In JDT's defence he didn't sign Gallagher. 😉

Mainly by being 6'3" and faster than anyone else we have upfront.

He's started 6 games and been subbed on in 7 (basically he's played 34% of our total minutes and has 5 goal contributions). My worry about Leonard is his finishing - I don't know if he's clinical enough. I do think he'll have a long career as a professional though.

He can play any of the front 4 positions - so assuming you're starting Gallagher (yuck) with Ennis on the bench, Moran, Szmodics and Sigurdsson behind - who else do we have better than Leonard? Hedges? He'd definitely make the bench.

Or 3 of the 4 goalscorers tonight.

We struggle because it's a small squad and we're into the busy part of the season where we play 2 games a week. We can't keep that intensity up for 90 minutes - and sadly in this league when you drop your intensity, which we did at 3-0, other teams pounce. We seem to have a period every game where we're camped on our own 6 yard box hanging on - I genuinely think it's because we can't bring 5 players on from the bench on 70 minutes that JDT trusts. Every week the opposition seems to make all of their substitutions and we never do.

If Broughton is doing his job then he's already scouting replacements for JDT. I'd expect Carter and Wharton to be sold in the summer for £20m+ too.

I think that's unfair - the Hill one he should have saved. The other three he was left out to dry by his defence. He also made an excellent save in the first half from Brittain's curling shot.

He'd be lethal at this level running off a player like Colak. Alas we don't have a #9 JDT trusts.

He's clearly a CB who has enough about his game to play RB - same as Carter.

It was on target, it'll be Szmodic's goal.

JDT is definitely trolling us by throwing two strikers on up 3-0 with four minutes left.

Burger should be off - two bookable offences, neither of which he's been punished for.

We need to bring Leonard or Telalovic on - there's just nothing going on upfront.

He's got an awful lot of time to improve - but yes, right now he's the type of player who wins you a game, but not the type that sets the platform for you. Fortunately his CM partner is the latter.

Funny how we all watch the same game and come away with different views. I think Moran has been absolutely fantastic today. They brought Travis on at RB because they're terrified of the Stoke RB overlapping, which is why Brittain is playing on the left of our midfield today.

I watch us play every week and come away each time thinking "if only we had a 6' striker with a bit of pace". We're playing with a False 9 again today with Dolan upfront. It really does stifle our attack.

I feel sorry for him - he's played three killer passes today that more talented attacking players would have scored from. He needs to clean up the rest of his game, for sure.

We had three CBs on the pitch, i.e. we have height on the pitch for once.

I think they've got Brittain playing on the left for that very reason. He roasted Dolan twice last season who simply didn't have the athleticism to track him.

Looks like Scott Wharton is coming off.

And he was their best player when fit. I think he was signed to add depth to the ST position, with the plan being to sign someone over the top of him (and loan Leonard out). Instead the taps were turned off and he became our marquee signing of the summer.

Batty ran out to warm up when Travis went down with that injury in the second half against PNE (did he end up in the advertising boards?). Garrett was summoned over from his warm up by JDT for a chat - then jogged back down the sideline. From the way he interacted with Batty (who clearly repeatedly asked Garrett what JDT had said), it was clear Batty was not an option to replace Travis if he couldn't continue.

My point is, and I'm sorry if it went over your head, that you cherry picked one of the best Goalkeepers in the world as a comparison. He's significantly better than Pears.

It certainly was a boxing match - which is a shame because I paid to see a football match. The referee shouldn't be allowed to officiate again.