There are just so many non-contributors in this squad. Good quality experienced players have been replaced by total inexperience. Telalovics, Wahlsted, Moran, Ayari, Ennis (since departed) Chrisene. NONE of those have looked anywhere near Championship standard. Occasional flashes don't cut it at this level. With the notable exception of Adam Wharton (not replaced) the players promoted from the club's own academy - Garrett, Leonard - are eitherjust not good enough or nowhere near ready.

Perhaps this thread can be closed down after today's all too typical feeble flap in the air in the build-up to the first goal?

The losses will be smaller in L1. And the remaining assets in the squad - Szmodics, Carter, Hyam (now I'm being generous) - can be cashed in . It might not have been planned but it it's a financial outcome that will not disturb Venkys.

Is he playing? Never been mentioned in commentary.

Glue factory

It appears this injury is related to the the twice-operated broken fibula. He had played for Sheff Utd for only a few minutes after his second op. It's a wasteful pointless signing that reflects very badly on Broughton and the medical team.

I agree with this summary particularly the second paragraph. He stays rooted to his line from corners and that just invites problems.

I very much doubt that the payments are related to the length of the contract given by the purchasing club. Are the clubs that sold players to Chelsea going to wait 8 years for their money? The length of contract and the payment schedule are two completely different things.

If that's what Euston is going to serve up we might as well be relegated this season and save the pain of being next seasons Rotherham.

I had thought that in recent media appearances he looked grey and drawn.

Upcoming match against them at Ewood will be critical.

It was described as an ankle injury. Given that he's fractured his fibula twice in the same place it might well be a recurrence. Signing a crock never works.

It took the Indian authorities 10 years to discover and take action against the Cheshire mansion scam so how long is looking through the last 14 years of remittances likely to take? The club will be playing in the National League North before they reach a conclusion. The Indian legal/tax system makes the UK look a model of speed and efficiency.

The Wharton money will be swallowed up to cover running costs and then the Indian court will say "spending money on new players is not an existing contractual liability so no more funds can be sent over until the transfer income runs out". A starvation diet that only lead to relegation but the Indian courts won't either understand or give a f**k about that. Its worse than being in UK administration.

Does Waggott still work from home in the Midlands most of the week?

Chrisene involved in two goals conceded with an ineffectual challenge inside the area . First against Enniss then again against Brum in the lead up to their goal not to mention the horrendous miscontrol he got away with earlier. It comes to something when Pickering's return can't come soon enough.

Was lucky not to get two yellows. Always looks like a sending off waiting to happen. Alot of wayward passing too.

Playing like that we're in for some absolute pastings in the remaining fixtures. Still to come.... Leicester,Leeds,Soton, What are the odds on conceding 100+ goals?

The club's management are all cowards as well as incompetents.

Brittain is the new Bradley Orr.

We don't have either the strikers or midfield players to benefit from the hoofball we saw tonight.

League 1 beckons. Just can't see where the points required are coming from. So many sub-standard players - Brittain, Chrisene, Garrett, Telalovic, Moran all useless. Can't carry so many passengers when even Brum are bringing on Dembele and Bacuna as substitutes.

Every team at the bottom is winning (except Stoke).

McGuire would have been an extra body but nothing suggests he would have made any difference. Even the MLS standard is pretty poor - about L1 here - and less than 12 months earlier he was playing the equivalent of amateur level. Fairytales don't come true.

That would require spending money (alot to acquire James) and that definitely isn't happening now. It'll be a case of selling anything with a value even more so if it's L1 next season.