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I have to laugh at the usual guff about Tav is hopeless at defending. The full back role has changed over the years but so many here live in the past. A full back is now an attacking role relying on crosses and assists. Just look at the EPL and the international full backs; Alexander- Arnold great crosser and dead ball specialist - hopeless defender, Trippier same, Cresswell, Zinchenko, Dalot , Luke Shaw all good going forward but disasters in defence. Noticeable that the top two teams play one natural central defender in a full back role just like Walter did all through his managerial career.

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When we play at a quick tempo everything improves especially passing and we can beat every team in our league. The problem is when we face  te Ross Counties etc in the bottom half our tempo is less than walking pace , our passing is off and we continually play into poorer teams hands. We allow them to pack their defence and push everyone forward with our usual ploy of getting the ball wide for hopeless crosses to the packed defence, When this doesn’t work desperation sets in and we continue to do the same thing only worse and all discipline goes and we lose stupid goals.  The amount of points we lose to bottom 3 teams has been embarrassing for years and smacks of arrogance rather than pressure. Even going ahead our efforts to control the game is amateurish; rather than keep possession in the opposition half we tend to pass the ball along our own box culminating in the pass back to the goalie to kick it long giving away possession. I had hoped with a more clued up manager this would have been drilled out of the players.

The  shitebag/ hardman thing has always been a weird one. He"s obviously done both, but has been more shitebag than anything else for a few seasons. We need to get rid imo.