Honestly, we have 12 games and thirty six points to play for to secure Championship status. Tonight's game won't impact that in the slightest, the only shame is we didn't go through to the next round after such a valiant display. As someone else said that's now two play off positions blown in successive seasons from seemingly unassailable positions, the Sheffield United Cup game which we managed to lose after winning near the end and this. Sooner or later we're going to try and have to lose the gallant loser tag and try and get stuff over the line. Gallagher? Wish him no harm but the longer he's out for the better for our prospects.

"He's holding his hamstring. Oh no he's not he's holding something else!"

I'm very unsure about Billy K. Not sure if he looks like someone who's just wandered into a game of park football for the first time in his life or someone who could be a real asset. He's a real unit though so he might be useful in the latter third of games when others are tiring. It'll be a real bonus if Markanday can carry on playing like that as obviously SS apart we're desperately short of cutting edge.

Agreed. Poor choice.

Have always said that on form Wharton is by far our best centre half.

Not a fan of Hyam at all. Why was he stepping up when you'd have thought there were players far better suited? If you're going to volunteer, make bloody well certain you score! That apart great effort. If we can keep Szmodics fit and play with that sort of organisation and spirit we should be OK.

Markanday has actually played really well.

Got to score there Szmodics. Great ball from Markanday who also produced a great strike before the equaliser.

We've run out of steam completely in ET. Be lucky to get to pens. Sensational double save from Pears.

Played much much better second half. (I wonder why?) Were derailed for a period by really poor substitutions but got the goal and got a second wind and finished the stronger. Deserve to sneak through on the balance of play but we probably won't.

Is he a Premier League Ref doing his mates favours?

Yeah I mean heaven forbid we might have won or anything......

Really disappointed with the manager with those substitutions. Might as well have thrown a white towel on the pitch and walked off. Before those two substitutions we were competing really well.

Good lad Pears.

Quite bizarre substitutions. The best two players taken off. Throwing the game?

Absolutely no change there then.

Thank fuck for that Gallagher off. We have a full compliment of 11 again.

Poor game, can't see Newcastle being aanywhere near as sad second half. Thought Dolan was the pick of our players, Sz.odics looks a danger but should have tried to go across the keeper with the two chances he had. Buckley is one of the few in our team with the talent to hold his own in this Company but needs to be more involved. How the fuck Gallagher gets away with conning people week after week is anyone's guess he's an absolute liability. Be interesting if we make it to penalties. I think the manager deserves credit tonight for making us fairly compact.

That's assuming they bother going back to Court in light of the Wharton sale.

You can't really count the Wrexham game against League 2 opposition. Has he really looked that good since he came back. Reportedly dire against Birmingham and again last night.

It's more a case that the people who wanted Pears out of the team in the first place, aren't having him under any circumstances and won't accept that as ordinary as he is he's still a considerable upgrade on woeful Wahlstedt. Can't see that Pears has done a great deal wrong since coming back in. Wahlstedt was costing us a minimum of one and often two goals every game.

If the first installment is £6m as rumoured that will only keep us going until some time in June. Then however there's the Raya money and that combined with a modest sale should keep us going for a further 4-5 months after that. Problem is Szmodics apart, the family silver has now been well and truly flogged off. And what would he fetch? £7m or £8m at best?

Blimey Chaddy, when you're in a hole stop digging! Anyhow on Eustace, he seems to be doing what it says on the tin i.e. hopefully grinding out enough points to limp to safety. Whether playing in this manner with zero attacking intent is viable over a full season though, I very much doubt. And is there ANYTHING to do with the Club that will encourage people to buy a season ticket next season? If there is I must have missed it.

No he isn't, we should have snapped Ipswich's arms off at the elbow. He's an expensive liability both in terms of the fee paid for him and his wages.

It would appear certainly that one of the reasons Waggott brought him in is that he will keep his head down and not be openly critical like JDT was. Again I have no particular issue with that but IF and only if he gets results.