Bethnal

Why have we decided to make our most crosses in a game since Mowbray against a Neil Harris Millwall side? This is just devoid of any imagination, Eustace is stealing a living if he thinks this is what’s required.

Do the players not realise that a win here is absolutely essential? What is the motive? How do they not understand?

He is League One at best and he’ll carve out a career at that level but he is a bench option at this level. Nowhere near enough about him to make it in the championship.

I’m going to name my first child Sammie. Fuck it, I’m going to name them Szmodics.

Leo entirely at fault. So soft generally but that is the definition of saveable.

Think the project is officially dead, at this stage. Operation “No Pressure On Results” in full swing. I’d want a new coach ASAP, but Venky’s aren’t paying 2 years off and nobody’s coming in for Eustace on these displays.

So uncertain on the ball, which is why there’s nothing happening up top. Too much dawdling, Scott Wharton having to try and force it. Szmodics coming too deep for the ball, but will struggle with speculative crosses against a deep line. Again, I watch that first half performance and can truly only wonder what Eustace has actually told them to go out and do. I have to assume that whatever he’s told them to do, they’re not doing, but still no semblance of a plan. Hopeful that he can get across in 15 mins what they didn’t pick up in the past couple of days.

Drab affair, but I’m not complaining yet.

A win here and we can progress out of danger. A draw here and we are still in the thick of it. A loss is a clear indicator that we’re going down. I’ve said earlier, the three victories we absolutely need are this, Plymouth and Sheff Weds at home. Points in other games can’t really be legislated for. If we score in the first 15, I think we have a good chance at victory. If we’re 1 down by 30 mins, we’ll likely lose. 2-1 Rovers, just because I don’t want to think about us going down, but in reality, the reverse scoreline.

I flagged it yesterday and I am fully prepared to be told different. I’ve actually been thinking about it, because there was no replay and there is every chance it was a “f*ck’s sake” or a very long “f******ck.” In the moment, I was pretty sure but without that replay of it, can’t honestly tell you either way.

This is exactly it. I do not see another win until Sheff Weds at home after the next two and with our current performance levels, I barely see a point in many of the other games. If we win those three, I think we very likely stay up.

Sammie looked a bit put out (fair fucks, he couldn’t physically have done anything else today, the fans have no leg to stand on giving him grief) but Eustace looked to have done the “chin up” thing and then, as he was turning away, say “fuck off.”

Listen, I’m not a lip-reader, but it honestly looked like he was saying that. Would be keen to see it again.

The blame here is with the owners and Waggott still. Rewind to the summer and genuinely £3m of transfers probably has us top-half, looking at playoffs in the final push. It’s only ever been the owners to blame, the stooges rotate. Second side note: Eustace has just done the “chin up” motion to our fans, before telling them to fuck off as he turns away. Clearly our fans have given some much-deserved shit to the players and manager and - still, even after a player-fan meeting and a manager coming in on a “no excuses” platform - they don’t like it. If you’re big enough and ugly enough to ask for six figures a year to kick a bag of wind around every day, you’re big enough and ugly enough when the people who pay to watch you do it tell you you’ve been shit.

Those two and Sheff Weds at home are the only prospects of victories I can see in the run-in. So yeah, 9 points that are non-negotiable, really. Side note; why did Ben Benson just kick the ball away from Markanday then?!

Seriously disappointed with his decline. Can only assume it’s an attitude thing. Has had plenty of opportunities to impress and started out excellently but the drop-off has been pronounced

Been a serious liability today, has thwarted a number of promising attacks and just does not have the quality to be a match winner.

Agreed, he’d be lucky to make the squad of the best players in my lifetime (not that long), but in terms of his achievements this season (dragging us forward in every game, digging us out of every hole we find ourselves in, leading the team from the front) he is at least a cult hero and very likely legendary if we stay up this season. It’s been a staggering effort from him.

We are basically a one-man team. He is a hero, a giant of a 5’7” man, truly a fucking legend of this club at this stage.

He is, but he’s got other good qualities. We’d be much worse without him, in the main.

Gallagher has disrupted three or four promising moves today by being extremely poor. There is no recognised striker in the bench.

Technically, but I wouldn’t include the Newcastle game either way, was an “achievement” that leads to nowt. I’m conscious we’re still in the “FFS, give him time” window, but we really don’t have time for this kind of thing, if we want to stay up. He simply has to find a way to get points quickly and - honestly - I don’t think he has anything in his locker that says he can do that. Not really his fault that he hasn’t parachuted into a club to try and pick them up before, or that things are massively going against him, but I still think he takes us down this season. Not really seen what he’s trying to do on the pitch, it’s just a mish-mash of ideas. Waggott making the call creates the extra bit of confirmation bias in me to think so. First to admit that Tuesday suspended all disbelief on my side as it looked like he’d managed to get a grip of the mentality and instil some belief, but the work since then has clearly left us extremely exposed to a loss. Worth noting that we had a coherent strategy on Tuesday, which we executed well. What are we even looking to do today? How are we planning to get at Swansea? What was the team selection looking to do, except reward one good performance from a few players?

More to do with urgency to get back and cover, as well as trying to play positively, I meant. He’s got his technical and physical limitations, but his attitude is a lot better and some stuff is coming off for him today.

1 point above the drop. If we cannot beat these on their patch, we’re going to struggle. If we cannot get a draw against these, we’re going down.

Brittain having a better game today. Dolan execution is off, but constantly active and looking for the ball. Maybe needs a word to keep it simpler.