When McCarthy took over he soon decided to play 3 centre backs, probably as a way of stopping us conceding goals, particularly soft, early goals.

Looking back, much of his initial success came because of the energy levels we played with and the hard work we did in pressing opponents. Gradually our season petered out and our energy levels dropped, our intenisty and our pressing dropped off.

One thing that has barely been considered was whether there was ever a need to play 3 centre backs in the first place. Morrison and Nelson were a decent partnership and knew each other's roles. Now we play a back 3, Morrison looks lost. He's played hundreds of games in a back two and so playing in a back 3 must still feel unusual.

Is it time to go back to a back two with full backs?