bluebruce

They weren't even the worst side today. We were abysmal.

Being impressed by his stats, if that claim is even true, doesn't mean he was signed on that basis alone. I'm sure he was watched too. Regardless, I'd summarise his career with us so far as, started shite, got better, was decent for a spell, thought we actually missed him when he was out, and has been trash again since returning.

Unfortunately, we aren't. The league might be full of very average teams, but we have become a below average team.

At least he is. We need the remaining holdouts to get on board, only way this manager gets pressured into fucking off.

Let's be honest, we didn't even deserve the point we came away with today.

Where do you get the notion he was signed based on stats?

I'd say it was before kickoff tbh. If we can't dispatch Blackpool at home at this point, we have no chance of closing the gap.

Blackpool. Blackpool. Blackpool. And Blackpool.

Seems beyond speculative. A better explanation for me is he is just yet another woeful and inconsistent Championship ref. Occam's Razor and all that.

Most of them do these days.

Who would have told him that?

Aye, at that point I was of a mind to sell him too, after previously thinking we should refuse. Sounds like either the owners vetoed it or Bournemouth dropped out (think their plan was always more about unsettling us than signing him).

With hindsight, aye. He hasn't been much use since, so I'd rather have had the money and bought a replacement. At the time it was a 50-50 kinda decision though. If he could keep his dedication and focus up, keeping a key part of a winning team seemed the better decision than upsetting the formula. But he has done no such thing.

C'mon Dack, sort this lot out. We haven't been able to string two passes together in the final third this half.

Uh yeh I think he had one, but I'm hard pressed to say which. Bit of a needle in a shitstack situation.

Well that was predictable. In fact I literally predicted it as the corner was being taken.

Oh it'll be because he is getting bummed repeatedly on the flank. Hope that clears it up.

We need to make it to half time ahead, Blackpool keep coming.

Needed taking off last match too, but instead Giles got blamed for not being what Tony wants him to be, a right winger. Blame seems to have continued as he is still sat on the bench today whilst Pickering proves a liability again. Don't get your hopes up about him being taken off.

Well tipped there Kaminski.

They're targeting Pickering's flank.

They will still need to show up in case someone gets injured on the day.

Hopefully he does look to leave, yeh. I sympathise for him being thrown in when he clearly wasn't fit yet, and yet again being put at RWB where he gets shown up as it isn't his position. But he has also played further forward in his more natural position and still looked dross. Add in the fact he is slow, unable to recognise when he doesn't deserve to be in the squad, and made of glass, and I have precisely zero qualms about him leaving.

No Bowler for Blackpool today has to be a plus.

No. Physical is a legit reason, but he has been rehabilitating for months and has managed 90 for the less important u23s, and 45 for us twice now. If it's mental he needs to screw his fucking head on and get to it. EVERYTHING is on the line right now, this summer has the potential to be ruinous if we don't go up.