If Tronstad doesn't give the ball away initially they don't score. If Hyam gets a clean header on the ball they don't score. If Tronstad remains alert when the ball comes back in they probably don't score. You can't pin that on ACD at all. Well you can but it's completely unfair.

ACD didn't have a great game apart from one brilliant cross but the goal was nothing whatsoever to do with him. After he lost possession Tronstad picked up the ball but made a poor clearance straight to Cullen. The ball was then recycled out to their left via a miscued header from Hyam. The ball came back in and Tronstad not for the first time recently was caught ball watching on the edge of his own area allowing his opponent to come in behind him and score unopposed. Nothing to do with ACD. Did he have a good enough game though? No.

What a surprise! Lol. Keep the faith chaddy. Someone has to.

Safe journey back - my sympathies- wasn't much of a spectacle to justify a 9hr. round trip.

I don't think you've mentioned that before.......Lol. He hasn't been fit in much of either of the last 2 seasons now, apparently went off injured AGAIN at HT today and has a grand total of 3 last season and one this season, - exactly the same as Gueye.

He's at Stoke.

Travis to an extent in terms of keeping us in a game if not the moments of individual brilliance. I thought Cantwell was going to be the player you mention above. Sadly not.

I don't think Gueye was anywhere near as bad as you say today but there's no point rehashing the well worn Gallagher/Gueye debate again here. Regardless of how he did or didnt play he doesn't score enough and I agree with the rest of your post 100%.

That would probably be quite convenient for Waggott/Pasha. With no head coach or head of recruitment there'll be no-one to give them any real grief over lack of new signings. Leave replacements until Feb when it's too late to make any real difference and announce in John Williams style that January is a difficult window and we're keeping our (non existent) powder dry until summer. Nice bit of compo for Eustace, the season fizzles out and they receive additional bonuses for exceeding their financial targets. Happy Days.

I was only ribbing - but at what point would alarm bells start ringing for you - another 3/4/5 without a win? We certainly can't seem to perform without Travis in this side. Stayed up on the last day last season and two points from four games whilst he's been out this.

We have a considerable amount of FFP leeway (I think) due to all the sales over the last 12-18 months.

I thought Beck had an excellent game. He's light years ahead of Pickering. You'll notice the difference when he goes back to Liverpool.

"Death spiral" still on then Forever?

He would still score an absolute shitload as prior to his first injury he could do it all on his own. That's an irrelevant comparison though, we're never likely to find another Shearer even if we had unlimited money to spend. We do need at least one and probably two viable attacking options.

He was the nearest player and should have been picking him up. Not switched on to the situation and was marking space Did the EXACT same thing for Sunderland's first at Ewood.

Not way off but he was just off. Again in that sort of situation you have to be alert and time your run perfectly.

I agree. I had no beef with the starting line up, thought it was quite positive from Eustace. It wasn't as though they over-ran us as a result. As for subbing Gueye and ACD off and bringing on players like Weimann, Hedges and JRC when we're losing - I think it makes us less likely to score. Highlights the desperate need for reinforcements.

Tronstad turned off for the goal. That was the only real difference between the two sides today and apart from that everyone would probably have been relatively happy with the result had it finished 0-0 irrespective of the rather obvious deficiencies in our performance. I've no idea how you get this lot scoring though. Eustace has worked miracles to get us where we are as it is.

Wilsden! Wash your mouth out with soap and water! Lol.

100% Den.

They don't need one. They won.

You've got to want to influence the game before you can. I don't think Cantwell would make much of an impression if he had Messi at his peak in front of him.

I didn't think Baker was bad today for a loan player he certainly bought into the importance of the fixture and was fully invested. Overall I'd say he's as good as you're likely to get as back up. Really nasty challenge by him on 5 mins though which should have seen red, he fouled the Burnley player then as the opponent was on the way down he did him on the back of the achilles. Don't like to see that, notwithstanding it was a Burnley player he could have caused very serious injuries. Elsewhere there were any number of petulant, niggly fouls by players on both sides and I thought the ref did very well to keep 22 players on the pitch.

The game paled into insignificance when I found out Lisa formerly on the Disabled Supporters Committee had passed away age 42. Must have had an incredibly difficult life but always incredibly cheerful and always ready to try and drink the next person under the table if required. If you think you have problems - you probably haven't in the general scheme of things. RIP Lisa. (Please put this in a separate thread if required)

Who is the real captain on the pitch. Immense again today but lucky the shirt pull and take down in the area wasn't spotted.