[Slick_Footwork]

It's an interesting one with Shan, 3 wins from 3, but the team selections and performances are dreadful...

One thing he's got in abundance so far is blind luck, I just hope that continues.

Yeah, nail on the head for me.  It's Big Dave selections, tactics and performances, but with the extra stroke of good fortune that eluded Darren towards the end.

But a great derby game in spite of a dire first-half showing from Albion.

I feel like Shan's tactics are even worse than Moore's, but he's far luckier.

I do think he's made 2 positive changes, putting Gayle back central and cutting out the passing at the back. But the rest of his team selections are mind boggling.

First half yesterday I couldn't even tell what the formation was. There was no pattern of play, Mozza was dumped back on the right wing where I haven't seen him for donkeys years, I couldn't tell if Rodriguez was up top in a 4-4-2 or in central midfield in a very defensive 4-5-1. Either way, we had nothing more than hoof ball nothing between the lines.

How he can continue to play Townsend is beyond me, he's absolutely dreadful. Given that Brunt is a spent force in midfield and who best contributes crossing the ball from set plays, putting Brunt in for Townsend at left back and restoring one of Barry or Harper to midfield, probably 2 of our best 5 players this season, would instantly improve the side.

One of the Villa fans at work was texting me during the first half saying we looked a shadow of the side that played so well against them at Villa Park. But when I compared the 2 sides, they completely different. Funnily enough, that performance came when Gayle was suspended, so we didn't have one of him or Rodriguez playing out of position. We had Murphy and HRK on the wings, Harper at the head of the midfield driving forward at pace and the steady Barry and Livermore behind him.

That side yesterday resembled something that the manager picked out of a hat.