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When the CEO writes us off before the season starts, expect that to filter down. This goes back to the end of last season when coaches and players knew what was going on before we did.

If you can't see that our real issues are off the pitch, then that's on you. Which benched forward makes a difference in yesterdays match?

Reminds me of last season when people were saying, why aren't we playing Leonard? Young and hungry we were told. Cracking them in in the youth team. Year before it was Vale. Leonard is playing this season and now people are asking why we aren't playing other people. Next season Telalovic will be playing and people will be asking why we aren't playing the latest kid/bargain basement signing. There's no solution, apart from Venkys going and being replaced by people who actually want to run a football club.

As you say we rarely have a game changer on the bench so perhaps if Venkys give him some better players to in game manage, I assume he'll manage better? Expecting the in game management to be better when the quality of player is either inexperienced or poor, is expecting a bit much. Some fans need to manage their expectations better. Go into every game expecting nothing because that's what the owners have put onto the pitch this season.

We play teenagers every week and it's proven to be pretty hit and miss.

Rather that that being in the West Lancashire league with them. We are definitely on a downward trajectory, JDT's project has been thrown in the bin, so kindly fuck off Venkys.

I hope so.

How much did it cost them for an inferior squad? Would love to be a fly on the wall of the boardroom.

And they can't sell the club due to the amount of debt they created, and aren't willing to write off. So we're stuck with them as no one else will take on the £150m plus debt. They've manufactured an impossible situation all round.

They are 1 nil down after 18 mins so part way there.

Yeah, it was obvious, but I had it confirmed by a player who he was trying to flog at the time.

I think it's pretty easy to figure out. We've got our senior CB out. We're playing a good young CB at full back. Scott Wharton has never been the same since his second injury. Carter is massively over-rated. In midfield we're relying on a 19 year old every game. We were playing a team in a different league budget wise. Before the game I predicted we'd get battered. All anger should be directed at those fuckwits in India.

PNE have helped immensely.

I blamed S Wharton for that.

He set his stall out at the job interview then Venkys changed the plan. Wrong man for the wrong job. Waggott knew all along there was trouble ahead and he wouldn't be supported by the owners, but that's what you get when you put chancers at the top.

Brittain deserved more than one to be fair.

You'll see a lot more when the owners fail to put anything in every transfer window and enforce a young player only transfer policy.

I wasn't trying to say we'd get anything from it, but whilst he was on the pitch we didn't look in any danger of it being such a massive loss. It had a big effect on the scoreline and morale in an already difficult game with a thin young squad and tired legs. We got dicked on goal difference last year and now we're another -4, helped massive by that foppy haired f***wit.

He got sent off for nothing, and since then our game went from trying to nick a goal, to damage limitation. It certainly wouldn't have been 4-0 had he stayed on the pitch - I reckon he was going to get subbed before he got sent off too.

Really poor today. Would prefer to see Hyam and Hill as our CB's.

3-0 to Callum Brittain's stupidity.

Can't we vote 0?

Blatant foul on Szmodics breaking forward and no card.

It's possibly the worst penalty I've ever seen.

He didn't touch the ball, clear penalty.