Biggest reason for the decline in form

[ForssAwakens]

Let me know your thoughts, you might a mixture which I think is true but which is the biggest one

 

[Jimmy_Salmon]

The loan signings are arguably weaker than we already had. Stark difference from last year.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

You've missed the other injuries. We're really missing Smith, Howson, Hackney and Coburn as well as Jones.

That's a big chunk of our first team.

Club PR

 

[Maccarone]

Without Jones we lack the pace to threaten teams ,we are slow and ponderous

 

[Nero]

Not sure it's any of those listed. Combination of injuries, not recruiting a recognised centre forward of adequate quality, failure of coaching to recognise the players do not have the quality to play like those last season.

 

[uncle_rico]

All of the above, plus not signing a striker, signing inferior players, sticking with the same formation that doesn't work, chopping and changing the team every week, same like for like subs every match on 60 mins etc etc

 

[B_G]

Please could you add

Disastrous recruitment

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

You've missed coburn off. We don't have someone to hold the ball up top. We don't have anyone with pace to get in behind. You need at least one of those two. Otherwise the opposition will press really high up the pitch and you'll struggle to hold the ball upfront.

 

[MichaelDebeve]

Other

The squad just isn’t that great in all honesty

 

[BobendBert]

Yeah I don’t think it’s any of those things.

 

[ForssAwakens]

I’ll add Hackney on

 

[LeeMiller]

Trying to play champagne football on a lager budget.

 

[Sidmartin]

None of those ! Loaning 4 players who have been constantly absymal who regularly appear regardless and make up 40% of every team .

 

[BiggEggo]

Nothing to to do with management and tactics then?

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Other

The squad just isn’t that great in all honesty

It's a lot better today's performance to be fair, we have too many key players injured.

 

[Lottowyn]

Our dogmatic tactics of playing out from the back has been sussed even by poor sides.
Boro must have a plan B.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Nothing to to do with management and tactics then?

It certainly has.

 

[Corco65]

A squad that can beat the runaway league leaders home and away and a premier league team suggests it is good enough, the manager is not finding the consistency needed, although of course injury and other absences have had an impact.

 

[DonTheKing]

None of the above. Just bad tactics and appalling recruitment.

 

[MichaelDebeve]

It's a lot better today's performance to be fair, we have too many key players injured.

The inability to cover for injuries shows that the squad itself isn’t that great unfortunately