On now for 5 mins.

It's not even much - he just needs to learn how to whip in a cross with his left foot. It doesn't have to be a Beckham / Bentley like delivery, just good enough that the FB has to respect that you can do it.

Leonard has got so much more about him than Vale - workrate for one.

No.

Pressure from the front 4 - they don't like it up 'em.

Brittain at RB and JRC infront of him is how I'd do it with the current playing squad we have.

I was going to say the opposite - I think he's better than Travis, but he's given the ball away too much for mine and hasn't looked to progress play enough. Solid partner to Wharton / Buckley, but can't play with Travis.

And nobody bothering to track the goal scorer.

The club has been on life support for over a decade - the Academy is the only reason it's still breathing.

The weaknesses of having nothing upfront (albeit I think Leonard has done ok) and no pace out wide - they're just walking past Pickering and JRC at FB.

On the bench - they said he'd get 20 minutes.

Dolan has no pace - good defenders (like at the level above that this lot play at) will know just to stand off him and stand him up as he's not going to be able to run past them.

Szmodics down injured with a back / glute pull. Lovely stuff. What a cursed football club we are.

I think we've looked good - albeit seriously lacking pace - they're clearly quite a good side.

Thought it was wonderful movement from Leonard myself - imagine that, a #9 making himself available for a ball played across the 6 yard box. Couldn't be us.

Savio, a Brazilian they've loaned in from Troyes. Was bought for £5m+ a few years ago, still only 19 - he's got way too much about him for Pickering.

This RW (#16?) has Pickering on toast.

They're very clinical. Two counter attacks (Pickering got absolutely roasted for the second one) two goals. We lack size and pace - it's very telling.

I will say it's a tiny forward line - and team in general. With no reinforcements we're going to get bullied at set pieces.

If he's got anything about him he'll score in this team - we were creating chances for fun post-Christmas, we just didn't have a #9 with any movement / strikers instinct / finishing ability to put them away. Asking anyone to score 13+ from LW is a big ask - but conversely if my LW can create and provide more to the team than Brereton-Diaz did it can even out with the right #9.

The ref is in black and they're in a dark (possibly black) kit too - who planned this?!

Nope, absolute amateur hour.

That's hugely unfair writing Leonard off.

Well evidently we're not bringing in any reinforcements, so this is Leonard's and Markanday's chance to stake a claim for a starting spot.

There's a video clip of him training in Ireland on YouTube earlier this year - he said he expects to be in and around the first team this season. I don't know if that's bravado or they've told him as much.