said stay with Gerkin in goal .

McCarthy: Blackburn Better Than Their League Position
at 12:36:23

“The wingers, Craig Conway and Ben Marshall. They murdered us for a period there last year, murdered us in the game. We set off well, but they really took the game to us."

That's because our full backs are not good enough and every one can see it bar you MM

“I've no complaints about the two lads who have been playing, I think they've been different class, Skusey and Dougie,”

Yes the same different class as Tabby , a class below top championship / premier players

Don't understand why a team leaking so many poor goals the second half of last season have only just managed to get some coaching on defending ? Why didn't we spend the whole of the summer trying to improve ? Because MM believes he defence and keeper are good enough to challenge at the top , IMO they are not .

Team for tomorrow
Bart
Parr, Chambo , Smith , Berra , Knudsen
AMN, Bru, Fraser
Didz
Sears
Lets keep the ball by having better quality players on the ball , would help the defence no end

Bart

Emmanuel Chambers Smith Knudsen

M-N Bru Oar

McGoldrick

Sears
Pitman

Subs:

Gerken
Berra
Parr
Tabb
Toure
Murphy
Skuse

Bialkowksi
Parr, Chambers, Smith, Knudsen
Oar, Skuse, Bru, Touré
McGoldrick, Pitman

Subs:

Gerken
Berra
Malarczyk
Maitland- Niles
Coke
Sears
Murphy

[team: 778]

Subs: Gerken, Malarczyk, Douglas, Coke, Toure, Murphy and Pitman

Take Smith out of the firing line for a couple of weeks, restore Bart in goal, little tweak in the middle and off we go. Don't think we should be throwing the baby out with the bathwater, small changes are all that's needed.

Substitutes: Brett Pitman   Dean Gerken   Josh Emmanuel   Luke Chambers   Jonathon Douglas   Darryl Murphy   Larsen Toure