The Preview: Norwich City v Rotherham
Rotherham United.
There can be no bigger ?gimme? in Championship terms than to be playing at home having won your last five home league matches on the spin, and playing against a team that has lost their last eight consecutive matches and are bottom of the table by a country mile.
Yet we all know what happens next.
In my best George Peppard voice, ?If you have an unwanted footballing record, if no one else can help, and if you can find Norfolk, maybe you can play, The Yellow Team?"
Prime ?Along Come Norwich? territory.
Rotherham are, and let?s not mince words here, utterly f*****d.
Since bringing in former Wigan boss Leam Richardson in December to try and save their season, their record is W1 D3 L12. And, as already stated, their last eight have all ended in defeat. So as much as you expect us to do the usual and throw them a lifeline of a point or three to end their run, there really should be no excuse not to blow these lads off the park.
Richardson has tried various formations to improve results with the latest that?s not working being a 3-1-4-2. However, having lost so many games with this formation recently, including a 5-0 spanking at Coventry last time out, he could always opt for a return to something like the 5-4-1 he used earlier in his spell, when they were still losing, but not by as much, and to opposition like Leeds and Southampton.
However, any manager that perseveres with a 3-1-4-2 for this long while getting smacked around like...
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