Mason

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For me I won?t judge Mason until about 12 games in. I will add though - starting Wallace, Molumby and Mowatt won?t work and it?s not going forwards. I would like to see Collyer start and Gilchrist given an opportunity. Junior will provide pace on the wing which Jed does not have.

Will he make changes? I don?t feel he will apart from bring back Mikey due knowing he got it wrong at Boro!

Lose to Leicester without changes patience will start to erode. You can?t keep saying we had possession - we had chances - it was moments that dictated the game. This means jack s hit. Goals win games!

Glad to see you still posting Al!
We of all teams should know that possession isn't everything. When we were in the Premiership and winning some games, how many of those did we have little over 20% possession in and still manage to snatch a win through a rare set piece? (if only we were as good at converting corners now &#128512

Mason has spoken earlier about getting the defence sorted first and to be fair, the acquisition of Phillips and Mepham has improved it and, defensively at least, Campbell is better than Furlong. Our problem remains-as many see it-our lack of goals and this is particularly hampered by over slow build ups in our attacking play and lack of creativity.

Like many, I believe that we do have players within the squad that can improve this but agree with you that Mason is over-cautious and whilst we may well see Mikey start on Fri, I would be (very pleasantly!) surprised if he actually played Taylor at LB to allow Styles to play in place of Mowatt or Molumby for example or at least started Maja alongside Heggabo. Collyer I can see making an appearance as a sub and possibly Iling Junior but I think a lot of the changes we would like to see will be slow in coming.

His selection on Friday will be interesting but if he doesn't make more of the changes many would like to see but we continue to lose or draw games that we should have got results from then, however "well" we played and regardless of possession and stats, patience will wear thin. My personal belief is that Mason, despite his inherent caution, will not allow us to get to this stage. Hope I am not proved wrong!