I’m with you. I think Shinnie has at least another season in him, but without Rama he’s very exposed. Which is why you really want Barron alongside him. But that then doubles down on the whole back 5 thing as then you’re left without much creativity. So would only work if the wing backs are really up the pitch.

In that world Clarkson has a lot of freedom to do his thing. But you’re down to only 1 striker plus McGrath or no McGrath at all.

Which brings us back to 4-4-2 or 4-3-3

If I were Robson I’d go with 5-2-1-2 against teams who are clearly superior and 4 at the back against the rest.

The thing with yesterday is it was not at all clear the Hun were superior.