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No, but it’s a bit odd he didn’t start last night with Wharton benched.

As @JHRoversays, West Brom are skint and need the sale of the club to go through to prevent possible administration . They’ve borrowed well over £20 million in the last 12 months just to keep running

Not disagreeing but add the cost of running the academy onto our budget, and then do likewise with with the rest of the clubs. See where that puts us. That’s why we over-perform in this league in relation to our ‘budget’.

Kicked his foot. Penalty. And Foster wasn’t through on goal. He was behind the guy chasing him. And Berge was as stupid as Hyam was last night. Come on Forest.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=73689 😀😀

It really doesn’t. It’s a very calm and rational post.

Luton at Turf Moor next game. Huge.

Burnley showed a bit of fight there but still lost. Villa look to me in recent games like their purple patch is over. I expect them to drop, away a bit now.

A lot of Dingle whinging I can see online but every big decision has been spot on. The two VAR offside calls (one to disallow a Burnley goal) were correct. The second yellow is Hyam-like in stupidity and it’s a penalty.

I’m not Travis biggest fan, but as a captain / leader on the pitch he’s better than most of this lot.

Don’t recall the first one. And I did spend the last 10 minutes shouting “why’s that not a yellow” at all of their fouls

If you mean the second one, it’s a blatant yellow. The stupid fucker just grabs his shirt once he’s been turned. Usually it would win “dumbest red card of the year”, but Callum already has that sewn up this season.

He plays prettier football, and he makes less obscure team selections. But with regards to winning football matches, me neither.

Not that I want him gone, but that’s just the old “If Mowbray leaves who would want to come here” argument again repackaged.

The entire defence was fucking woeful there. Brittain and Hill rubbish again and Hyam thick as pig shit.

It didn’t hold up. It seriously declined once JRC was absent (w3 L6). It then fell off a cliff completely when Dolan went missing a couple of games later) It’s also noticeable when we didn’t start JRC earlier in the season Rovers W1 and L4

So we did. I took the Cardiff cup game as being a league game. Apologies original poster.

Err. No we don't. It's the first time we've lost 3 on the bounce in 15 months. Weirdly, our longest streak under JDT is 4 draws ! Hull have won 2 of their last 9 against us .

You know this how?

Garrett starts for me. I’d also get Travis and Leonard back in. I’d also consider a curve ball like Gilsenan.

But when there’s 30 seconds left and you have a free kick on the half way line just put your centre halves front and try and hit them. We had 95 minutes to play football and against both Watford and Preston we’d managed 1 goal in both games (not from any crosses as we tend not to cross). To be instructed to keep the ball in your own half and try and pass through so late in the game is stubbornly stupid. And yet both games ended with the crowd urging them to launch it and us passing around getting our stats up. Its a bit of a trivial point in the grand scheme of thing, but it’s an indication of the stubbornness of the way we play.

Someone who when you are losing by a single goal in two high-profile home games doesn’t let his team spend the last 30 seconds passing it from defender to defender in your own half only for the referee to blow the final whistle.

JDT is the right manager in the wrong situation. With shite recruitment, thin squad and numerous injuries, we would currently be better with a manager who isn't so one-dimensional tactic-wise.

Hopefully we can get back to square pegs in square holes tomorrow. Brittain and Pickering at full backs with Hyam and Carter in the centre. Szmodics back in presuming he's available and I'd rest Moran for either Garrett or Markanday as he's been off it for a while now. I'd also persevere with Ennis. I've got a feeling we will persist with Brittain further up though and end up with one of Hill, Carter or Travis at right back.