I’m a fan, but there’s little to praise in the last nine games. Not one for excuses but no striker and no centre mid in January leaves us stretched and without guile. As a run-in, chasing playoffs, it’s very disappointing. As a season on the whole, he’s done well with what he has. Some might not like it after ten years plus out of the top division, but it’s a restoration project after being left to rot for a while. Suffice it to say, I don’t level all blame at him and I wouldn’t be pleased to see the back of him at all.

I’d honestly dock a day’s wage for every corner that doesn’t beat the first man. So common in football now, it’d never happen if they lost a day every time it did.

Absolutely do not know why I’m still watching.

Poor. Really poor.

A lot of their players don’t look up for this, it’s a big opportunity. It’s likely only naïveté that will stop us taking and there’s a lot of that in this team. If we get one and press the matter, we could get a lot, their players are already thinking about playoffs. Christ, Rovers are frustrating.

This is better. Still need a bit of bravery/incision, in front of goal, but it’s better.

Resolved to do something better with my bank holiday Monday, but here I am, sat on my own in the flat, getting excited and thinking, “win here and we’re gonna make it.” I will never learn and I hate that but I also love it.

A fair point.

To be fair, I’ve heard from someone that knows them that attitude has long been an issue. Not a dickhead by any stretch, just not a very hard worker/doesn’t apply himself.

Incredible reference

Small consolation, admittedly, but we developed that one ourselves and for all their parachute millions and much-vaunted “elite manager in the making” the best they could come up with at half time was “kick him.” Too good for them and looked unfazed while being so, one in a long line of players we’ve brought through. Best they’ve ever brought through is one-in-four charity case Jay Rodriguez, I believe.

Do you think they were even watching?

I suspect Trav has hit his particular ceiling, unless there’s something hidden that I’ve not seen, so we need an improvement there. Gritty, haggard, loud, strong. Playoffs have to be the target, it’s totally achievable.

God, I’m in love with the idea of Jesse Marsch managing them. Ted Lasso’ing his way to the lowest points total in Premier League history.

Season over, I don’t see how a team recovers from watching their closest rivals winning the league on their home pitch. I hope Ashley Barnes finds himself destitute in later life. I hope he ends up alone, depressed and utterly destitute. Got to be the among my least favourite people of all time.

You don’t stop those, but then you don’t get them scrabbling around the bargain bins we have to. Burnley are flush with Premiership television money and we are what happens when you take a club away from the Premiership for over a decade. It’s a sickener, it’s worst-case-scenario to watch your fiercest rivals crowned champions on your own ground, it’s undeserved, frankly, but it’s not entirely unexpected.

Certainly nowhere near the level yet, haha! But style of play is similar. 10 years of hard work and who knows?!

It’s the awareness and having made the pass before it’s already started travelling to him. And the height/stride.

IF we make a change it’s Sorba and Leonard, but it should be both. For Dolan and probably Hedges, but I’d almost say for Diaz.

It’s closer to Zidane in style, I think.

We’ve played well, it’s nervy and they don’t look as up for it as I thought they would. Szmodics really working hard, Wharton is such a good footballer for 29, let alone 19, everything else has been good but can and must improve second half.

The tactical change to five at the back was at fault for the goal, as we were deeper there than we had been in the previous 90 mins and becoming overrun. We looked awkward, frenzied and uncomfortable. We made the same mistake against Coventry this week. It’s an error, just as it would be an error to put Dolan in goal, for instance. In that very extreme example, you’re asking something of a player that they can’t do. These players seemingly can’t do this right now. Dropping to five at the back when we are a matter of days on from failing to defend a slim lead with five at the back, with a team that the manager publicly acknowledges is young and therefore lacking in nous/experience to see games out, is a mistake. Your opinion may be different, but on the simplest level, it’s very difficult to argue with “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

I’m still in the camp of fooling myself because I do like the manager and a lot of what he’s done, but this Remy character is supposed to be the tactician and a lot of what I see there, I don’t like.