Hope we aren't pushing the boat out for him, but he would run laps around Buckley and JRC and might be exactly what we're missing in the pocket.

That doesn’t excuse his decision making.

McFadzean, Hyam, Hedges, Dolan and Ohashi. I'd say at least four of them are vastly experienced and should know how to see out a game. Think I'll never forgive Hedges fully for that chip either.

This was a great oppurtunity to build on our good start and home form as well. But after sunshine comes rain. Wonder why he subbed off Weimann instead of JRC tbh.

When you get Pears and McFadzean playing out from the back, it's usually slow and predictable. We're so dependant on Carter who can carry the ball forward at least. Would consider signing a quicker centre back to this window. A PL loan perhaps.

Blackpool looked comfortable on the ball all night. More so than us. We had one player in the team able to beat his man in Duru who's a right back. Was looking forward to a decent cup run 😕

Please refund the fans who paid to watch this.

Think Pickering had to come off. But would've made sure we had some more pace vs. Apter.

They all blow hot and cold. But we need more precise passing and not so many backward passes. How many touches has Pears had this match?

We've had our fair share of clear-cut chances here. Don't deserve to lose, but shocking defending for their goals has let us down. Come on, still time!

Needs dropping now, been a shocking start to the season for him. Passenger.

Why do we have two players at the corner flag when taking corners?

Some shouts for penalty here. One more like that and the ref will give one I think.

Last season we were unable to put teams under pressure in these kind of circumstances. Hope we don't fall into our old ways.

Buckley and JRC not the right partnership there, especially with Vale in the pocket ahead of them.

Hate the sloppy passes from Hyam as well. Should've put Hedges at LB or Duru even. Way too slow for Apter.

He looks over his shoulder and sees him but no urgency. Amazing... No excuse for that. Needs dropping.

Jesus fucking christ JRC. What the hell?

Poor first touch JRC. Come on lads!

Too arrogant. Step on the pedal and it's game over.

Best I've seen him, but this is his maximum level. Hope Tyjon gets some minutes. Duru looking bright going forward, but giving away too much space for the cross defensively. Very promising player though! Typical Siggy performance. Weimann showing he can play on the right side of midfield, his legs have far from gone.

500 enquiries but no permanent relationships. It's all gone a bit 'Debbie does Dallas'.

I'll take that as a compliment 😄 And you're probably right.

To be fair to the new setup, they were set up way too late. I have a theory (they're usually wrong, but what the heck) that we're making a few stop-gap signings this window if we can't bring in who we want. Then draw down a list of longterm targets and we might see more spending in January as they will have lined up some good players. After our burst of signings, it's been quiet, but a lot of players linked - and quite a few with links to Eustace, Parks or our good old fax machine. Could be it's sensible to listen to Eustace on this one, he knows the players he's after and what we'll get - and also what we're missing. The other targets are more unknowns and often a bit more 'exciting'.

Beck makes sense for LB cover. He's a different player than Pickering and with a lot more pace. Don't mind that one at all. Cantwell is a bit underwhelming. Big risk and seems to a bit of a bad egg. Wouldn't think he's top of the list of 50-60 players.