When AA was sold he was to be replaced in the summer. Then in January. It’s blatantly obvious even with BBD we are missing up front. No different than 2 seasons ago when we were told defenders are coming and we had a makeshift back line with a 40 year old playing left back. Not bringing in an attacking option in January has train wrecked our season.

Yeah but now we sub one off we have no one to fill in if there’s an injury.

It’s the one thing we all seem to agree on.

Giles looks out of sorts on the right side. Why he’s on the right and Gallagher is on the left is a mystery

He’s had a shocker of a career

Can’t be surprised. We have a front 3 that consists of a left wing back on the right, a center forward at left wing and a midfielder playing as our center forward. And the one whose least likely to score is the one who’s a recognized forward.

After international break I’d guess

Actually quite well controlled by his standard

Ringing endorsement from the Gaffer about Gally…”He was very delicate, we had a conversation and his reaction told me that a fit Sam Gallagher was going to be a better option than a 40 or 50 per cent Reda Khadra.” why we handed out a new contract to someone is considered to be just better than another player at 50% is beyond me.

And BBD is sold

And it’s hard to win if you can’t score.

5 quid. Maybe 10.

If we don’t go up, I’d gladly accept mid table next year. Assuming BBD is sold and like AA sale the money isn’t reinvested, the side looks more like relegation that promotion to me.

Certainly will be a young and inexperienced side next campaign as it stands. Don’t expect Diaz to be around pats this summer, so it’s really difficult to see us competing for promotion. That’s what seems to have made the January window so frustrating. An opportunity to go up might not come again for a while, and we failed to bring in any pieces to push us over the top.

Result as expected. Without BBD it seems we don’t have any real goal threat. What’s most concerning to me is the status of the club for next year. Of the 14 that were on the pitch today. 5 are loans, 2 are out of contract. Of the 7 that will be back, none look likely to have standout performances. Unless we sell BBD for 30 million and reinvest all those funds, I don’t see the side having more talent than this.

I'd guess we lose 2-0. I think they are by far the best side in the league and while we are improved defensively they could have had 10 the last time and I dont see us keeping from scoring. I also just dont see where we get a goal from. Dolan can be a pest, but he's not very proficient in front of goal. Can't count on Gally and the likes of Buckley/Rothwell aren't natural finishers. Our best chance to score is off a set piece and we rarely score those either.

I want some of what you're having.

I'd guess we'd be forced to play a back 4 as Naymbe is out too...Hard to believe the weekly wage Ayla take home, and we couldn't make an offer to keep Naymbe here. Shame really, as all that cash is tied up in a player who rarely is healthy enough to see the pitch, and even when he is, cant get in the side. Meanwhile a regular in the first team is scraping by.

For being 6'5" he also seems to get muscled out of position regularly.

Zeefuik hasn't really been giving a proper run at right wing back. He's had a few substitute appearances, but mostly has played on the left, or further up the pitch. A good run will give us a better idea of the player he could be. I've seen enough for JRC since returning to know he's out of the depth. Has been the worst or second worst player on the pitch in his appearances this year.

A win would require a goal. I’m not betting on us scoring.

Agreed, Zeefuik sone quality but haven’t seen enough of him at his natural position to not think it will be a loss without Naymbe

We can give them a challenge in back. Last time we went down a man then made tactical subs to be more attacking. The 7-0 score line was bad but we we’ve improved in the back since then. I think Zeefuik will give us more in the attack as rwb but until otherwise shown we will lose a bit defensively there. I still don’t know where our goals would come from. And as long as that’s the case it’s difficult to expect anything from this match.

Good results around us with Sheffield and Boro losing. Top probably out of reach at this point

I dont see us moving away from the back 3...the problem is Neither Pickering or Naymbe are true wing backs, so we end up with 5 defensive minded players + Travis. That puts a lot of pressure on the likes of other 4. That leaves 4 players who have a total of 12 goals between them. And you wonder why we struggle to score?