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A team that are second with 3 matches and 10 minutes left of the season have mustered 0 shots against 13th in the league.

This has been abysmal. Allowed myself to be optimistic after a strong opening ten minutes. What an idiot I was.

What a time to put in a performance like this in the second half 😂 Woeful.

I’d bring Liam Thompson on for Wash.

Open net from within 6 yard box + NML hit over from a 1v1 in a chance he was snapping up earlier on this season

Frustrating finishing. Games different if the CBT chance goes in. Dunno how he’s missed it. If he’d stood still it’d have just hit him and gone in 😂

Step forward the fried egg

I think if we could get him fit for a while that Elder could finally be the heir to Forsyth. Think that he looks very good on the ball and very steady when he actually pieced together a few appearances. He was always going to look shaky dipping in and out of the team due to injuries but he was in team of the year last time he was at this level. I don’t believe that young players who are the best in their position in league 1 wouldn’t be able to step up well. Agree with what you say about us having a lot of ‘decent championship pros’ already and needing to add real quality for those we bring in to make the difference.

If Adams isn’t signing then he must have one hell of a set of midfield transfer targets for this summer. Quite exciting to think about it that way… softens the blow.

400 minutes to get us over the line. Scarves and flags ready!

Can’t believe how downbeat some are about the chances of some of the players stepping up. Think pointing to Nelson getting relegated ignores who he was paired with at the back - with Cashin (a year more experienced) he’s a calm head and a good leader at the back. Marshall and Byrne were both relegated before we signed them 👀 turned out to be pretty good for us.

To survive in season 1: Assume he goes with 3 at the back. Starting 11: New Nyambe Nelson Cashin Wilson Adams* New New NML New CBT Squad: GK: Vickers New CB: Rooney New New WB: Ward. Elder CM: New Thompson Attack (wide): Bark New New Attack (central): New Collins Squad of 25. Assuming 5 are out injured/suspended at any 1 time. Leaves a squad of 20 (match day 19+ third keeper). I think 4/5 new string signings straight into the starting 11 with another 4/5 into the squad would put us in an okay place for consolidation and staying up without breaking the spirit of the group that could take us there if we get up.

I don’t really hate any football clubs but I certainly hate people within football. Couhig and Gibson. Would bring me no finer delight than to beat a team owned by one of these two ambulance chasing w******.

I’d play NML and CBT on the wings and Ward behind the striker. Showed he can finish and he can drift left or right to put in good deliveries still. Think we’re losing too much from NML with him not having the space that being outside brings.

yeah I agree he’ll get his chance and he’ll have earned it if he gets us out league 1. Other teams have shown us how hard it is to get out of here. Rotherham had players like Ladapo etc though. They went up with teams already built in his image. We have a handful of players that can truly play the way he wants us to. I dunno I suspect that a comment about our performance should probably go in the match thread tbf 😂

I think it’s more than within the realms of possibility that someone can both be excited by results and league position but have niggling doubts about performances and how that might transfer to a higher division? I think knowing that we need to bring in a lot of players and having the money to do so - to the quality needed - are two different things. We knew in Summer/Jan we needed a proper striker to help with Collins (some rumours even suggesting PW would have been happy to lose Collins if we got in his preferred target) yet finances and the market dictated that this couldn’t happen. We not only need to rebuild with better players we’ll also be competing with 3/4 of the league for these players rather than the top 5 like in league 1.

I think the reason why @Bris Vegas post has rubbed people up the wrong way is 2 fold. 1) the timing of it 2) deep down people know it’s accurate We have done well to get ourselves into this position with 4 left to play despite the injuries. The recent run we went on to completely turn it around and go from play offs to automatic hopefuls was really impressive. BUT our performances against the better sides this season will see us struggle in the championship. The gulf between this league and the one above is huge. Warne comfortably got Rotherham up 3 times to then be relegated 3 times. We need probably 12 new signings to even compete up there and none of us truly know where we stand financially and what our budget will allow. I don’t think Bris is wumming I just think his opinions came at a time people wanted to celebrate. It’s acceptable to say this would be a relegation scrap next year in a higher division. I like Warne but he’s done nothing to show he can be successful in the division above despite going up with the best team in league 1. We’ve not even got that luxury!! Anyway up the rams! A nervy last 4 but put ourselves into a great position. I hope it’s wrapped up before Carlisle so we can have a party atmosphere.

Player closing him down is rolled too easy. Keeper can’t be happy being beaten from 25 yards.

Fzckkkkkk

rapid from CBT that.

I’m embracing the shithousing nature of our performances because I can’t do owt about it. I want nothing more than for Evatt to be talking about how bad we look whilst he’s discussing his play off starting eleven.

We’re you not watching us against Northampton?

Wildsmith grabbing at fog again. Been excellent for us at times but by no means irreplaceable

He’s offside but it’s tight Weak defending mind.

How dull is your take? Religion is going nowhere so why wouldn’t we make our sport accessible for Muslim players? L