He was great until he got challeneged for his position and for me he just never stepped up to that mark. Edit: and AGAIN he kicks it out

Lots of passing, get into a good position, then Buckley lazily kicks it out again. Time to go now.

I don't care who comes on but for me I agree, I'd be telling Buckley he has 10 minutes to show why he should be here and if we see nothing he's off and we'll try and find a new club for him. Everything through the centre is coming through him, he's lightweight and lazy.

5 offsides but 0 shots on target (again)! Sometimes you really have to wonder why we keep doing this to ourselves 😅

Unsurprising, Szmodics aside our entire attacking side of the game has been lacking for close to two years now. It's like we never train past the half way line sometimes.

Which works if you overachieve, but fans get quickly bored of it if you're bang average, and even if you're doing better sometimes. Just ask Big Sam.

I know we're all a bit disappointed about Forshaw but surely he can't be worse than Buckley? I don't know what happened to him but he looks lost every time he's on the pitch these days.

Wrong thread.

Well. assuming no one important gets injured.

If he isn't I'd be definitely questioning the investment in him.

Christ, they really were desperate to get rid of him. Let's hope he's more effective than the last player they gave us for free.

I honestly thought Baker was pretty ineffective. Could help shield the back four sure, but offered nothing going forwards. Downside for us is we're so thin that you don't really want the alternatives playing.

Normally I'd be down for a cup run but the Portsmouth game is much more important for me, and we can't afford any more injuries. Could be a good opportunity for some of those not playing to stake a claim as well.

To be fair, most of our team is still made up of players who were arguably worse than Brum last year but were bailed out by Szmodics.

The only hope with this one is that Eustace knows how to get a tune out of him, otherwise the calibre of player we're looking at so far is worrying at best. My worry is that with our current transfer philosophy it seems we're always one or two injuries from being League One fodder. That said, would I take Forshaw and Sanderson as backup if it means we actually get some real talent up top because Gueye is one of the worst footballers I've ever seen and we will be nowhere near the top if we have to rely on him more than Yuki for the next few months.

Getting someone in to plug gaps behind Travis and Sonny is great and all, but as we've seen in the last few weeks if they're not at the same level we drop off in form. An ambitious team would look for quality and make Trav have to force his way back. But, we are not an ambitious team so we will continue scraping the barrel for whoever will play for as little as possible.

Problem with judging at the end of the window is we've typically found ways to renege on agreements after the window has shut over the last few years. I'm amazed anyone is willing to consider us as a customer in January.

Wycombe already 2 up against Portsmouth... I bet we create absolutely nothing against them next week though.

Baker going wouldn't be a big loss to other clubs at our end of the table but is a death knell to us. JRC and Buckley at their current level are nowhere near enough and whilst Baker himself wasn't really effective it is better than the alternative. We've had the fax machine and paperwork error in the last couple of seasons, what do we think this January's Onionesque excuse is going to be?

Weirdly, I took my partner to her first game of football ever on Saturday (she's always said she hates football but promised me one game, so of course I picked this one) and she loved it despite the poor quality and the result. Bought the third shirt as well whilst we were there. We live too far away to go week in week out, but it did help take the sting out of the result a bit to see her engage in an unexpected way as she said she's up for more matches in the future.

First game live in a long time due to my location, and a bit of a sickener really - beyond the midfield we just have nothing to offer. The Dingles were arguably worse, but because they could spunk money they had that one moment that made the difference. The back 4 were mostly solid, and Beck and Brittain offered the most going forwards. We're really missing Travis, as neither Sonny or Baker offer anything other than shielding the back 4 which leaves Cantwell, Dolan and ACD isolated, especially considering the waste of space in front of them. Anyone saying Gueye is better than a fit Gallagher needs to give their heads a wobble. He's the clumsiest player I've ever seen, just every so often that clumsiness works in our favour rather than the other 20 times where it has given away a foul or lost the ball. At the end of the day, they were by far the favourites, so to watch a squad worth that much more than ours resort to constant timewasting, diving and the lack of class after the game against a depleted Rovers is a step in the right direction. We do however, need quality signings this month because too many players are passengers at the moment, especially those on the bench.

Same story every season, we lose a key player as the fixtures pile up and the collapse begins. With the relative form we're going to have a very embarrassed bumper crowd next weekend.

Well to be fair to Eustace I can't really fault the response to the loss streak, and he's proven me wrong in shoring the backline up. 3 away wins on the bounce and a very good win against the league leaders is a statement. The next 8 weeks will define our season - a lot of games in quick succession and a transfer window where a couple of key signings could actually allow us to keep up a play-off challenge. An amount of grit that we haven't seen probably since Big Sam, and it's been sorely missed.

Can't be anything other than happy with these results this week, and good to see a grit and determination that has been lacking for many years. If we keep this up until January let's hope that the stooges don't sabotage us yet again.

I'm not sure I follow, how does him getting an assist mean that he shouldn't be getting criticism for his abject defending?