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They’re just not good enough, which is really unfortunate. We can all talk about fuck ups and what went wrong - but for me the biggest one was recruitment. Giles - decent player, but didn’t need him. Zeefuik - has been injured since we got him. Hedges - looks miles off it. Markanday - injured in his debut. Not one made a difference. When you’re in that position you need signings that either improve the team or are adequate cover and none of them are… bar Giles, who isn’t being played in his correct position.

JVH has been good. Kaminski good. Travis has been good.

This is absolutely unbearable. In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really matter, even if we got a result it’s a chase to get tonked 3-0 by Forest at some stage.

They won’t, Moerpho, please don’t get your hopes up.

Given the scores at the moment this has become must win again…

You’re guess is as good as mine. Perhaps he looked at his phone and saw the videos on Twitter? Perhaps his wife text him? Perhaps someone went in and showed it him on an iPad? Perhaps a referee friend gave him a tip off?

He missed a Pool penalty in the first half and if you ask me he’s been told that at half time - which is against the rules - and he’s now therefore giving everything to Pool until it’s levelled out.

Feels like a waiting game for Pool to score here.

Has Rothwell had a good game since 1st Feb?

Yep, the problem is who comes off today! Dolan least busy but that would mean Gallagher out wide. It would be harsh but if we can get to 70 minutes I wouldn’t mind… Kaminski Nyambe Lenihan JVH Wharton Pickering Buckley Rothwell Travis Dack BBD. Half time now. The ref is 100% going to be told he should have given Pool a penalty, so expect a decision at least against us second half. Need to score a second before that happens.

I think we’re playing really well..!

Think Pickering is getting a little more than he deserves. Their right winger is obviously very quick and dangerous. I’m happy to keep Pickering on instead of Giles because Giles is forward focused, Pickering is capable of just defending. Wharton needs to do more to protect Pickering.

To be fair his first touch was brilliant…

I’m going to keep saying it for the history books, if you play Gally down the middle and play long balls / crosses into the box he will score. He’s not the best footballer in the world but he’s carried by his attributes, he’s quick, strong and powerful.

Sheff Utd pick up a draw. Would have preferred them to lose, obviously. I expect… Boro 3 pts Forest 3 pts QPR 1 pt Fulham 3 pts Hudds and Luton… best for us it’s a 0-0?

I’m not sure what the point you’re making is but Ayala was one of the first to arrive and has been on the pitch with the squad

No but if you send me £4.99 I’ll make a story up for you as well?

Good point. I’ll go: Dolan, Gallagher, Brereton.

I’m not sure what other option we’ve got. I definitely don’t want JRC there.

Accepting that Dack doesn’t think he’s got 90 minutes in him yet, I would go: Kaminski Nyambe JVH Wharton Pickering Buckley Travis Rothwell Giles Gallagher Brereton.

We need 2 teams to fall off. 1 team doesn’t help anymore.

We need to win more games than Huddersfield and Luton. Sheff Utd, Boro, Forest are all guarantees for me at this stage.

Everton’s fixtures are insane. Burnley stay up, Rovers go from 2nd to 8th. As seasons go this is an especially shite one.

From Rich Sharpe - Spoke to Stuart Jones last month who said they'd recently had a four-day Premier League audit and met all the standards to be granted Category One status for another three-year cycle. So someone’s got duff info.

Stinks of WBA.