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Yeah which was predicted by many including myself so why is it a surprise we are down there. If we had say Eustace in charge of this squad and all the injuries we wouldn't have been in a relegation scrap?

And you expect the guy who replaces Ismael to say the squad is shite? I'm not suggesting Ismael is brilliant, I wouldn't cry if he was sacked but I think if he does go he would be replaced by similar who would be "complicit" with Gestede and Pashas plans. Our concentration should be on removing the owners failing that at least Gestede and Pasha

I would absolutely believe that at this point probably multiple people have looked at putting together serious bids to buy us. There are plenty of reasons that we are, on paper, an appealing prospect - particularly for anyone wanting to 'do a Wrexham' - run down old club with plenty of history, a distinctive kit/badge for marketing and a fanbase ready to welcome just about anyone with open arms. Lots of people are being linked with/actively buying clubs smaller than us all the time. The idea that there is a group willing to put down 'substantial' figures isn't unlikely, I'm happy to take that at face value. But it is meaningless unless Venky's are actually willing to entertain the offer, which so far they have shown no inclination to do. People can 'approach Venkys' all day long - the scoop will be if and when someone actually coaxes them to the table.

We are in a relegation fight.

Scott Wharton cleared a cross in the 6 yard box right in front of Szmodics who was about to tap it in the net 90 seconds before the game was abandoned. Ismael said we had a stronger squad, I don't care what people expected, if he finishes 8th he should be sacked

Against 10 men?Who had shown nothing to suggest they where going to score Everyone on here apart from 1 or 2 expected a relegation fight this year a d thus far we have been in the bottom 3 1 or 2 weeks of the season

We've lost plenty of points in later stages of games

It doesn't even have to be as deep as all this. Our biggest problem has been refusing to sign up senior players to reasonable contracts. Exacerbated by an overreliance on loans to pad the squad out (often very poor ones) and a refusal to adequately reinvest received transfer funds, even though that can yield even bigger profits down the line. Instead we buy a load of cheap dross which very rarely works out, and you know what they say - buy cheap, buy twice. Because of all this, every window is playing catch up. If we hadn't been ballsing those three things up, we'd have been promoted by now.

Already asked the question on the transfer page, but anyone got any notes or quotes from the val Q&A?

And the car with Dyche’s private number plate being driven around Brockhall. Not to mention all the winning bets except when a result is forecast in advance

Not looking forward to another another major surgery after the major surgery last summer when they butchered the body, left the disease intact, and stapled a smile over the corpse.

Ismael can be summed up in one word - incompetent

I remember seeing that photo years before AI Jim. I think it’s from a game against Bury in late 1966. Harrison was built like a light heavyweight but he wasn’t a fan of the rough stuff. He was seriously rapid in a straight line and had a shot like a rocket. Possibly the best penalty taker we’ve had. He could side foot the ball harder than I could blast it. Some power in those thighs. If it is that game we won 2-0 - Connelly and Harrison with a pen the scorers. I still think that kit is my favourite. The first one I ever had.

Money or should I say lack of!

We also could be 5 points better off I'm the table if the Ipswich and Wednesday games weren't abandoned which is no fault of Ismael

We will get relegated if we don't sign a few strikers asap. Valerian, Gestede and Pasha grossly incompetent

The way I see it Is we have stayed out of the bottom 3 the majority of the season with injuries to key players even with dropping points to clubs below and around us. Scoring goals is an issue but since Gudjohnson has been out we have been playing without a striker. Even Ohashi I wouldn't describe him as a striker he spends too much time outside the box If Gudjohnson had been fit or we had another number 9 to replace him I dont think we would have had only 1 win in our last 11

The reason for what you say in your last paragraph is in the other two paragraphs.

The best intro ever.

We donate far too many points to teams in the bottom half and are completely reliant on turning up against the better teams. Even of our form picked up I have no confidence that this will be against the teams we really need them to be against. Not all 3 points are equal in this kind of position.

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet

Maybe it is Ismaels training methods that have caused so many injuries. But did we not have injury hit squads under JDT and Eustace? Was it their methods aswell?

Except you should be. That's just kicking the can down the road and completely goes against the approach that our leadership claims to have. We should be using every window to sign young players, especially in a period with an ever-closing P&S window. Based on everything Gestede says, we have the same budget for every window. That means that we can never expect a future window where we will realistically be able to sign 6 or 7 players. In order to build a good squad, we have to sign 2 or 3 players every window. Each time we don't we set ourselves back 12 to 18 months. Not only that, but if the focus is on signing young players then we have to accept 2 things. The first? It takes time for them to develop. The second? Some of them will be misses (as is the case with any signing, but the risk is exponentially greater with younger players). So, what you're endorsing is a pragmatic approach for a club that is sensibly run. But we aren't sensibly run and we can't be pragmatic. We will lose more players this summer on free transfers. We will be faced with having to sign 5 or 6 players JUST to get our squad back to the numbers that we started this season with. If the club had any sense about them, they would know that every window requires 4/5 signings and they would plan that out weeks and months ahead of time. But we can't be giving them an out by saying 'the sensible thing to do is to bring in a couple of players to get us out of a relegation scrap'. To be perfectly honest, if the commitment is to implement some kind of quasi-Bournemouth/Brentford/Brighton model, then we shouldn't even be that concerned about relegation. The focus should be on squad building, amassing young talent, and knowing that, in the long run, that will deliver results on and off the pitch. I would actually find that messaging somewhat refreshing. The problem is, we don't have a strong enough commitment to anything. Our strategy is determined by whichever way the wind blows based on a bit of public pressure, the right agents making calls, and whichever side of the bed a couple of key people wake up on. But signing a couple of quick-fixes to a relegation scrap this season guarantees problems next year.

Loans are likely to be signed after the deadline... oops!