Our set pieces are absolutely awful. What on earth are we doing in training?!

They’re a bunch of dirty f*ckers - that’s two completely off the ball now.

They do look very suspect when we brake. Get the feeling that the Rovers of Nov/Dec would have been taking 3 points away here.

How the hell is that not a booking?! That was reckless.

Yep, he can’t get near his man. Can’t even throw the fecking ball. Needs hooking.

What a miss by Sharp. All from an inexcusable throw from Pickering. Mowbray needs to change something here - they have so much space all over the pitch.

You can excuse a slight lack of confidence but whatever set-up this is, it ain’t working. They look like they’ve got a couple of extra men and that our lot have just met for the first time in the changing room.

Matter of time - the space they’re getting between the lines is insane. One of them will take a pop a bit earlier soon and score. How on earth are their wingbacks getting so much space too?!

SO lucky - disallowed goal. I think this is the worst start I’ve seen us make for some time. We genuinely look like a non league club.

We genuinely haven’t touched the ball outside of our own third yet. I’m not joking.

Have we been on the piss for the past 9 days?

Very nervous start. I don’t think I’ve counted a pass we’ve successfully made yet. Aerial bombardment.

Jesus Christ that stat on Sky was frightening. Shot conversion rate: Aug-Dec 1st / Jan-Feb 24th Goals (same period): 2nd / 24th Expected goals (same period): 5th / 23rd

Don't be silly. Ayala's in the midst of another mid-season break. We won't see him before mid-March.

Sure I read he’s in line to play another U23s game before he’s considered. I agree though - he’s quite literally the only player in our squad bar BBD who can anticipate a ball coming into the box and stick it away.

Oh I agree. Just saying if we can't be winning those games then we won't deserve to finish in the play-offs (or better).

I posted it in the Millwall thread but we have three extremely kind home games in a row before the international break thanks to that rearranged fixture. If we're out of the running by the international break then we'll bloody well deserve it as there is 9 points begging to be taken there alone.

Mellor's beat me to it, but 4 points is an absolute must from the next two games IMO. I'd take a draw tonight but only if we follow that up with a win against QPR on Saturday. I'm with you though, we simply have to hit form now. Our confidence will be shot to bits if we lose this, draw or lose with QPR and lose to Fulham. We simply can't allow it to happen.

This now means we have three very winnable home games in a row: Millwall (8th) / Bristol City (12th) / Derby County (15th). Have to be targeting 9 points there to really get us going again.

The table just makes for uneasy viewing compared to where we were at just a few weeks ago. We’ll have just a two point gap on 7th if we lose tomorrow, and it was at 8+ very recently. We can’t keep thinking we’ll pick up after Fulham as that’s still 3 matches away and our morale would be sunk in the mud. Point is the minimum we need tomorrow and we simply then have to beat QPR on Saturday.

WBA: played six / lost five / drew 1 The draw? Blackburn Rovers.

Cov 1-1 now. Boro from 1-0 down against WBA to be being 2-1 up. Only two points behind us as things stand.

Cov come from absolutely nowhere again to being just 4 points behind us if they hold on at Bristol City tonight. We really need a win very soon…the word congested doesn’t do it justice to what’s just behind us!

I had often wondered if BBD was going to be a one season wonder. Due to mainly injuries and a lack of form, that one season may need to be revised as a half season wonder! It'll take a brave club to bid big bucks in the summer unless he lights up the end of the season.

It's a good shout. Ever since Pickering got injured and Nyambe has been in/out or at CB, we've been terrible. Like you, I'm hoping those two will be in from the off tomorrow and that it'll make a big difference.