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There's a few players that the finger should be pointed at but defensively the team is playing as well as any team that's hamstrung by dodgy tactics. The defence has been under far more pressure than the first half of the season.. It's difficult to blame the players who are constantly played out of position. I'll never understand why Mowbray insists on challenging players like that.

We've laid down for almost everyone since January.

It's just Appleton. Allardyce (already here) Kean (already here and slithered his way in) Eric Black (already here, caretaker) Berg (unemployed) Bowyer (already here, caretaker) Appleton (at Blackpool) Bowyer (already here) Lambert (unemployed) Coyle (unemployed) Mowbray (unemployed)

Dyche out doing the rounds tonight.

We primarily needed a goalscorer. In midfield I'd have brought in Swift at Reading as he can score goals too.

He's always been a disappointment with occasionally flashes of being world class. As I said at the time, let him go to Bournemouth and be a passenger for them. Not that any of it would have mattered. With the money TM would have just signed another midfielder and expected them to score goals.

That's a standard assessment of TM's entire career. I don't think it's anything to do with his contract running out.

If they play like that again, I'll be interested to see how he explains dropping points against bottom of the league Peterborough.

That would be quite magnificent.

He's some kind of hole. What an abysmal set of results. You'd think after his previous spirals that he'd learn but at 58 he's still making the same mistakes and overthinking the game. This has to surpass any of his previous disappointments.

Need to fix the typo in the title.

Another awful performance.

After the last game I'd pick Giles over Pickering and Dack for Gallagher. 4-3-3. Not sure what we do about that full back position. Brown and Dolan on the right fills me with dread. I wouldn't be surprised if he puts someone completely out of position to fill that vacancy.

😆 if you didn't laugh you'd cry. Down to 8th at the moment. Shambolic.

And our next two are against teams we should beat but who knows what surprises TM will come up with.

Brave Sir Tony.

I can't see us finishing above Luton, QPR were the ones I hoped would get an equaliser.

Half a season Gav. Since the beginning of the year we've been about as challenging as Scrappy Doo.

Those that are slow on the uptake may finally realise the extent of the tactical nosedive tonight.

Yes, Gallagher was a massive mistake which TM is hoping one day will turn good. And the only way that will happen is with game time. If another manager comes in, barring a massive change in form, he'll be lucky to get on the bench.

He deserves zero credit for today. I’d be surprised if his shoes were on the right feet.

Mowbray was as poor as he's ever been today. Have Giles playing on the right wing. Has JRC at full back instead of Nyambe. Takes Giles off for Brereton, instead of taking Pickering off and putting Giles in his correct position. Takes Buckley off (who provided the assist for Dack's goal) when Gallagher has been not only poor but lazy. The lad is clearly already on holiday with no interest of extra game time in the play offs. Then to add insult to injury TM brings Hedges on ahead of Dolan who must be full of confidence. Allows Nyambe to continue playing injured instead of ordering the team to defend with ten men and getting someone else to cover Nyambe's position for all of 2 fucking minutes. Amateur hour from the king of fucking it up. Livid.

I'm still trying to figure out why he took Giles off. Pickering was having a terrible game. Shouldn't it have been Dack for Pickering, then Giles back in his natural position so he can provide some delivery to Dack? Then Brereton for Gallagher? Then late on bring on Dolan?

We need one of those two to do a Mowbray style death spiral. But realistically we've no chance in the play offs with this joker in charge.