Gerry Daly

I agree. Its all about blend. People used to say Darryl Powell wasn't 'technically good enough' but he was a massive player for us. He was very similar to Ebou and did a great job alongside more technically gifted players such as Asanovic for example. Aljosa was just about as technically gifted as its possible to get but needed a player like Powell in there

He's a big pudding and not good enough for the championship. Sorry but there you are. He's been a poor signing and a massive disappointment

I remember going to see a pre season friendly after Mel had signed. We had been used to head tennis, boot it and chase it footballers for a few seasons but when Mel got the ball he put his foot on it, stopped and looked up. He played with his head up, not looking down at the ball. I knew then we had made a step change forward and were going places. Lovely to see you Mel

Anyone copy and pasting your list doesn't give a mark for Thommo. Which is a shame as he played really well.

Love him. I so hope he signs a new contract here

On his recent form which is about 3 games. What about his previous form? Everyone is capable of playing in the Championship but the issue is playing well. Playing at a level to get us comfortable first season as a minimum. I think Wards level is shown by the fact that he was available on a free transfer from a third division club at 27 years of age. We need to improve

So pretty much off of them😆 Individually some of them will be good enough - and they had better be because some of them will still be here. But collectively they are no where near good enough for the Championship. From that list we need to replace Forsyth, Collins, Smith, Thompson, Sibley, Ward and Gayle as a minimum. We might need a new keeper too and we may not have Adams. I wouldn't bet big money on NML staying fit and playing as many games in the future either. So we need to be prepared for big changes

This thread is bound to be full of hit the panic button stuff tonight

I agree. And YouRams forgot Wilson. I would also add Rooney into the mix. And Wildsmith if he stays.

Time to bump this surely. Tonight we are coming for you.

Nonsense of course he can. He's got the most ability on the ball and best touch of anyone in the club. I'd love to see him in that position

Nice to see your lad is also bringing up his kids in the right manner! I think we would all be happy with a draw tonight, but you are right I never think setting out for a point is a good idea

Oh well. Hopefully we have moved on from that period

Yeah wy do that? Surely they could have sold a lot of those seats to Derby fans. I guess they would have had to partition the concourse because its part of the away section

What if Bolton lose their next 5 though. Eh? Eh?

Is he allowed to get some food inside him for the evening game against Portsmouth?

I heard Jeff Bezos wants to deliver us the Premier league title

How many are Blackpool bringing?

I think we still have a lot of good players in the squad and they will be smarting from Saturday. We all - or should I say many of us, myself included- just expected us to go on a roll after the Bolton game and cruise to automatic promotion. Well clearly there are still bumps in the road but we will get unexpected positive results as well as negative. And our opponents will drop points. We are STILL in the box seat. We need to win Friday and I'm sure we will

Their players are constantly on the ground feigning injury

Awful!! We can only improve

Very pleased Thompson starts

Have you considered the wages those 4 are likely on though? I think the evidence suggests we had to offer top money to get Smith, Barks, Collins and Hourihane to come here as we were desperate at the time. Others too like Chester who has since gone. I'd keep Fozzy but let the rest go and spend the wages on some younger players

Wilson can play at a higher level than this and will go on to do so in my opinion. Tremendous feet

Really enjoyed that, thank you