As you all may eventually come to realise if we have to go for an extended period of time without Travis. It's OK though - I won't expect an apology!

He (and his agent) must be weighing up in their own minds whether or not he can afford to give Waghail the benefit of the doubt and leave it until the end of the window. If he does and it's the usual predictable damp squib or disaster the WBA will probably have been filled by then and it may be a while before a job of similar stature arises again.

No - he gave the ball away initially under no real pressure then was directly responsible for the goal at the end by ball watching and not picking up his man. Watch it back.

That's only your own personal opinion. The Club's in question obviously were not of the same view We don't know for certain where we are or who is available or whether the Club have any genuine intentions of improving the squad at all. All that is pure speculation at this stage. All we know for certain is that we are in desperate need of reinforcements and none have arrived to date and we lost at home today.

It's about both.

I've never been a Brittain fan but he has been much much better in recent weeks.

You're welcome. If you think I was intending to be condescending before I might as well go the whole hog and ask you if you want me to explain what it means to you. (Joking) Whoops! You probably realised that so being condescending again.

Exactly.

Bamford is the antithesis of a clinical striker. If we want someone who can provide silky build up play and then miss from 2 yards (on a very large wage) he's our man I'd guess. And that's assuming he's fit. Makes Gallagher look robust.

He said pre match that strengthening was "vital".

I don't know enough about said players to say if they're better than what we've already got chaddy. What I do know for certain is that those Clubs have identified areas they think they need to strengthen in, have got their ducks in a row and have moved early in the window. I.e. whether said players come off or not at least their Club's are trying their best. We on the other hand have known about the desperate need for reinforcements for ages yet nothing has happened yet and there are no real links either. I suppose that old chestnut "Let's not judge it until after the end of the window" will be wheeled out soon. Which is fair up to a point but there are a lot of points to be won (and lost) in January.

Res Ipsa Loquitur We're certainly not flying up it with him in and Travis out.

How far do you want to go back? We regained possession AFTER ACD was tackled and gave it away again.

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.