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Crawley out first over - and I hope that's his last innings for England Innings defeat on the cards?

England have dropped 17 catches so far in this series. Some of them were defining moments in one or two Tests. Dropped catches happen but that big number is symptomatic of a failing team. McCullum staying on after this dreadful series would be endorsing that failure. Get rid.

Will Jacks drops a dolly - go back to T20 with the rest of 'em They can't field, they can't bowl and they can't bat Send 'em home

It's not just the batting - the bowling has been dire too Potts and Carse today bowled too short and wide - and neither of them are natural opening bowlers in the first place. Apart from Root and cameos from or two others this tour has been long one shitshow from start to finish - and that's all down to poor management

Jamie Smith with another brainless dismissal after another ridiculous innings in which he could have been out 3 or 4 times. Smith represents everything that is wrong with England cricket under McCullum and has gone wrong on this tour. Another one for the axe

Can he? He got Barnsley in the playoffs on the back of the work of the previous manager - as any Barnsley fan will tell you At every other club he's flopped - lasting an average of 7 months at each (and we gave him a 3-year contract - why???) Unless he's sacked asap I think Rovers are going down to the third division

Why?

Rule No 1: you do not lose at home to a relegation rival if you want to stay up We are going down

Rovers 0 Charlton 1 Three former Rovers in their line-up so the law of the immutable ex applies JRC or Bell to score and Kaminski to save penalty

You've never seen him play but of course he would

They call it “kite flying” in the journalistic trade.

Embarrassment for us as supporters but not for them. Why would it? They don't care.

My take on it too - the owners are not going to sell up, ever, because they don't need to. Rovers are a minor irrelevance, and the club's long term fate on and off the pitch is of little concern. The club ticks over on minimum investment and their man in the club manages the day-to-day stuff that is of no interest to them. We've been placed in the metaphorical bottom drawer, maybe to be looked at again at some point in the distant future I cannot see what might shift their stance, other than an embarrassing loss of face from an event that drew international attention.

Ismael reckons the squad is the equal if not better than the one that finished last season If that’s the case, why are we struggling so badly (injuries notwithstanding) and have sunk from near the top of the league when Ismael took over to close to bottom? Could it just be Valeri that you’re not very good?

I don’t think he will for the reasons you state. It’s just a forlorn hope that someone at the club might do the right thing for once

Ismael has been sacked after an average of 7 months from his other jobs. Could this be the first where he actually resigns?

McCullum (and Ismael) will be gone by then hopefully

They’ve given up The manager doesn’t know what to do There is only one outcome to all this

I thought Wednesday on Monday was the worst I’d seen in years but Wrexham on Thursday is plumbing new depths. How could he pick the same team and expect a different outcome?

Rovers struggle to score so that goal likely means it’s game over

Henrikksen (sp?) starting again after his dreadful display at Sheffield - really??

Evidence? Nil

Ballroom Blitz - Sweet

Knackered, depleted squad and a toothless attack: a draw is the best we can hope for Let’s be realistic. Rovers 0 Wrexham 2

Even if we were relegated I think it's unlikely Ismael would be sacked. He's got a 3-year contract, he's in this together with his henchmen and the owners wouldn't want to pay him or them off. The club would even put a spin on the PR post-relegation and the reasons for him staying "building for the long term", "3-year project", "believes we can bounce back straightaway", "looking forward to brighter future" etc etc etc