Our team have surrendered leads so many times now that I think, when we concede, they feel the same air of inevitability about it that we do. Only a new manager with fresh ideas and approach can change that now. Otherwise we are doomed to permanently tremble as soon as we ship one.

“Wherever they are in the league, and wherever we are, it just shows that on the day anyone can beat anyone.” Eh?! No Tony, us winning would have shown that. What it showed is the form table got this one spot on, and that we can't defend a fucking lead to save our lives!

He took a rather long time to come out for interview...normally a lot sooner isn't it?

Nice rhetorical question there.

I could swear I saw Mercer boasting when we were 2-0 up that his bet for us to win was looking good. Don't seem to be able to find the post now. Either he deleted it from shame or a mod deleted it on the grounds of 'cut that shit out Mercer'. But one could identify that as the moment things went wrong!

Who signed the useless prick?

We still haven't made any subs right? From the man who likes to have done all 3 subs by 70 mins.

This ref really is abysmal. Fuck a duck.

I've never seen someone act like more of a wanker preparing for a penalty than that guy. What a prick. I'd have wanted him to miss if I was a neutral.

Probably spent a half million or so on the loan fee I reckon, and wages. Waste. I'd honestly start Jayson in the next game, that's how poor Walton is. He lets the same kind of goals in general in that Jayson does, but with added blunders. Not getting another second keeper was a huge mistake, as many of us knew. Walton has probably felt very safe.

Thank fuck we ditched that error prone Raya for mr consistent here...JHC

Seen it from the other angles at half time now. You're probably right actually. Depends on whether it crossed the line before Rudd collided with it. Will have to see what the goals panel decide.

Uh huh. It's 2-0.

After posting about how we have had better results with less possession, thought I'd check today's stats. 58 percent to Preston when I looked.

Agree to disagree then, I think it's ludicrous to expect him to take that one gently.

Harsh. He was nicking it off someone's foot. He had to take it at pace and couldn't afford to be trying to touch it gingerly.

What is even happening here?!?! Always seems to be these games we expect fuck all from where we get it together astoundingly.

I've seen the goal. If that gets taken away from Gallagher that's the absolute harshest OG I've ever seen.

Haha nah mate, Gallagher goal.

WOW! I think it's fair to say nobody expected that!!

Yeh he's been poor for a while now after a promising start to life here. But Travis...I see Mowbray continues his policy that if a young player has one bad game they're dropped. Captain Fantastic can do whatever the fuck he likes though as long as he works hard. TBH, I don't particularly mind seeing him in CM with other current options. It's probably his best position. But it should have been Travis alongside him. Gallagher again? He was awful in the last game and has been all-round awful in too many games lately, and hasn't offered a real goal threat all season. You might think you need to play him Tony, to justify that you're not utter horseshit in the transfer market with strikers, but it isn't helping. TM better get a result today or he's going to be in trouble with the fans (not just the ones on here).

So you'd take Smallwood in goal?

And still absolutely nowhere near good enough.

If Mowbray had any sense of self preservation he would completely shut up about the top six until things are drastically different.

Yep, that's what my eyes have seen too, and most of us I think. The stats merely back it up. Pretty strongly at that.