Best striker at the club now standing at all of 5.5ft. If we go up it'll be through him leading the line.

All the more motivation for us. I don't think there's a professional football player alive that would enjoy seeing a local rival lifting any form of trophy on their home ground. That goes for those from and outside the area in question. If we can't put up a fight in such circumstances then we need our heads read.

They just lost to QPR. Its a tough game but they're not invincible.

Going into our shell like that is so uneccessary, they barely fired a shot all half and we just gift them 10 minutes of attacking practice. Its one thing if were in that position vs Man City but we shouldn't fear an honest game vs Preston. That said, its all academic if Hedges plays that better than my 5 y/o. Such a shame because there were some really good performances in there. Sammie was incredible, while Wharton, JRC, Pears and Carter all had very good games. We were well deserving of all 3 points but you get nothing for moral victories at this stage of the season.

We asked for that.

Brereton nearly fucked it all up.

YES SAMMIE GET THE FUCK IN!!

Thats a heavy challenge for no card.

Top effort on the sell from Sammie though.

Oh, so OUR hand of God gets rubbed out...

We already look better.

He nearly knocked out their DM.

Concede a 93rd minute equaliser to their goalkeeper via a handball. You couldn't make this shit up could you?

A game about as deserving of 0-0 as you'll see.

We've not come out of the sheds yet. Very worrying.

Dolan should have buried his chance. On a platter.

JRC was incredible. He's wasted at right back. Would like to see him played in the middle of the park, especially given we have a serviceable replacement in Brittain. He's popping up in all areas of the pitch anyway. Gets stuck in, runs all day, has a great long ball in him and good instincts in the final third. Has all the makings of a quality CM. I thought the 3 man midfield worked well, albeit against a very ordinary opponent. We were dominant there, the problems were at either end and here and there in transition. Wharton needs to be getting more minutes, was a bit off the pace but for a guy who's played 20 minutes of football this year he did very well. Would love to see more of Leonard. Didn't get a ton of ball but he did very well with his chance. Body positioned well, nice touch and got plenty of power despite limited time/room. That has to be it for Pears. Not sure I'd peg the second on him but the first was an awful bit of work. Not on when a guy like Kaminski is on the bench. Disappointing result given the flow of the game, but some very good signs given how we'd been playing previously.

Their keeper is seriously dodgy.

Great work by Leonard there and a tad unlucky. Looks the goods.

YES JRC!!!

We've been the better side in general play. Both goals have been through very shaky play from Pears and Carter respectively. Unfortunately you don't get any points for losing while playing well.

I think you could make the case we're a club on the rise and by extension this reflects on an improved performance by the owners. Improvement on "dropping from a stable, mid table prem club to League 1 in half a decade odd" is a very low bar to be jumping from though, and top 10% seems a massive stretch.

I dunno, I dont think there's that much difference between the bottom half of the PL and the top quarter of the Championship and while immediate relegation would be quite likely, a few shrewd signings, good man management and a slice of luck we'd have every chance of surviving. Someone mentioned us having a season like Forest, while they may well come back down, they're currently out of the relegation zone and in better shape than a few of their rivals. The whole point is to raise our floor, as in how far down could the club realistically fall in the medium term. A few seasons in the PL and we could realistically be a club that will be unlikely to finish in the bottom half of the Championship in the foreseeable future. From there you can build from being a Norwich or Watford into a Brentford or Brighton and see where it takes you.

Maybe theres hope for Gally yet!

How do you even give a motm there? Maybe Trav as the captain given the entire team played great.