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And as I said, players constantly raise their arms when moving, so it isn't an unnatural position, it's a natural one. One of the few decisions the ref got right (I count the ludicrous booking that I think it was Maja got as one of the poor ones). Take your 3 points, move on.

First time Hedges has done anything on the pitch for us.

Watch players' arms when they move on the pitch. When they have the ball, when they don't. Arms constantly go up, it's part of balancing the body. Zero intent, zero penalty.

Nope. Blasted at him point blank. Just be happy with your 3 points, don't get greedy 😉

Anyone who tries to tell me we are punching above our weight, I'm just going to say 'Luton'. Much like last season I said 'Barnsley'. Clubs that would kill for our resources.

Oh good, Hedges will sort it out.

Travis needs to stop thinking he can hit it like Tugay.

I'll get the ambulance ready for when that limb snaps. Playing well today though. Shame there isn't any point anymore.

Blackpool, with nothing to play for, spanking Brum 4-0 already. Think we all know what will happen when we play Brum though...

I can only assume the reporter is Bradley Johnson, who surely is exploring other career options at this point.

Aye I meant ever as in these days of course, once upon a time he was class at this level. Legs are no excuse for the suicide pass he played earlier though.

Johnson is terrible. He just shouldn't ever be on the pitch.

A player to be subbed off after 20.

Terrible. This argument I have made that we are a better counter attacking side doesn't apply when you just gift the ball constantly and can't string two passes together.

For a while in our abysmal run, it could have been argued we were unlucky but mostly just lacking cutting edge. Of late, however, we are looking utterly woeful, and there for the taking by anybody.

That doesn't feel like a positive.

We have. A playoff push, and making the playoffs, are two different things.

How have we mounted a playoff push with only half a dozen players even worthy of putting the shirt on, led by a shite manager?

Jesus christ, I just looked at the table. We are beyond lucky to still be this close to the playoffs at this stage after the horrendous form we have shown for quite some time now. 2 points away, 3 at worst if Boro win their game in hand. How? Every shite result we have in which we somehow don't fall away from the pack only exacerbates my frustration at how abysmal this run has been. Just bang average form would have seen us probably in 3rd with an outside chance of finishing 2nd. But it has been piss poor, for ages. Even just holding onto the win today and it would still have somehow been entirely in our hands.

Dunno why BB dives anymore, not worked all season.

I have to take exception right back. You don't need to get promoted when you're in the top flight. That knocks a bunch of those years off for starters. We have spent what, 3 or 4 seasons in the third tier in our entire history, nearly 150 years now. Just because someone else failed worse doesn't make what he did some major achievement. It was good solid work, that's about it.

'People seem obsessed with standing up these days, but I think the style with which I fall down is more important. I'm not a standing-up-based manager.'

The missing ingredient has been the really good coaching you mentioned.

He is 18 rather than u18. He has played some games for Everton u23, so I reckon he is being seen as competition for the other two. I bet one of the three gets loaned out, or released.

That's a presumption surely? Maybe he is better than them. I'm not sure Pike is going to make it here unfortunately, after some rave reviews in the past. He doesn't seem to have set the Conference North on fire. I know he's not going to be bagging goals from RB and I know he has played pretty regularly, but I'd expect to have heard Fylde were very happy with him if he was even another year away from a breakthrough here. Not heard a peep.